Funding to accelerate customer momentum for Aviz’s multi-vendor, GenAI-based networking stack along with adoption of SONiC based open networking
SAN JOSE, California. – Nov 30, 2023 – Aviz Networks, a leader in open networking software for cloud-scale infrastructures serving telecom and enterprises, today announced its funding expansion to reach $10M led by global network leader Cisco, along with existing investors, Moment Ventures, Accton and Wistron. This funding will accelerate customer momentum for Aviz’s multi-vendor, GenAI-based networking stack along with the adoption of SONiC based open networking.
“Wistron is excited to see the multiple innovations and execution coming from Aviz as an early-stage company extending its reach to address the challenges of enterprise data center and cloud networks. Wistron is participating in this investment round so that our companies can work closely together to deliver the right solutions and substantial cost savings to enterprises as driven with robust SONiC edge deployments.”
“Cisco is committed to accelerating innovation in networking to deliver comprehensive solutions to our customers,”. “By investing in innovative startups, like Aviz, we are demonstrating our commitment to our partners and customers who value the open-source community.”
“Accton is proud to be participating in this investment round with other global network leaders as it underscores our commitment to innovation in open networking. Aviz Networks has been extremely successful this year in the multi-billion dollar open network market, where SONiC plays a significant role. Accton is always pleased to collaborate with those that share our collective vision of employing AI and other cutting-edge technologies to meet the networking needs of enterprises and telcos.”
“We are delighted to close this latest funding round that includes Cisco and other networking leaders. Our vision of delivering open, cloud & AI enabled networks for all enterprises and telecoms has rapidly taken shape as we partner with customers and our vendor ecosystem,” “Aviz continues to focus on supporting and leveraging community SONiC, and adding compelling innovations that enhance quality, drive down costs and accelerate time to deployment of open, cloud networks.”
About Aviz Networks:
Aviz Networks is a leading provider of solutions for Open, Cloud, and AI first networks. Aviz delivers switch platform agnostic, easy-to-use applications and APIs for network observability, orchestration, and assurance. Aviz also provides disaggregated support for multi-vendor SONiC deployments in data centers & edge networks. Aviz is on a mission to make SONiC a ubiquitous, accessible, and intelligent NOS for every stakeholder across the global market.
Aviz Networks does not make its own SONiC distribution; rather, we work with partners like Cisco, Broadcom, Edgecore, Nvidia, Marvell, Supermicro and others to provide tools and services that normalize SONiC for enterprise use cases.
This includes products for testing, deployment, visibility, orchestration and enterprise support across diverse SONiC environments. The goal is to eliminate lock-in and give customers choice and control, while still benefiting from the cost savings and flexibility of open networking.
“Customers, even Cisco for that matter, have partnered with us because they are seeing this shift in the market and they see [SONiC] as the next Linux of the industry,” Shukla said.
Contact us today for your GenAI based networking stack or SONiC based open networking requirements.
