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Beamlink is a social enterprise focused on delivering Internet access to individuals in disaster zones and remote areas with limited connectivity. The company specializes in providing wireless access services through innovative solutions, including briefcase-sized cell towers that can function off the grid. These portable towers are designed for rapid deployment in challenging environments and utilize software-defined radio technology along with a mesh backhaul system, allowing them to operate on various frequencies. By enabling Internet access in the most disconnected regions, Beamlink aims to bridge the digital divide and support communities in need.

NCShare allows access to networking, scientific, and statistical computing services to smaller and mid-sized institutions. They create cyberinfrastructure for scientific computing.

Beamlink is a social enterprise focused on delivering Internet access to individuals in disaster zones and remote areas with limited connectivity. The company specializes in providing wireless access services through innovative solutions, including briefcase-sized cell towers that can function off the grid. These portable towers are designed for rapid deployment in challenging environments and utilize software-defined radio technology along with a mesh backhaul system, allowing them to operate on various frequencies. By enabling Internet access in the most disconnected regions, Beamlink aims to bridge the digital divide and support communities in need.

SkyGig is a Michigan-based company specializing in millimeter-wave wireless communications. It develops innovative beamforming technology to provide scalable, cost-effective broadband connectivity.

PHYTunes is a Palo Alto-based company that develops wireless networking solutions to address mobility and handover interruptions for robotics, autonomous mobile robots, AMR/AGV, VoIP, real-time video and other IoT applications. The company holds a patent for a Single Frequency Wi‑Fi Network designed to provide coverage for spaces up to 100,000 square feet and to lower deployment costs compared with traditional WLAN vendors. It is also pursuing a converged Wi‑Fi and mid-band 5G private-network platform that can run both networks on a single solution for multiple carriers. By leveraging existing wired infrastructure to extend high‑frequency signals indoors and around barriers, PHYTunes aims to improve indoor coverage and connectivity for industrial and enterprise environments.

Cambrian Works is a space technology development firm focused on advancing fault-tolerant communications networks for space applications. The company specializes in creating hardware and software solutions that serve as a network provider for both Earth and lunar constellation networks. Cambrian Works offers innovative tools for network management that can function as standalone software or be integrated into its GigRouter, facilitating connectivity and routing within spacecraft. Their technologies are designed to provide flexible, low-latency, and secure network solutions, enabling clients to efficiently implement communication systems that connect to bus processors and various cross-link and downlink terminals.

Max Powers is a New York-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in IT and electronics products and services. The company focuses on advanced technologies, including blockchain, cryptography, security, artificial intelligence, Big Data, and hardware platforms like FPGA and ARM. Max Powers develops and encrypts routers and other electronic appliances, leveraging artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to enhance security and facilitate anonymous communications and data publishing. By offering these innovative solutions, the company enables users to safeguard their data from censorship and improve their overall digital security.

Qunnect develops quantum networking hardware and components that enable secure communication for distributed information networks. It designs field-deployable devices that transmit, store, and receive quantum information using photons to communicate and atoms to store or process data, supporting scalable, quantum-secure networks with real-time threat detection. The company focuses on quantum memories and quantum sources to enable future information networks and quantum computing, and provides infrastructure for quantum cryptography, networks, sensors, metrology, and imaging. Headquartered in Stony Brook, New York, Qunnect aims to bring practical quantum information technology to enterprise and government networks by delivering room-temperature hardware suitable for real-world deployment.

Cloud services have become ubiquitous to all major 21st century economic activities. However, cloud services and technologies can be significantly more powerful than they are now. A persistent barrier to further advancement has been the lack of a large-scale and open cloud research platforms. With funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Chameleon project will provide such a large-scale platform to the open research community allowing them explore transformative concepts in deeply programmable cloud services, design, and core technologies. Chameleon will allow users to explore problems ranging from the creation of Software as a Service to kernel support for virtualization. This broad range of supported research includes many other areas such as developing Platforms as a Service, creating new and optimizing existing Infrastructure as a Service components, investigating software-defined networking, and optimizing virtualization technologies. The Chameleon testbed, will be deployed at the University of Chicago and the Texas Advanced Computing Center and will consist of 650 multi-core cloud nodes, 5PB of total disk space, and leverage 100 Gbps connection between the sites. While a large part of the testbed will consist of homogenous hardware to support large-scale experiments, a portion of it will support heterogeneous units allowing experimentation with high-memory, large-disk, low-power, GPU, and co-processor units. The project will also leverage existing FutureGrid hardware at the University of Chicago and the Texas Advanced Computing Center in its first year to provide a transition period for the existing FutureGrid community of experimental users. To support the broad range of experiments experiments described above, the project will support a graduated configuration system allowing full user configurability of the software stack, from provisioning of bare metal and network interconnects to delivery of fully functioning cloud environments. A special feature of Chameleon is that it provides for an exceptionally close integration of clouds and networks, which substantially enhances the capabilities of both. In addition, to facilitate experiments, Chameleon will support a set of services designed to meet researchers needs, including support for experimental management, reproducibility, and repositories of trace and workload data of production cloud workloads. The project is led by the Computation Institute at the University of Chicago and partners from the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the International Center for Advanced Internet Research at Northwestern University, the Ohio State University, and University of Texas at San Antonio, comprising a highly qualified and experienced team. The team includes members from the NSF supported FutureGrid project and from the GENI community, both forerunners of the NSFCloud solicitation under which this project is funded. Chameleon will also form a set of partnerships with commercial and academic clouds, such as Rackspace, CERN and Open Science Data Cloud (OSDC), and will partner with other testbeds, notably GENI and INRIA's Grid'5000 testbed.

SkyGig is a Michigan-based company specializing in millimeter-wave wireless communications. It develops innovative beamforming technology to provide scalable, cost-effective broadband connectivity.

OptiPulse, Inc. specializes in the design and manufacture of wireless communication equipment aimed at enhancing connectivity across various environments. The company develops advanced semiconductor laser technology that utilizes multidimensional multiplexing in wireless devices, facilitating high-speed communication. This innovative approach enables a flexible mesh network framework, allowing for diverse configurations that support inter-city, building-to-building, and residential communication. Through its cutting-edge technology, OptiPulse aims to improve connectivity options for users, meeting the evolving demands of modern communication infrastructure.

Founded in 2019, Curated Networks develops innovative routing and forwarding technologies for the link-layer and network layer. Headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, the company offers a dynamic L2/L3 underlay routing solution that enhances network performance, security, and efficiency.

Axalume develops proprietary silicon photonic integrated circuits combined with silicon electronics. Their technology aims to address interconnect bottlenecks in servers, datacenters, and high-performance computing systems. Axalume's products include silicon photonics IP, chipsets, and architecture designed to enhance Internet data centers' speed, cost-efficiency, space utilization, and energy efficiency.

SkyGig is a Michigan-based company specializing in millimeter-wave wireless communications. It develops innovative beamforming technology to provide scalable, cost-effective broadband connectivity.

Subspace Labs is a distributed research and development company behind the Subspace Network. While based in Palo Alto, CA, we are a global, remote-first team of protocol hackers and cryptocurrency enthusiasts. The Subspace Network is a layer zero protocol that is fully interoperable with any layer one, allowing it to serve as an infrastructure layer for the entire Web3 ecosystem. Based on years of original R&D, Subspace is the first protocol to truly resolve the blockchain trilemma, providing an open, scalable platform for both storage and compute. Subspace currently supports Polkadot and Kusama, with more networks coming soon.

Agita Labs is a startup based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It specializes in developing advanced privacy-preserving computing architectures designed to facilitate the creation of new data markets while safeguarding intellectual property and respecting personal information.

inFocus Networks develops high-bandwidth network fabrics that enable networked systems through novel photonic technologies. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in San Diego, California.

Saber Software Corporation develops and markets PC utility software products for local area networks.

eSAT Global is a San Diego-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in providing direct-to-satellite connectivity solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The company offers ultra-low power, two-way, and low-latency narrowband services tailored for a variety of sectors, including power distribution, oil and gas, smart agriculture, transportation, and maritime industries. eSAT Global's services do not depend on terrestrial infrastructure or backhaul, enabling global coverage with latency as low as two seconds. This capability allows clients to enhance their operational efficiency and minimize losses through reliable communication solutions.

Jeeva Wireless Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in developing transmission devices utilizing Wi-Fi, ZigBee, and Bluetooth technologies. Incorporated in 2015, Jeeva focuses on enhancing internet connectivity for a wide range of devices, aiming to support the growing demand for connectivity solutions among the next billion users. Through its innovative products, the company addresses the challenges of connecting more devices in an increasingly digital world.

Axalume develops proprietary silicon photonic integrated circuits combined with silicon electronics. Their technology aims to address interconnect bottlenecks in servers, datacenters, and high-performance computing systems. Axalume's products include silicon photonics IP, chipsets, and architecture designed to enhance Internet data centers' speed, cost-efficiency, space utilization, and energy efficiency.

NGD Systems develops advanced computational storage drives (CSDs), enabling customers to process data where it resides. Their products offer high capacity, power efficiency, and small form factors, ideal for edge computing networks, AI/ML applications, CDNs, and hyperscale environments.

InfoCoding Labs provides wearable headphones for audio coding and networking of polyphonic audio content at low latency via efficient prediction, which is critical for numerous applications in the emerging field of interactive, immersive, and hyper-realistic multimedia.

Skylark Wireless designs and manufactures next-generation wireless systems focused on software-defined radio equipment for research, development, and rural broadband. The company develops SDR-based platforms with patented multi-user beamforming and MIMO technologies that enable long-range, non-line-of-sight connectivity in fixed and mobile environments, increasing coverage and spectral efficiency while reducing interference. Its product line includes end-to-end rural broadband solutions, SDR front ends, radio cards, and related extension modules, as well as custom PCB design, fabrication, and calibration services. Originating as a Rice University spin-out, Skylark aims to bridge the digital divide by delivering affordable broadband to underserved areas and supporting universities and laboratories with advanced wireless platforms. The company emphasizes scalable, software-driven systems designed for practical deployment and broad accessibility, serving research institutions and commercial customers alike.

Jeeva Wireless Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in developing transmission devices utilizing Wi-Fi, ZigBee, and Bluetooth technologies. Incorporated in 2015, Jeeva focuses on enhancing internet connectivity for a wide range of devices, aiming to support the growing demand for connectivity solutions among the next billion users. Through its innovative products, the company addresses the challenges of connecting more devices in an increasingly digital world.

Mode is a technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in software-defined networking solutions. It operates a high-performing software-defined core network (SD-CORE) that leverages a breakthrough in real-time network control. Co-founded by two Cornell computer scientists recognized for their contributions to modern packet-switched networks, Mode has developed the Mode HALO system, which implements mathematically optimal routing. The company's core offerings include enhancing enterprise wide area networks (WAN) through reliable connectivity, cloud elasticity, and competitive pricing. Mode's solutions support various applications such as SD-WAN, cloud access, unified communications, and ultra-low latency services. The company has received backing from prominent investors including Google Ventures, NEA, and the National Science Foundation, and it has been acquired by VMware.

Shoelace Wireless develops an Android app that enhances mobile internet speed by combining Wi-Fi and cellular networks. Its platform aggregates accessible wireless networks, allowing specific apps to function seamlessly across both networks while providing detailed performance monitoring.

NGD Systems develops advanced computational storage drives (CSDs), enabling customers to process data where it resides. Their products offer high capacity, power efficiency, and small form factors, ideal for edge computing networks, AI/ML applications, CDNs, and hyperscale environments.

Skylark Wireless designs and manufactures next-generation wireless systems focused on software-defined radio equipment for research, development, and rural broadband. The company develops SDR-based platforms with patented multi-user beamforming and MIMO technologies that enable long-range, non-line-of-sight connectivity in fixed and mobile environments, increasing coverage and spectral efficiency while reducing interference. Its product line includes end-to-end rural broadband solutions, SDR front ends, radio cards, and related extension modules, as well as custom PCB design, fabrication, and calibration services. Originating as a Rice University spin-out, Skylark aims to bridge the digital divide by delivering affordable broadband to underserved areas and supporting universities and laboratories with advanced wireless platforms. The company emphasizes scalable, software-driven systems designed for practical deployment and broad accessibility, serving research institutions and commercial customers alike.

Mode is a technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in software-defined networking solutions. It operates a high-performing software-defined core network (SD-CORE) that leverages a breakthrough in real-time network control. Co-founded by two Cornell computer scientists recognized for their contributions to modern packet-switched networks, Mode has developed the Mode HALO system, which implements mathematically optimal routing. The company's core offerings include enhancing enterprise wide area networks (WAN) through reliable connectivity, cloud elasticity, and competitive pricing. Mode's solutions support various applications such as SD-WAN, cloud access, unified communications, and ultra-low latency services. The company has received backing from prominent investors including Google Ventures, NEA, and the National Science Foundation, and it has been acquired by VMware.

Wave Tech develops IT solutions for small to mid-sized enterprises such as public schools, travel agencies, financial services providers, medical offices, and law offices. They provide a range of services, including managed and cloud services, physical to virtual network migrations, network design and management, disaster recovery and backup, and project management services.

Shoelace Wireless develops an Android app that enhances mobile internet speed by combining Wi-Fi and cellular networks. Its platform aggregates accessible wireless networks, allowing specific apps to function seamlessly across both networks while providing detailed performance monitoring.

Cloudflare, Inc. is a San Francisco-based software company that specializes in web performance and security services for businesses globally. It operates a cloud platform that integrates various network services, including security solutions such as Cloud Firewall, Bot Management, and Distributed Denial of Service protection. The company enhances website performance through its Content Delivery Network (CDN) and intelligent routing, while also providing optimization tools for content and images. Furthermore, Cloudflare offers reliability solutions like Load Balancing and DNS services, alongside security features aimed at protecting internal resources through Zero Trust Security and Secure Web Gateway. Its consumer offerings include a DNS resolver and a virtual private network (VPN) designed to secure mobile traffic. Cloudflare serves diverse industries, including technology, healthcare, financial services, and government, and was founded in 2009.

SDIT Pro is an IT service and consulting firm that provides multiple services for its clients. SDIT Pro delivers services such as business IT support, network design, server design, business phone systems, IP cameras, home automation, and commercial and residential audio/video. SDIT Pro was established in San Diego, California.

Hitron Technologies is a Taiwan-based provider of broadband and networking equipment that develops, manufactures, and sells DOCSIS and broadband access products for multiple service providers and business customers. The company offers cable modems, wireless gateways, IPTV and other cable customer premises equipment, as well as MoCA and WiFi extenders and a Wireless DOCSIS testing tool. Its business segments include Manufacturing, which covers design, research and development, production, and sale of broadband and wireless products, and Systems integration, which covers telecom and broadband network systems, wireless transmission, digital media systems, and cloud information services. Headquartered in Hsinchu and founded in 1986, Hitron serves customers worldwide, exporting products to the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Whisper Communications is an Atlanta-based company that specializes in wireless networking services, leveraging innovative technologies to enhance data security. Utilizing patent-pending technology developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Whisper has created an encoding methodology that ensures data signals transmitted beyond a designated area, referred to as the "cone of silence," are rendered useless to eavesdroppers. The company's approach focuses on physical layer security, where the safety of data is intrinsically linked to its proximity to the data source. This enables IT companies to effectively monitor, track, and control devices located within a fixed area, thereby enhancing the overall security of wireless communications.