Announcing our $15M Seed Funding to Fix America's Infrastructure
For centuries, infrastructure maintenance has barely evolved. Since Roman times, it's been reactive, manual, and inefficient—trapped in a time warp. BrightAI is here to break that cycle.
Our mission is to transform critical infrastructure management from reactive maintenance to proactive operations, using multimodal AI to anticipate and prevent costly failures before they happen. Today, we’re proud to announce $15 million in seed funding led by Upfront Ventures and reveal the potential of our Stateful OS platform – read more on Upfront’s investment in BrightAI.
Currently, 50% to 80% of infrastructure operations costs are tied to labor and truck rolls just to assess conditions. Without a comprehensive understanding of asset health, operators are left scrambling to respond to power outages, water main breaks, bridge collapses, gas leaks, and even food contamination—failures that could be prevented with real-time information.
This data exists, and now the blue-collar workforce can access it through Stateful OS, our new platform that turns complex infrastructure data into actionable intelligence.
Purpose-built for industries ranging from water, energy, and transportation to pest control and manufacturing, our platform is already making an impact. With over 250,000 active AI endpoints and 25,000 AI locations—deployed at more sites than Starbucks stores in the U.S.— we have achieved $80 million in revenue. Remarkably, this growth was accomplished while remaining in stealth mode and without raising any outside capital — until now. Stateful OS captures exclusive, real-time data that no other system can access. This data powers multimodal AI models that detect infrastructure flaws before they escalate, enabling workers to make smart, informed decisions regarding dispatch and repair. With Stateful OS, workers arrive equipped with insights equivalent to 30 years of experience on their first day—preventing failures, cutting costs, and building resilience. 
The Stateful OS platform offerings include:
1️⃣ Asset & Site Visibility
Imagine having 24/7 monitoring, diagnostics, and automated dispatch at your fingertips. Stateful OS provides continuous visibility into infrastructure conditions, empowering teams with real-time insights to anticipate and resolve issues before they escalate.
2️⃣ Workforce Wearable Copilot
With our AI-powered wearable solution, field workers gain access to real-time guidance and reporting, supported by a comprehensive operations knowledge graph. This enables faster, smarter decisions on the ground, ensuring your workforce is both informed and empowered.
3️⃣ Inspection Autonomy
Leveraging autonomous robotics and drone systems, Stateful OS automates complex, dangerous, and repetitive tasks, increasing inspection accuracy and frequency while reducing operational risks.
For leaders managing critical infrastructure, these capabilities represent an opportunity to:
- Transition from reactive to proactive management, reducing downtime and operational waste.
- Empower blue-collar workforces with tools that enable smarter, data-driven decision-making.
- Scale inspection operations with unmatched precision while improving safety and cutting costs.
With deployments spanning water, power, energy, transportation, pest control, HVAC, and critical home services, BrightAI is already transforming how critical industries manage and maintain infrastructure. Today, it’s possible for large, traditional businesses to evolve into data-driven digital operating systems of their own—accessing and adopting solutions once reserved for multi-billion-dollar companies. Our technology is leading this shift, replacing outdated, reactive methods with proactive, AI-powered precision. The $15M in seed funding will allow us to scale even further, enabling us to bring these solutions to new industries, more regions, and businesses of all sizes. Together with our partners and investors, we’re shaping a future where infrastructure resilience and efficiency are accessible to everyone.
