ZaiNar Emerges From Stealth With Breakthrough That Turns Existing Wireless Networks Into a Sensing Platform for Physical AI
BELMONT, Calif., Feb. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ZaiNar today emerged from nine years of stealth with a breakthrough platform for Physical AI, tech that turns any wireless network into a sensing system that continuously knows where everything is, without satellites, cameras, or drain on device power or compute. The company has raised more than $100 million at a valuation exceeding $1 billion. Andreas Weigend is a ZaiNar Advisor (former Chief Scientist at Amazon), and investors include Steve Jurvetson (ZaiNar and SpaceX Board member), Jerry Yang (founding partner, AME Cloud Ventures and co-founder, Yahoo!), Tom Gruber (co-founder of Siri), Jaan Tallinn (founding engineer of Skype and co-founder of Metaplanet Holdings), and Nicholas Pritzker (co-founder of Tao Capital).
Expected to be one of the largest technology markets ever created, Physical AI is intelligent machines that move and work by themselves, at endless scale, in the real world. Until now, AI has lacked the right kind of data to train itself and to move reliably in the physical world, i.e., centralized, real-time location information that is accurate to the sub-meter and synchronized continuously.
“Physical AI needs a live, continuous feed of where everything is, and that dataset simply did not exist,” said Daniel Jacker, CEO and Co-Founder of ZaiNar. “By solving time synchronization at the sub-nanosecond level, we’ve turned existing infrastructure into the foundation layer for Physical AI. This funding accelerates deployment with carrier and enterprise partners globally.”
“ZaiNar has solved a problem that’s stymied the industry for decades,” said Steve Jurvetson, Board Member, ZaiNar; Board Member, SpaceX. “Precise positioning without dedicated hardware infrastructure opens markets that were previously inaccessible.”