The networking company
that grew up at the edge.
Caged AI is a trademarked Mushroom Networks brand for SD-WAN, WAN bonding, and AI API governance, managed from one portal.
Built on Mushroom Networks research.
Mushroom Networks is a San Diego networking company founded in 2004 as a UC San Diego spin-off. Here is the university's published account of Mushroom Networks' founders.
The company's work includes WAN link aggregation and broadband bonding. Its published patent portfolio provides references for that networking history. Selected records are linked below.
Caged AI builds on that background with a branch appliance for WAN connectivity and policy controls on supported AI API requests routed through its gateway. Explore the appliance and configurations or the solutions overview.
People behind the networking research.
Dr. Cahit Akin
MUSHROOM NETWORKS FOUNDER
Founded Mushroom Networks with UC San Diego professor Rene Cruz in 2004. The university documented their work on broadband bonding in its 2007 company account.
UC San Diego founding account ↗Prof. Rene L. Cruz
MUSHROOM NETWORKS FOUNDER · IN MEMORIAM
Cruz was a UC San Diego professor known for network calculus and research into communication-network performance, scheduling, and routing.
UC San Diego research profile ↗Public records behind the networking history.
These historical grants name Mushroom Networks as the original assignee and cover networking methods. They document the company's research background; they do not measure Caged AI's performance or AI privacy controls.
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