Agent InfrastructureEarly StageInfraℹ136 viewsBrightwave
Organizations can connect AI agents to the systems where work happens through infrastructure designed around safe deployment and compliance requirements.
Company snapshot
- Stage
- Early Stage
- Funding
- Series A · $15M · Oct 1, 2024
- Status
- published
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2026
- Views
- 136 views
- Category
- Agent Infrastructure
- Website
- brightwave.io
What they're building
Organizations can connect AI agents to the systems where work happens through infrastructure designed around safe deployment and compliance requirements. Brightwave builds infrastructure for safely connecting AI agents to workplace systems, with a focus on compliance as agents move from conversation into operational work.
Foundation model usage
Editorial estimates from product descriptions. Model providers and actual usage are not confirmed.
- Inferred architecture
- Agentic loops, Batch document processing, Code generation
- Estimated model demand
- High intensity
NYC footprint
- NYC presence
- NYC company or team supported by public sources. Street address has not been verified.
Funding
Latest funding: Series A · $15M · Oct 1, 2024. Total raised: $21M. Lead investor: Decibel Partners.
AI Lab Fit
Strong fit for reasoning models, embeddings, structured outputs, retrieval, document understanding, and agentic analysis across financial workflows.
Sources & location evidence
Open research desk ↗Profile source review: 2026-11-03. Company identity, product and named founders only. Existing funding stage and NYC presence need separate verification. Synthesized; trust and institutional legitimacy route. Original current homepage line: 'An agent infrastructure company.' Homepage now says it builds a compliance-ready foundation connecting AI agents to work systems and links Tidebreak. Legacy financial research docs and About body remain live, so prefer the homepage for current positioning and flag stale subpages. June 11, 2024 company announcement verifies original cofounders Mike Conover and Brandon Kotara; current About lists Brandon Kotara as Founder & CEO. Retain Mike as historical cofounder, not current CEO. No primary announcement establishing a legal rename or full product succession was found; do not rename Brightwave to Tidebreak. Blurb word count: 24; thesis word count: 20.
Notes
Brightwave is tagged infra based on buyer clarity, repeat workflow activity, public activity, and fit with the AI Atlas map.
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