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The ANI story

We built this company because we couldn't find it.

ANI Networks exists because the founders — after a combined 22 years across electrical, low-voltage, and software engineering — kept watching excellent physical installations get ruined by bad documentation, one-way communication, and vendors who disappeared the day the check cleared.

2019–2022 · The problem

Four vendors, zero accountability.

Before ANI, our founding team ran electrical and low-voltage work for one of California's largest GCs. We saw the pattern repeat: the camera vendor blamed the network; the network vendor blamed the electrician; the electrician blamed the panel manufacturer; the client paid for all of it. Documentation arrived late, in three different formats, with conflicting serial numbers. Every building we commissioned became a ticking time bomb the moment we handed it over — not because the work was bad, but because the handoff was.

“I'm paying four vendors for one system, and the only thing they agree on is that it's the other guy's fault.”
Early 2023 · The realization

This is a software problem, not a trades problem.

The more jobs we ran, the more obvious it became: the physical work was rarely the bottleneck. The bottleneck was coordination, documentation, and the lifecycle gap between install day and year five. No amount of better cable termination was going to fix that. What was needed was a platform — one that ingested site data, produced quotes, managed installation telemetry, generated handover bundles, and kept running after the last inspection. So we started building one, in parallel with our day jobs, and it slowly became more interesting than the day jobs themselves.

“Documentation isn't an afterthought. It's the product.”
Late 2023 · The commitment

Pull the licenses. Build the platform. Ship it together.

Most AI companies in our space are software-only — they sell a product to contractors. Most contractors in our space are hardware-only — they install whatever product you bring them. We decided the interesting company was the one that did both: a fully licensed California contractor with an AI platform as its operating system. Pulled C-7, C-10, and C-4. Hired a small team of W-2 electricians and low-voltage techs. Named the platform Cortex. Opened for business on the first day the CSLB approved all three.

“The license isn't a product. The platform isn't a product. The combination is the product.”
Today · The company

A growing team, a runnable platform, zero shortcuts.

As of early 2026, ANI Networks runs active engagements across commercial real estate, healthcare, retail hospitality, warehouse logistics, and high-end residential — plus a dedicated practice serving Chinese-owned enterprises operating in California. Cortex v3 runs every stage, every project, and the company is still founder-owned. We're not a roll-up. We're not backed by private equity. We're a team of engineers who got tired of watching the same problems repeat, and decided to fix them properly.

“Still founder-owned. Still shipping. Still answering the phone.”
Milestones

A compressed timeline.

  1. Q2 2024

    Company founded

    ANI Networks, Inc. incorporated in California. Founding team: two licensed electricians, one low-voltage engineer, one full-stack software lead.

  2. Q3 2024

    Triple-license approval

    CSLB approves B (General Building), C-10 (Electrical — covers low-voltage), and C-20 (HVAC) — all held by the company entity, not individual sole proprietorships.

  3. Q4 2024

    Cortex v1 platform

    First version of the Cortex platform ships with intake, quoting, and execution modules. Used internally on the first 40 projects.

  4. Q2 2025

    Cortex v2 + Operate

    24/7 anomaly detection and SLA-backed uptime monitoring added. First enterprise SLA goes live at 99.97% managed-system uptime.

  5. 2026

    420+ projects shipped

    Hit 420 completed engagements across seven verticals. Expanded to cover the full Bay Area, Silicon Valley, and Greater Los Angeles metro. Opened a dedicated bilingual practice for Chinese-owned enterprises.

Ready when you are

Let's build infrastructure that thinks.

Bring us a site walk, a floor plan, or a problem you're tired of re-explaining to three different vendors. We'll return a scoped, quoted, AI-native plan — usually within a week.

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