# CloudSphere

> CloudSphere is an enterprise software company whose Illuminate360 platform discovers infrastructure, applications, and their dependencies across on-premises and cloud environments. Its service maps support migration planning, cost assessment, security operations, and IT governance.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Founders:** Manoj Nair (HyperGrid founder and CloudSphere board director at formation)
- **Products:** Illuminate360, Migration and modernization assessment, Security and IT visibility
- **Notable:** 2021 AWS Migration and Modernization Competency., 2021 Microsoft Global ISV for Solution Assessments., 2024 $12 million Series B led by Atlantic Bridge.

## Products & services

- **Illuminate360** — Agentless discovery and application/service dependency mapping across on-premises, hybrid, and multicloud environments.
- **Migration and modernization assessment** — Application move groups, cloud suitability, right-sizing, licensing, and total-cost scenarios built from discovered estate data.
- **Security and IT visibility** — Business-service context for security operations, legacy-system visibility, and compliance monitoring.

## Achievements

- 2021 AWS Migration and Modernization Competency.
- 2021 Microsoft Global ISV for Solution Assessments.
- 2024 $12 million Series B led by Atlantic Bridge.
- 2025 AWS strategic collaboration agreement.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — CloudSphere’s LinkedIn page describes CloudSphere and AI Sonar as part of LatticeFlow AI; the January 2026 acquisition announcement specifically identified AI Sonar Ltd.
- **2026-01** — LatticeFlow AI acquired AI Sonar Ltd, a wholly owned CloudSphere subsidiary, including its platform and engineering operations.
- **2025-06** — Paul Haywood joined the board as CloudSphere developed shadow-AI discovery capabilities.
- **2025-01** — CloudSphere announced a strategic collaboration agreement with AWS for migration and modernization.
- **2024-09** — Raised a $12 million Series B led by Atlantic Bridge to expand IT visibility into security operations.

## Links

- Website: https://cloudsphere.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cloudsphere/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CloudSphereAI
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSFMu0axLLsZRaOBmphzP3g

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Last updated: 2026-09-29