Ready

Ready (ready.net) is a San Francisco-based software company founded in 2020 that builds a collaborative platform for optimizing regulated utilities. Its stated aim is to help utility stakeholders coordinate so that more families receive better utility services at lower cost, with a product line described as Ready Digital Infrastructure that supports utilities in delivering next-generation digital services.

A principal focus is the U.S. Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. Ready describes itself as a Public Benefit Corporation providing software for state broadband offices working to close the digital divide, with tools covering research, mapping of challenges, grant submission and automated reporting for those offices and their service providers. The tools are described as NTIA-compliant and white-labeled, intended to support data-driven decisions on grant allocation.

The company's platform, as presented on its careers site, spans oversight and program-execution modules (Ready BOSS, a critical infrastructure intelligence platform; CPC, a challenge process coordinator; Ready APP, an application portal and processor; PERMIT for permitting coordination; and ARC for automated reporting and compliance), a data foundation layer (RAD, the Ready Address Database, and GAME, a geospatial asset management engine), and edge and physical products (Hypercube AI-ready edge infrastructure and Ready Portals telehealth and workforce kiosks).

Founding story

Founder Jase Wilson is described as a serial founder who studied cities and networks at MIT and is focused on connecting people to digital services such as remote work, telehealth and distance learning. Co-founder Mike Faloon is described as a capital markets veteran who ran hedge funds and large asset managers and, before startup life, was COO at a $150 billion asset manager, overseeing an 80-person technology team with a $25 million annual technology budget. [7]

Traction

Y Combinator lists Ready as active with a team size of 60 as of the profile. The company's careers page shows five open roles across finance, engineering, product and its FabLab. [7][1]

Latest developments

Ready is hiring across finance, engineering, product and facilities, with roles including Vice President of Finance, Product Solutions Engineer, Senior Data Engineer, Technical Product Manager and an Office Manager for its San Carlos FabLab; posted engineering and product salary ranges run from $125,000 to $200,000. Its public sector offering is listed through Carahsoft for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program. [1][7][0]