Event
BrightAI raises $51M Series A for physical AI infrastructure
BrightAI raised $51 million in Series A funding co-led by Khosla Ventures and Inspired Capital to expand AI for physical infrastructure and essential services.
Evidence notes
- Khosla Ventures and Inspired Capital co-led the round, with BoxGroup, Marlinspike, VSC Ventures, Rsquared VC, Cooley LLP and others participating.
- The financing brought BrightAI total funding to $78 million.
- The capital supports expansion into new industries, customers and engineering and operations hiring from a new San Francisco headquarters.
Company context
BrightAI develops physical-AI infrastructure for monitoring and operating critical assets. Its Stateful platform combines edge sensors, computer vision, robotics and drones to create live operational models for distributed infrastructure. The company reports deployments across more than 250,000 endpoints and 50,000 locations, supporting inspection, predictive maintenance and remote intervention.
Context
- Company
- BrightAI
- Segment
- Data Infrastructure
- Event type
- Funding
- Added to Korthos
- Jul 15, 2026
- Geography
- Palo Alto · United States