Brightways

What Brightways does

Brightways Corporation is a privately held cloud networking company developing power-efficient switching infrastructure for hyperscale data centers and AI-driven facilities. The company is headquartered in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, with additional engineering operations in Livingston and Bangalore, India, and reports 1–10 employees. Its flagship product is the InterWATT-Neural2048, a modular hyperscale switch platform supporting 10G through 800G Ethernet across four line card variants (1771, 1772, 1787, 1788) in 4U to 16U form factors, built on three foundational patents — PSPINE switching architecture, the Interwatt Networking Chip, and internal switch fabric methods — that underpin a reprogrammable ASIC and a collapsed-tier fabric claimed to reduce per-port power by 40%+ and latency by up to 50% versus conventional hyperscale platforms.

The software stack pairs the hardware with LanBolt, a Linux-based Network Operating System built on the Open vSwitch engine providing L2/L3, VLAN, hot-pluggable line cards, and orchestration, and ConnectIQ, a real-time telemetry system for line card health, power state, and traffic statistics. A roadmap extension branded Crossover Networking plans to integrate firewall, load balancer, and cloud analytics directly into the switch. The company is led by founder Stephen DiFerdinando (also CEO and CTO) with a management team that includes AI ASIC, embedded systems, and advanced networking engineering leadership, and operates as a self-funded, founder-controlled private company without disclosed institutional investment.

Brightways monetizes via hardware sales of the InterWATT-Neural2048 platform and one-time licensing of the LanBolt and ConnectIQ software, targeting hyperscale data centers, AI-driven facilities, cloud service providers, and enterprise networks primarily in the United States. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales with demos and field trials scheduled through a single email inbox, supplemented by a digital presence (website, LinkedIn, RSS feed) and a dedicated investor relations page distributing quarterly reports. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; the company instead quantifies customer economics through projected electricity savings of $2.4M annually and Capex savings of $3.0M for a representative 20 MW, 185,000 sq ft data center.

Name

Brightways

Legal name

Brightways Corporation

Website

https://brightwaysco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Brightways Corporation is a privately held cloud networking company that designs energy-efficient hyperscale switches and networking software (LanBolt NOS, ConnectIQ Telemetry) for hyperscale data centers, AI-driven facilities, cloud providers, and enterprise networks, with engineering operations in the United States and India.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hyperscale Data Center Networking Equipment

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Computer Communications Equipment (3576)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud-Scale / Hyperscale Ethernet Switching (HDAFAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data Center Ethernet Switching (ToR/Leaf-Spine) (HDABAFAA), Network/Infrastructure Processors (Switching/Routing/SmartNIC DPUs) (HDAHAJAH)

Keywords

• Cloud networking hardware
• Hyperscale data center switches
• Network operating system
• AI infrastructure networking
• High-speed Ethernet switching

Headquarters

HQ city

Langhorne

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales - InterWATT-Neural2048 Switch: Sale of the InterWATT-Neural2048 hyperscale switch platform with multiple line card configurations (1771, 1772, 1787, 1788) supporting speeds from 10G through 800G. The switch is sold as a modular system with 16 slots for various Ethernet line cards.
2. Software Products - LanBolt NOS & ConnectIQ Telemetry: Licensing and sale of network operating system software (LanBolt NOS) built on Linux and Open vSwitch, along with ConnectIQ telemetry software for real-time monitoring and analytics.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Brightways designs, develops, and sells hyperscale cloud networking hardware and software for data centers and AI facilities. Its flagship InterWATT-Neural2048 modular switch supports 10G through 800G Ethernet line cards and delivers 40%+ lower per-port power consumption and up to 50% lower latency versus conventional hyperscale platforms. The software layer includes the LanBolt Network Operating System and ConnectIQ telemetry platform, both built on the proprietary PSPINE switching architecture and Interwatt Networking Chip.

Product overview

Brightways offers a unified cloud networking portfolio comprising the InterWATT-Neural2048™ hyperscale switch hardware platform and two software products. The flagship switch (available in 4U, 8U, 12U, and 16U form factors with four line card variants) is powered by the patented PSPINE™ switch fabric and Interwatt Networking Chip. The software layer includes LanBolt™ NOS (a Linux-based network operating system built on Open vSwitch) and ConnectIQ™ Telemetry for real-time monitoring. The low-power hardware design also enables Crossover Networking integration of firewall, load balancer, and cloud analytics functions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• InterWATT-Neural2048™: Cloud hyperscale switch supporting 10-800G Ethernet connections with modular line cards
• PSPINE™
• LanBolt™ NOS
• ConnectIQ™ Telemetry

Products and services

• InterWATT-Neural2048 Switch Modular cloud hyperscale switching platform with 16 slots supporting 10G, 25G, 40G, 50G, 100G, 400G, and 800G Ethernet line cards across four line card variants (1771, 1772, 1787, 1788). Built on the patented PSPINE switching architecture, it delivers 40%+ lower per-port electrical consumption and up to 50% lower latency compared to conventional hyperscale platforms. Targets hyperscale data centers, AI-driven facilities, enterprise networks, and cloud service providers.
• InterWatt Networking Chip & PSPINE The central building block of the InterWATT-Neural2048 hyperscale switch: the Interwatt Networking Chip serves as a fully reprogrammable ASIC switch engine and PSPINE forms the high-speed internal switch fabric. By integrating more line card functions into the ASIC, it avoids extra routing hops, reduces power dissipation, and speeds fabric traversals. Enables seamless scaling from 10G to 400G through software updates without new hardware.
• LanBolt Network Operating System (NOS) Linux-based Network Operating System driven by an Open vSwitch engine, providing full Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols with VLAN support, hot-pluggable design, dynamic orchestration, and seamless failover from main to secondary line card. Compatible with open networking standards including SDN and NFV. Sold/licensed for use with Brightways' hyperscale switch platform.
• ConnectIQ Telemetry Real-time telemetry GUI that delivers line card health, power state variables, Ethernet packet statistics, ingress/egress traffic statistics, and packet latency distribution. Metrics are collected by the Interwatt chip and compiled by the Control Plane from each line card. Sold/licensed as a software product for use with Brightways' switch platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40%+ lower per-port electrical consumption (10G to 800G)
• +5 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Arista Networks: Direct competitor in high-performance data center and hyperscale Ethernet switching for AI/cloud fabrics. Arista's 7000-series and EOS target the same hyperscale buyers with comparable 10G-800G platforms, making it the most direct comparable to Brightways' InterWATT-Neural2048.
• Juniper Networks: Direct peer in enterprise and data center switching (QFX/Mist AI) and routing, with a similar focus on high-throughput fabrics for cloud and AI workloads. Comparable customer base and product category to Brightways.
• NVIDIA (Mellanox): Dominant supplier of InfiniBand and Spectrum-X Ethernet switches for AI training fabrics, plus BlueField DPUs that overlap with Brightways' reprogrammable ASIC strategy. The benchmark competitor for AI data center networking that Brightways must displace or partner with.
• Edgecore Networks: ODM/white-box supplier of open-networking switches supporting SONiC and other NOS options, directly aligned with Brightways' open-networking positioning. Competes in the same hyperscale disaggregated switching category.

Broad incumbents

• Cisco Systems: Broad incumbent selling Nexus data center switches, Silicon One ASICs, and full networking stacks to enterprises and hyperscalers. Cisco overlaps with Brightways in switch hardware and increasingly in networking silicon, with vastly larger scale and software ecosystem.
• Broadcom: Supplies Tomahawk and Jericho switching ASICs that power many hyperscale and merchant switches; competes architecturally with Brightways' custom Interwatt Chip approach. Comparable as a silicon-and-platform peer, though it is also a potential foundry/customer-ASIC counterparty.
• Huawei: Global incumbent in data center and cloud switches (CloudEngine series) with custom switching silicon, comparable product scope to Brightways but at much larger scale and with limited US-market access — relevant as a non-US competitive benchmark.
• HPE Aruba Networking: Enterprise and data center networking portfolio (CX switches) with growing AI-fabric focus; overlaps with Brightways in the enterprise networking segment and represents a channel partner or competitor depending on the buyer's existing HPE footprint.

Emerging players

• Marvell Technology: Ships Teralynx and Prestera switch silicon plus optical DSPs aimed at hyperscale and 5G networks, competing for the same switch-ASIC and platform design slots as Brightways' Interwatt chip. Most relevant as a competing custom-silicon supplier to OEMs.
• Pluribus Networks: Open-networking switch vendor with its own NOS focused on data center fabric automation; competes with Brightways' LanBolt NOS and open-networking value proposition for buyers seeking alternatives to vendor-locked stacks.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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