# Bright Machines

> Bright Machines builds software-defined manufacturing systems for electronics and AI infrastructure. Its Bright Factory combines digital design, modular robotic assembly and production data, with manufacturing deployed inside customer and partner facilities. The company focuses on servers, racks and storage systems, and reports experience from more than 130 Microfactories across over 10 countries and more than 60 customers.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Amar Hanspal (Co-founder and former CEO (stepped down December 2021)), Lior Susan (Co-founder and Chairman)
- **Products:** Bright Machines Microfactory, Brightware Platform, Smart Skills, Bright Designer, Bright Factory
- **Notable:** Reported experience from more than 130 Microfactories, over 10 countries and more than 60 customers as of July 2026., AI Breakthrough: Best AI-based Solution for Manufacturing, 2023., Inc. 5000 rank 4,730 in 2023.

## Products & services

- **Bright Machines Microfactory** — Modular automated assembly lines assembled from Bright Robotic Cells; used for electronics assembly and inspection. First deployed in 2019.
- **Brightware Platform** — Software for configuring, running, monitoring and controlling robotic assembly processes.
- **Smart Skills** — Proprietary 3D navigation and machine-learning inspection capabilities using vision and force sensing.
- **Bright Designer** — Digital engineering application for automation-aware CPU and GPU server design; private preview announced March 18, 2025, built with NVIDIA Omniverse technologies and Azure.
- **Bright Factory** — Integrated manufacturing platform connecting virtual product development, AI-enabled robotics and factory data in customer and partner facilities.
- **Bright Data** — Unifies component, process and enterprise-system data with auditable flows and production insights.
- **Hybrid BRC** — Operator-assisted robotic cell with safety interlocks, guided assembly and serial-number traceability for manual interventions. Announced July 29, 2026.

## Achievements

- Reported experience from more than 130 Microfactories, over 10 countries and more than 60 customers as of July 2026.
- AI Breakthrough: Best AI-based Solution for Manufacturing, 2023.
- Inc. 5000 rank 4,730 in 2023.
- Recognized as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.
- Publicly announced more than USD 400 million in total capital raised by June 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published engineering commentary on brownfield versus greenfield automation; its illustrative Project Tomato is explicitly fictional, not a verified customer deployment.
- **2026-07** — Launched Hybrid BRC for monitored operator-assisted assembly within Bright Factory.
- **2026-07** — Published an explanation of physical AI architecture, separating deterministic execution from higher-level AI interpretation.
- **2025-03** — Announced private preview of Bright Designer for automation-aware server design.

## Links

- Website: https://www.brightmachines.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bright-machines/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/brightmachines
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Bright-Machines
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightmachines

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Last updated: 2026-10-02