Physical AI and IoT platform for proactive monitoring of critical infrastructure (water, energy, transit)
AI📍 Los Angeles, CAFounded 2021
Current Valuation
Private
as of 2025-Q3
PRIVATE
IPO Outlookprivate
Is BrightAI going public?
No. BrightAI is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is BrightAI's valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for BrightAI. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has BrightAI filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for BrightAI.
Who are BrightAI's investors?
BrightAI's investors include Upfront Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Section 32.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
BrightAI is a physical-AI and IoT platform that helps enterprises and municipalities proactively monitor and diagnose critical infrastructure such as water systems, energy grids, and transit networks. The company combines sensor hardware, edge inference, and cloud analytics to reduce infrastructure failure risks. BrightAI raised a $51M Series A in July 2025 led by Upfront Ventures, bringing total funding to $78M and positioning the company in the growing 'physical AI' category alongside autonomy and robotics players.
Company Profile
CEO
Eric Free
Founded
2021
HQ
Los Angeles, CA
Employees
~100
Total Raised
$78M
Growth
Series A growth; infrastructure-monitoring contracts ramping
Last Round
Series A — $51M (Jul 2025) · Lead: Upfront Ventures
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Series A · $51M · 1y 1mo ago
privateTotal raised $78M
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series A
$51M
Jul 2025
Upfront Ventures
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Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
No verified Hugging Face organization found for BrightAI — no attributable open-model footprint. Closed-weights labs are common; this is a distribution signal, not a capability judgment.
Checked huggingface.co as of 2026-08-20. Re-checked weekly.
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▼ Hiring downtrend
0% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
2
via greenhouse
Product-build share
100%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
tightening
heavy product build — 100% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 1 of 2 open roles are hardware.
Open roles trending down; no tracked executive churn.
Counted from BrightAI's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
AI sensor platform for critical-infrastructure monitoring
Autonomous diagnostics for water/energy/transit systems
Edge inference + cloud analytics suite
Competitors
Samsara · Ambient.ai · Verkada
Physical AIIoTCritical InfrastructureSensorsEdge AI
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q3. Refreshed quarterly.