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Cerbrec

Techstars '24

Hoboken, US · Founded 2023 · 8 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors

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Cerbrec provides an orchestration platform that integrates sensor data and IoT signals across physical infrastructure operations and deploys AI agents to optimize performance in real time. The platform serves enterprise operators of complex systems including manufacturing plants and data centers.

Also known as Cerbrec, Inc.

Founders & leadership

Cerbrec was founded in 2023 by David R. Winer and Garrett Wang.

DRDavid R. Winer
David R. WinerCo-founder · Chief Technology OfficerDavid R. Winer is Co-founder and CTO of Cerbrec, an orchestration platform for real-time optimization of complex infrastructure operations. He previously led machine learning engineering at Kasisto and EvolutionIQ, and holds a PhD in Computer Science with focus on multi-agent planning and narrative intelligence.
GWGarrett Wang
Garrett WangCEO and Co-FounderHe has over a decade of experience building and deploying AI, machine learning, and infrastructure systems in enterprise settings including healthcare and banking.

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Company profile

researched Sep 2026

Cerbrec is an AI and infrastructure software company whose current platform orchestrates edge data centers, connecting a property owner's individual sites into a single network that can be leased to tenants as unified compute capacity. The company positions itself as an operations partner that takes properties from buildout or retrofit through ongoing operations, handling sites at different stages of readiness: brownfield buildings used for other purposes such as offices or storage that can be retrofitted based on location and available power; powered shells where interiors are cleared, power is in place and zoning and permits for data center use have been secured; and turnkey sites where data center infrastructure is installed and ready for tenant IT equipment.

Cerbrec's stated value propositions to property holders include repositioning existing assets for higher-value use, aggregating sites into a single leasable offering with coordinated redundancy, adapting to either part or all of a property while limiting structural changes, reducing new construction and associated noise, light and energy impacts, and supporting local employment across construction, electrical, mechanical, technology, maintenance and operations trades. For tenants, the company describes aggregate capacity across the network to support larger compute requirements and expansion, workload and redundancy coordination intended to meet uptime and SLA requirements, and operating expenditure that scales more slowly than added compute capacity. Customer testimonials on the company's site reference partnering with Cerbrec to establish and operate a distributed network of edge data centers without a dedicated full operations team at each site, use of Cerbrec-designed AI agents for data analytics and intelligent operations, and earlier visibility into emerging issues in production environments.

Earlier public material describes Cerbrec as a Virginia-based AI platform provider whose flagship product, Graphbook, was a drag-and-drop and natural-language AI development platform intended to let subject matter experts without coding or AI development experience design and deploy customized AI solutions. That product was positioned around lowering technical barriers, shortening time to delivery, and improving AI transparency, auditability and regulatory compliance, with go-to-market focus on biotech, pharmaceutical and higher education customers.

Business model

Cerbrec sells to owners and holders of physical properties, acting as the operating layer that converts their sites into tenant-ready data center capacity and then operates that capacity as a network which can be leased to compute tenants. Engagement spans buildout and retrofit through ongoing operations.

Traction

The company's site carries named customer testimonials from executives at Praetorian and Zoetic Global among others, and publishes case studies on incident triage across a mixed-generation edge facility and on returns from intelligence deployed across an edge data center network. Seed investors include AIN Ventures, SRI International, Inner Loop Capital and Gurtin Ventures.

Latest developments

Cerbrec's public positioning centers on its edge data center orchestration platform and on converting brownfield, powered-shell and turnkey properties into a unified tenant-ready network, a shift from its earlier Graphbook no-code AI development platform aimed at biotech and pharmaceutical users.

▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography

Market position

Cerbrec describes itself as the operating layer for converting held properties into networked compute capacity, and has earlier been described in press coverage as a Virginia-based AI platform provider. It has participated in the AWS Generative AI accelerator and Techstars Boston.

Technology

The Cerbrec platform orchestrates distributed edge data centers, coordinating workloads and redundancy across multiple sites so that aggregated capacity can be presented as one large-scale network, and enabling sites to run without a dedicated full operations team. The company also builds AI agents used by customers for data analytics and intelligent operations, and previously developed Graphbook, a visual drag-and-drop and natural-language interface for designing and deploying AI models without coding, with emphasis on model transparency and auditability.

Go-to-market

Direct engagement through property evaluation and consultation requests on the company's site, partnerships with operators building distributed edge data center networks, and participation in industry conferences spanning AI and infrastructure (NVIDIA GTC, ODSC East, MLOps World, AI Summit New York) as well as life sciences events (J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, BioHive Live, BioUtah Life Sciences Summit, ASM Microbe). Seed funding was earmarked in part for scaling go-to-market efforts in biotech and pharmaceuticals.

Owners of properties at brownfield, powered-shell and turnkey stages seeking to convert them into data center capacity, and compute tenants requiring aggregated capacity and SLA-backed reliability. Earlier product positioning targeted biotech, pharmaceutical and higher education organizations, and other industries needing custom AI solutions.

Geography

Described in press coverage as Virginia-based; participation in the Techstars Boston program and appearances at events in California, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Utah and Georgia.

Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
HeadcountAug 20268

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

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Timeline · 3

launches, deals, and filings
Mar 2025
Participation in NVIDIA GTC 2025

Cerbrec listed attendance at NVIDIA GTC 2025 in San Jose, CA, March 17-21, 2025.

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Jan 2025
AIN Ventures and VIPC invest in Cerbrec's seed round

AIN Ventures invested in Cerbrec's seed funding round in collaboration with Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation's Virginia Venture Partners and its Virginia Invests fund-of-funds initiative. SRI International, Inner Loop Capital and Gurtin Ventures also joined the round. Proceeds were designated for expanding engineering and customer success hiring, accelerating Graphbook development, and scaling go-to-market in biotech and pharma.

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Jan 2025
Participation in 43rd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Cerbrec listed attendance at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, CA, January 13-16, 2025.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Cerbrec do?
Cerbrec operates a platform that connects and runs property owners' sites as a unified, tenant-ready edge data center network.
Who founded Cerbrec?
Cerbrec was founded by David R. Winer, Garrett Wang in 2023.
Who are Cerbrec's investors?
Cerbrec's investors include A-Level Capital, ACADEMY INVESTOR, AIN Ventures, BDev Ventures, Gurtin Ventures, Inner Loop Capital, Techstars, Virginia Venture Partners.
Where is Cerbrec headquartered?
Cerbrec is headquartered in Hoboken, US.