Full-Time

Staff Product Manager

BrightAI

BrightAI

51-200 employees

AI-powered proactive asset monitoring for infrastructure

No salary listed

Palo Alto, CA, USA

In Person

Bachelor's

Category
Product
Required Skills
Data Science
Product Management
Machine Learning

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Requirements
  • 8+ years of product management experience with a proven track record of bringing new (0-to-1) products to market in a tech company or fast-growing startup, preferably in SaaS or enterprise software
  • Must have experience building IoT devices and demonstrated understanding of the platform needs to build a scalable offering
  • Technical background (technical degree or history in applicable field)
Responsibilities
  • Define and own the product vision and strategy for technically complex solutions, incorporating both software and hardware, with a focus on new, ground-up products
  • Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle, especially in conceptualizing and launching new products (0-to-1). Ensure rapid yet sustainable growth through prototyping, feedback gathering, and continuous iteration
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering and design, to translate the product vision into actionable development and delivery roadmaps. Provide direction on technically demanding requirements, ensuring alignment with business goals
  • Demonstrate strong project management skills by ensuring timely delivery of product milestones, managing dependencies, mitigating risks, and keeping cross-functional teams aligned and on track to meet goals and timelines
  • Partner with data science and machine learning teams to incorporate AI/ML capabilities into product features, improving customer experiences and driving product differentiation
  • Develop and maintain a clear, prioritized product roadmap, incorporating stakeholder feedback and managing expectations across departments

BrightAI provides an AI and IoT platform, Stateful, that monitors critical infrastructure in real time and manages assets proactively. It collects data from sensors, drones, and robotics, and uses multimodal AI to detect issues, predict failures, and deliver actionable insights to field teams. The system can retrofit legacy infrastructure, enabling large service companies to modernize without replacing systems, with asset visibility, wearables, and autonomous inspections supported by edge computing. BrightAI targets utilities, water, HVAC, and manufacturing customers, aiming to shift infrastructure management from reactive to proactive and create high switching costs through an integrated hardware-software stack.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$66M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2019

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • July 2025 Series A from Khosla and Inspired Capital validates physical AI infrastructure demand.
  • Pelsis expanded Gen 2 deployments across food and pharma after successful pilot.
  • Total funding reached $78 million, supporting hiring, headquarters expansion, and commercial rollout.

What critics are saying

  • Pelsis remains the clearest proof point; one thin vertical risks overconcentration by 2026.
  • BrightAI’s $300 million valuation demands rapid enterprise scale; missed deployments crush follow-on financing.
  • Competitors can bundle similar monitoring into utilities software, compressing pricing and margins quickly.

What makes BrightAI unique

  • Alex Hawkinson’s SmartThings background gives BrightAI rare IoT-to-enterprise infrastructure credibility.
  • Stateful combines sensors, edge computing, and multimodal AI for retrofitting legacy assets.
  • Pelsis adoption shows BrightAI can embed software into existing industrial hardware.

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-3%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

-5%
Consensus Digital Media
Sep 6th, 2025
BrightAI Raises $51M for AI Infrastructure

BrightAI, a San Francisco-based startup, raised a $51 million Series A round led by Khosla Ventures and Inspired Capital, valuing the company at around $300 million. The company, founded by Alex Hawkinson, uses AI for infrastructure maintenance tasks like pest control and power pole inspections. BrightAI's platform, Stateful, employs custom semiconductors and AI models. The startup has raised a total of $78 million.

The AI Insider
Jul 21st, 2025
BrightAI Closes $51M in Funding from Khosla Ventures and Inspired Capital to Bring Physical AI to the World's Essential Services

BrightAI closes $51M in funding from Khosla Ventures and Inspired Capital to bring Physical AI to the world's essential services.

FinSMEs
Jul 20th, 2025
BrightAI Raises $51M in Series A Funding

BrightAI, a San Francisco, CA-based company bringing AI into the physical world to power smarter, more resilient infrastructure, raised $51m in Series A funding

SiliconANGLE Media
Jul 18th, 2025
BrightAI raises $51M to ease infrastructure maintenance with AI

BrightAI Inc., a startup using artificial intelligence to help companies maintain physical assets, today announced that it has closed a $51 million funding round.

VCNewsDaily
Jul 18th, 2025
BrightAI Secures $51M in Series A

BrightAI announced a $51 million Series A funding round to enhance its AI-driven infrastructure solutions.