Aira Technologies, a Saratoga, Calif.-based AI software technology startup charging wireless connections, raised $13M in equity financing.
The round was led by Neotribe Ventures and Acrew Capital with participation from Foothill Ventures and industry angels Ryan Drant (Founding Partner, Questa Capital) and Carl Waldspurger.
Founded in 2019 by wireless industry veterans including CEO Anand Chandrasekher (ex-Intel, ex-Qualcomm) and CTO Dr. Ravikiran Gopalan (ex-Bell Labs, ex-Qualcomm) along with wireless researchers Dr. Pramod Viswanath (Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) and Dr. Sreeram Kannan (Professor, University of Washington, Seattle), Aira Technologies has developed a software system that leverages machine learning to charge wireless connections providing breakthrough benefits in battery life, latency and reliability.
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16/09/2021