Nexthop AI

Nexthop AI designs and builds customized networking solutions for hyperscalers and neo-clouds running AI workloads. Its scope spans hardware, network operating systems and interconnects, covering development from silicon to systems to cloud. The company's work targets the specific demands of AI infrastructure at scale, integrating into customers' optimised cloud stacks.

The product line includes purpose-built networking hardware, hardened network operating systems co-developed with customers as an extension of their engineering teams, and pre-tested optical and electrical interconnects for AI deployments. Central to the offering is a Joint Development Manufacturer (JDM) model, which the company describes as enabling the most cost- and power-efficient AI solutions at unprecedented scale. Technical domains covered include AI infrastructure, networking hardware, network operating systems, optical and electrical interconnects, silicon-to-cloud hardware and software development, and cloud stack integration.

The company is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins and Battery Ventures. It is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with five further locations across the Bay Area, Seattle, Vancouver, Dublin and Bengaluru. The team is described as a cohesive group of seasoned industry experts, with an emphasis on collaboration, creativity and a customer-first approach; employees participate directly in the company's success.

Industry focus covers hyperscalers, neo-clouds and cloud companies, AI infrastructure and cloud computing.