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about us bright machines

Bright Machines was founded with the goal to transform manufacturing. With lead investor Eclipse Capital, we closed our Series A round to build our vision of deploying software-driven robotics. We deployed our first automated assembly line with modular BRCs (Bright Robotic Cells) to the factory floor. We developed and integrated our Brightware Platform operating system to power the flexible automation behind our Microfactories. With lead investor Eclipse Capital, we secured our Series B round to scale the growth of our customer base across key industries. With the holidays around the corner, it feels like the right time to look back on an exciting and important year for our team.

This year, our momentum showed up in many ways. As we continued advancing our technology for building AI infrastructure in the US, we expanded our team and welcomed over 50 new team members, while also building new partnerships and strengthening relationships across our... There’s much more to share, and we’re excited to do so in the year ahead! From all of us at Bright Machines, we wish you a joyful holiday season and all the best in 2026! Take a look at our US and Mexico teams celebrating the end of the year ✨ The Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) announced the OpenUSD Core Specification 1.0, marking a major step toward a shared foundation for how industries will create, exchange, and collaborate on 3D content.

The new production-ready standard addresses long-standing fragmentation in 3D data and enables the kind of scalable, high-performance workflows that modern animation, digital twins, and simulation rely on. As a member of AOUSD, we’re excited to see this come to life and even more proud of the people behind it! Read more in the press release 👇 📣 OpenUSD Core Specification 1.0 is here. This release defines the universal language for 3D creation, driving interoperability across simulation, digital twins, and world-building. Built in collaboration with Adobe, Apple, Amazon, Autodesk, Bright Machines, Chaos, DigitalFish, Esri, Foundry, Intel Corporation, Lucasfilm, Meta, NVIDIA, OTOY, Pixar Animation Studios, PTC, SideFX Software, Sony, and Trimble Inc., Core Spec 1.0 delivers:...

Honored to attend the #IndustrialAI Forum on Dec 5–6 at Sunnyvale and speak on behalf of Bright Machines. It was inspiring to hear industrial leaders share how GenAI, digital twins, and robotics are reshaping industries and the future of manufacturing. Many thanks to Professor Jay Lee for the invitation, Brandon Wang and Synopsys Inc for hosting such a great event, and Monte Jade West for the wonderful networking dinner at Stanford. Grateful for the engaging conversations and diverse perspectives from across the industry. Today we hosted a great Lunch & Learn with our Mechatronics Engineering Intern, James Huang, who shared his journey and what he’s learned since joining our SF team. James worked on enhancing our robotics testing platform, running vision experiments for our proprietary Smart Skills, and exploring new hardware options.

We’re always happy to have interns on our team as they bring curiosity, initiative, and a fresh perspective to our projects! If you want to be part of an innovative team, check out our open roles here: https://lnkd.in/dEhpdRH Bright Machines has raised a total funding of $279M over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Oct 23, 2018. Its latest funding round was a Venture Debt round on Jun 25, 2024 for $20M. 1 investor participated in its latest round, which include Hercules Capital, BlackRock, J P Morgan and EDBI.

Bright Machines has 16 institutional investors including Eclipse, Microsoft and Nvidia. 2445 16th StSan Francisco, CA 94103-4210United States At Bright Machines®, we enable manufacturers to future-proof their production operations today – using an intelligent automated assembly solution that provides them with the flexibility to adapt to changing consumer demands and resiliency to... With our platform-based approach, customers see consistent output, fewer defects, and more substantial ROI in the final assembly of their electronic products. With our Bright Machines Microfactories, the power of the Brightware® Platform and our intelligent software come to life. Leveraging decades of deep software and manufacturing process expertise, we have designed an integrated, full-stack solution that acts as a fully-functioning production line – but with flexibility and scalability built in right from the...

Bright Machines is a software and robotics company whose applications focus on automation for the manufacturing industry.[1] The San Francisco-based company has two primary products. First, Bright Machines employs “micro-factories“ made up of robot cells for the purpose of automating electronics manufacturing and inspection. Second, Bright Machines offers software tools for the purpose of improving efficiencies in the manufacturing process.[2] Bright Machines was founded in May 2018 as a spin-off of Flex Ltd., initially operating under the stealth startup name AutoLabs AI. In October 2018, the company rebranded as Bright Machines and raised $179 million in a Series A funding round led by Eclipse Ventures.[3] In October 2022, the company announced a $100 million Series B... Morgan.[5] In September 2024, the company announced Chris Stori as the new CEO.[6]

Bright Machines, headquartered in San Francisco, is bringing intelligence to the factory, enabling manufacturers to effortlessly and autonomously build products. Its intelligent software-defined manufacturing platform helps customers meet demands by bringing greater automation, clarity, flexibility and speed to the process of manufacturing physical goods – from consumer electronics to automotive parts. Information from the factory informs both design and manufacturing engineering to help companies innovate faster. It is flipping a 30-year manufacturing status quo on its head to create more efficiencies than previously imaginable, from productivity gains, to reduction in downtime and defect rates of assembled parts, to faster time... Bright Machines was founded in 2018 by industry veterans who saw a unique opportunity to pioneer an innovative approach to intelligent, software-defined automation. It has a growing roster of enterprise OEM and contract manufacturing customers in high-growth end markets, including computing and communications, automotive, sensing and controls, and diversified industrials.

With more than 350 employees worldwide, Bright Machines operates R&D centers in the U.S. and Israel, with additional delivery and sales operations in Mexico, Poland, and China. The Company’s flagship product, the Bright Machines® Microfactory, is a pre-integrated, programmable assembly line that can be easily deployed into both existing and greenfield production facilities. Running on the Company’s proprietary Brightware® software platform, it is a scalable, future-proofed solution that allows manufacturers to create a more resilient supply chain and relocate or rebalance capacity in tandem with market demand. Bright Machines’ platform approach, coupled with their full-stack microfactory solution, is enabling the world’s largest manufacturers to fundamentally change the flexibility, scalability, and economics of production. With intelligent automation, they can build closer to where they sell and ultimately, transform the way their products are made.

Bright Machines, which automates electronics manufacturing with flexible software-defined automation, reduces per unit carbon intensity by ~7% and has the potential to reduce more than 1.4 MMtCO2e annually by 2040.

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