The 10 Hottest Edge Computing Startups Of 2021 (So Far)

June 14, 2021, 10:30 AM EDT

From SASE and AI to semiconductors and edge data centers, here are ten of the hottest edge computing startups in 2021 that you should know about.

Nebulon

Top Executive: Siamak Nazari, CEO and Co-Founder

Headquarters: Fremont, Calif.

Nebulon’s smartInfrastructure is server-embedded, infrastructure software delivered as-a-service that provides self-service provisioning, management and local data services at the edge. The nebulon smartEdge solution addresses the density, cost and remote management challenges with traditional solutions to provide a highly distributed infrastructure at the enterprise edge. The startup’s smartInfrastructure is comprised of an AI-assisted cloud control plane which powers an IoT endpoint services processing unit (SPU). The SPUs are embedded into a customer’s application server and form a data plane.

Nebulon was founded in 2018 by a group of former 3PAR and HPE executives including its CTO Sean Etaati, CEO Siamak Nazari and executive chairman David Scott.

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Mark Haranas

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