BrightAI

BrightAI provides physical AI solutions for infrastructure and services.

Robotics and hardware Developer tools and cloud

Latest funding

$51M Series A · July 1, 2025

Led by Inspired Capital · Source: startupintros.com

Latest round on record: Series A, September 2025, amount undisclosed.

Total raised: $66M across 2 sourced rounds

All 4 rounds ↓

Website: bright.ai.

X: @BrightAI_corp · 75 followers.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com.

Categories: Robotics and hardware Developer tools and cloud.

Sectors: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Computing, Drones, Internet of Things, Mobile.

Stage: Series B+.

Based in: Palo Alto, United States.

Founded: 2019.

Total raised: $66M in 2 sourced rounds.

Last round: Sep 3, 2025 · 435 days ago.

Headcount: 101–250 employees.

On Recent Funding since: Nov 8, 2026.

Signals

X account@BrightAI_corp · created Dec 19, 2023 (2 years old) · 75 followers

Website registeredDec 16, 2017 (8 years old)

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

BrightAI | 1204 days on the record

@BrightAI_corp·Raised $66M in 2 sourced rounds

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

September 3, 2025
Series A · amount undisclosed
Source: fundraisingfox.com
July 1, 2025
Series A · $51M
IInspired Capital (lead), KKhosla Ventures (lead), BBoxGroup, CCooley LLP, MMarlinspike Capital, RRSquared VC, VVSC Ventures, ZZero Infinity Partners
Source: startupintros.com
November 19, 2024
Seed · $15M
UUpfront Ventures (lead)
Source: startupintros.com
December 19, 2023
X account created
July 27, 2023
Series B+ · amount undisclosed
Source: fundraisingfox.com
December 16, 2017
Website created

Founders and team

AH
Alex Hawkinson Founder
DB
Douglas Burman Founder

LinkedIn
NH
Nathan Hanks Founder

@natehanks
RP
Robert Parker Founder

LinkedIn
KB
Kiran Bharwani CTO
GC
Gerald Choung Chief Revenue Officer
TE
Todd Ebert Fractional CMO
WH
William Hart Staff Product Manager

Investors

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