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ODC Completes a $45M Series A Funding; Architecting the Global Distributed Compute Grid to Power the AI-Native Era
ORAN Development Company, LLC ("ODC"), a pioneer in AI-Native Radio Access Networks (AI-RAN) and the architect of the U.S.-based Odyssey RAN software platform, today announced the successful closing of a $45 million Series A funding round. The investment was led by a premier syndicate of global technology and infrastructure powerhouses, including Booz Allen, Cisco Investments, Nokia, and NVIDIA, alongside Tier-1 telecoms AT&T, MTN, and Telecom Italia. This strategic round joins these industry le
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[{"type":"text","content":"Premier Syndicate of Investors Join Together to Accelerate ODC's Deployment of an AI-Native Open-Architecture Platform Unifying Communication, Sensing, and Edge Intelligence","length":182,"tagName":"p","attribs":{}},{"type":"text","content":"NEW YORK, March 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ORAN Development Company, LLC ("ODC"), a pioneer in AI-Native Radio Access Networks (AI-RAN) and the architect of the U.S.-based Odyssey RAN software platform, today announced the successful closing of a $45 million Series A funding round. The investment was led by a premier syndicate of global technology and infrastructure powerhouses, including Booz Allen, Cisco Investments, Nokia, and NVIDIA, alongside Tier-1 telecoms AT&T, MTN, and Telecom Italia. This strategic round joins these industry leaders with Phoenix Venture Partners and a prior seed investment made by affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. ("Cerberus").","length":698,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"This collaboration accelerates the deployment of an AI-native, open-architecture platform—and the definitive U.S.-based RAN stack—that structurally unifies communication, sensing, and edge intelligence. ODC is currently partnering with top-tier global customers and expects to ramp these and other commercial engagements throughout 2026.","length":337,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"ODC is architecting the "Distributed Compute Grid"—the essential Token Factory for the world's digital and physical infrastructure. By integrating NVIDIA AI Aerial—the platform for high-performance, software-defined 5G—ODC is moving beyond traditional connectivity to enable AI-RAN at the forward edge. This infrastructure serves as the essential fabric for the AI-Native era, transforming today's cell sites into high-performance compute hubs capable of orchestrating everything from Agentic AI and real-time generative inference to the Physical AI applications that define national infrastructure resilience.","length":628,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"A Unified Syndicate for the AI-Native Frontier","length":46,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":""The industry is moving toward software‑defined, AI‑native Telecom networks, which will be essential for the Physical AI era," said Ronnie Vasishta, Senior Vice President of Tel...