Anaptyx is a rapidly growing company whose mission is to bring affordable Internet access to MDU (multi-dwelling unit) communities across the country.
Anaptyx was founded in 2007 by Kenneth Carnesi (CEO) and Jonathan Rust (COO). Ken and Jon worked together at A.G. Edward’s Private Equity investment arm (now Wachovia), where they later left together to start Anaptyx. Frustrated by their own experiences with large residential ISPs, Ken and Jon set out to make internet access within communities more affordable, reliable and easy to use. Anaptyx is able to accomplish this goal by providing WiFi access to entire MDU communities through energy efficient, mesh networking technology.
Since it’s founding, Anaptyx has grown rapidly by pioneering green wireless technologies and closing the digital divide by taking advantage of the most advanced, energy efficient technologies in the market. In June 2008, Anaptyx signed a partnership agreement with Google-funded Meraki - the main provider of Anaptyx’s wireless equipment. After becoming partners with Meraki, Anaptyx completed it’s first municipal wireless network for Harvard Square and has since experienced monthly, double digit growth rates. To remain focused on MDU communities and deal with the high demand for municipal networks, a new arm of Anaptyx was formed in 2008, Anaptyx Municipal.
Today, Anaptyx and Anaptyx Municipal provide over 1,000 apartments and three municipalities with wireless service, including the cities of: Boston, MA, Cambridge, MA and Nashua, NH.
Anaptyx is currently a privately held company and operates nationwide, with a primary focus on the Northeast United States and headquarters in Boston and Washington D.C. It’s primary target clientele includes REIT’s, MDU owners and municipalities.
Our Name:
Anaptyx (uh-nap-tiks) is derived from the Greek word “Anaptyxi,” which means expansion or the fostering of expansion.
This word was formed and widely used in the Greek language with relation to Herodotus and his cosmic vision for the Greek cities of Ionia and Aegea to expand westward rapidly to avoid falling to the rulers of the monopolistic Asiatic kingdoms. This campaign ultimately led to the defiant Battle of Marathon, where only three hundred Athenians and Spartans defeated the larger force of ten thousand Persians to protect Sparta; later described by Herodotus as “erga thomasta,” or “marvelous deeds.
We at Anaptyx believe that the same vision Herodotus had for his empire parallels our approach to wireless internet access today; we too expect to expand rapidly and perform marvelous deeds.
