• ZaiNar said its technology is protocol-agnostic and works across 5G, Wi-Fi, private cellular networks, and future wireless standards. • | Source: ZaiNar ZaiNar last week emerged from nine years of stealth and said it has raised more than $100 million in its latest investment round. • The company claimed that this brings its valuation to more than $1 billion. • The Belmont, Calif.-basedcompanyalso debuted its platform for physical AI, which it said can turn any wireless network into a sensing system that continuously knows where everything is, without satellites, cameras, or a drain on device power or compute. • ZaiNar said it addresses physical AI’s data problem. • Currently,AIsystems lack the right kind of data to train themselves and to move reliably in the physical world.

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  • ZaiNar, a Belmont‑based startup that has operated in stealth for nine years, announced a $100 million funding round that values the company at over $1 billion. The firm also unveiled its “physical AI” platform, which claims to convert existing 5G and IoT networks into continuous, sub‑meter positioning systems without additional hardware. By achieving sub‑nanosecond time synchronization, ZaiNar says it can provide real‑time location data for AI models, addressing the data gap that hampers physical‑world reasoning. The company has filed more than 100 patents covering its phase‑based synchronization and network‑computed positioning technology.
  • ZaiNar, a Belmont‑based startup that emerged from nine years of stealth, announced a $100 million funding round that values the company at over $1 billion. The firm also unveiled its “physical AI” platform, which claims to convert existing 5G and IoT wireless networks into continuous, sub‑meter positioning systems without satellites, cameras, or dedicated hardware. By achieving sub‑nanosecond time synchronization, ZaiNar says it can provide real‑time location data that AI models need to operate reliably in the physical world. The company has filed more than 100 patents and has board support from figures such as SpaceX investor Steve Jurvetson.

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