5x5 Technologies

5x5 Technologies is an infrastructure management technology company based in St. Petersburg, Florida, founded in 2016 by Anne Zink, who serves as Founder and CEO. The company describes itself as one of the few woman-founded and woman-led companies in tech. Its mission is to simplify and elevate how organizations manage critical infrastructure by turning complex physical assets into intelligent digital insights, enabling better decisions, improved safety, and greater operational efficiency. The company's core offering is Platform Five™, an end-to-end software and services platform for managing assets and operations. 5x5 combines Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) AI with field data collection using drones (UAS), LiDAR, and other methods to create precise 3D digital twins of physical infrastructure. These digital twins serve as a single source of truth for as-built reality, supporting remote visualization, accurate measurements, digital simulations, and computational analyses. The platform's analytics extract actionable intelligence such as critical measurements, equipment inventory, load estimation, site conditions, safety profiles, and access and security conditions. 5x5's technology is particularly focused on telecom towers, where it helps improve data quality, accelerate colocation, mitigate risk, and cut costs. The company reports that its data spans 284 thousand feet of tower height every month and helps 152 million mobile subscribers connect every day. Its services include strategy, technology, data collection, analytics, integration, and optimization, with a flexible data model and OpenAPI architecture designed for enterprise scalability and security. Since its founding, 5x5 has expanded its operations and offerings significantly. It launched an enterprise-class cloud software platform in 2019, received US patents in 2020, and expanded into government work the same year. In 2021, it closed a Series B funding round and expanded to the European Union. Subsequent years saw expansion to the United Kingdom (2022), Asia-Pacific (2023), and Africa (2024), along with new software and data services for additional verticals. In 2025, the company launched Platform Five and introduced synthetic twin innovation, followed by Platform Five v5.1 with enhanced HITL AI in 2026. 5x5 was named to Vodafone's and Technoport's Tomorrow Street portfolio in 2023. The company is privately held and operates across multiple markets including the United States, Europe, the UK, Asia-Pacific, Africa, and government sectors. Its leadership team includes Anne Zink (Founder & CEO), Chris Fawcett (CMO), Adrienne Anderson (CFO), Bryan Alexander (Sr. Director of Operations), Alex Vallette (Sr. Director Program Management), Fabián Lizarme (Sr. Engineering Manager), and Matt Re (Sr. Product Manager).

5x5 Technologies was founded in 2016 by Anne Zink, who serves as Founder and CEO. The company is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, and describes itself as one of the few woman-founded and woman-led companies in tech. From its inception, 5x5 focused on digitizing the real world—transforming physical infrastructure into precise 3D digital twins using drones (UAS), LiDAR, and photogrammetry, combined with Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) AI analytics. In 2018, the company launched refi, a product or service that marked an early milestone. The following year, 2019, 5x5 launched an enterprise-class cloud software platform and enhanced its capacity to serve large-scale operations. In 2020, US patents were issued to the company, and it expanded into government work. The year 2021 saw the closing of a Series B funding round and expansion into the European Union. In 2022, 5x5 expanded to the United Kingdom and introduced new applications for AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) companies. In 2023, the company expanded to the Asia-Pacific region and was named to Vodafone's and Technoport's Tomorrow Street portfolio. In 2024, 5x5 expanded to Africa and launched new software and data services for additional verticals. In 2025, the company launched Platform Five and introduced synthetic twin innovation. In 2026, Platform Five v5.1 was released with enhanced HITL AI. Throughout its history, 5x5 has focused on the telecom tower industry, providing an intelligence layer for wireless networks. Its data spans 284 thousand feet of tower height every month and helps 152 million mobile subscribers connect every day. The company's platform enables improved data quality, accelerated colocation, risk mitigation, and cost reduction for tower owners and operators. 5x5's approach combines field data collection, photogrammetry, and analytics to create a single source of truth for as-built reality, supporting remote visualization, accurate measurements, digital simulations, and computational analyses. The company remains privately held and continues to operate across multiple markets, including the United States, Europe, the UK, Asia-Pacific, Africa, and government sectors. Its leadership team includes Anne Zink (Founder & CEO), Chris Fawcett (CMO), Adrienne Anderson (CFO), and several senior directors and managers.

• 2026

  Platform Five v5.1 with enhanced HITL AI

• 2025

  Platform Five launched; synthetic twin innovation

• 2024

  Expansion to Africa; new software & data services for additional verticals

• 2023

  Expansion to APAC; named to Vodafone's and Technoport's Tomorrow Street portfolio

• 2022

  Expansion to UK; new applications for AEC companies

• 2021

  Closed Series B; expansion to EU

• 2020

  US Patents issued; expansion to Government

• 2019

  Launched enterprise-class cloud software platform; enhanced capacity to serve large scale operations

• 2018

  Launched refi

• 2016

  Founded by Anne Zink

5x5 Technologies positions itself as the intelligence layer for wireless networks, using Human-in-the-Loop AI to digitize critical infrastructure and provide trusted, actionable data for telecom towers and other physical assets. It emphasizes avoiding 'black box' automation by pairing smart computing with expert human judgment.

• Platform Five™

  End-to-end software and services platform for managing assets and operations.

• Digital Twins

  3D digital replicas of physical assets created using photogrammetry, drones, and LiDAR.

• Human-in-the-Loop AI

  AI analytics that pairs smart computing with expert human judgment to validate results in real time.

• refi

  A product or service launched in 2018 (details not specified in available evidence).

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