The 5G Open Innovation Lab is a collaborative, development-focused ecosystem that brings together visionary startups, industry leaders, technical experts, and investors to break down silos that hamper innovation and encourage development of the next cutting edge technologies. As a member of the ecosystem, Sunlight is supporting the delivery of disruptive new enterprise technologies and solutions that capitalize on the power of edge computing and 5G.
The Lab’s members include partners like Amdocs, Avanade, CNH Industrial, Dell Technologies, Ericsson, F5, Intel, Microsoft, Nokia, Palo Alto Networks, Spirent and T-Mobile. It has also recruited over 87 multi-stage startups who have collectively raised over $1.2B+ of venture capital to date.
Edge Computing projects scoped with telcos and enterprises globally in the first six months of membership
The 5G Open Innovation Lab vets all of its members to ensure that only credible, relevant and innovative technologies are being matched with their telco and enterprise partners to grow the edge ecosystem. Its reputation depends on them sourcing the best start up and scale up partners. Sunlight is the only HyperConverged edge stack to support and manage the edge AI applications on specialized hardware, like the NVIDIA Jetson-based Lenovo ThinkEdge SE70 and make it deployable at scale - offering a unique solution for Lab members.
“We have rapidly become an epicenter for the 5G and edge ecosystem through our unique, collaborative, development-focused program that is driving transformational outcomes in enterprises across multiple industry sectors."