BrightAI Surpasses $100M in Revenue and Taps Microsoft, Evernote, and Intel Veterans as Chief Revenue Officer and SVPs of Engineering

BrightAI, the company bringing AI into the physical world to power smarter, more resilient infrastructure, today announced a major expansion of its leadership team as it surpasses $100 million in lifetime revenue and enters a new phase focused on commercial scale and platform deployment.

At the center of this momentum is the appointment of Gerald Choung as Chief Revenue Officer. Phil Constantinou has been appointed as SVP of Cloud and Mobile Engineering, and John Dring as SVP of Hardware and Firmware Engineering—two seasoned leaders focused on scaling BrightAI’s platform and operations. Their arrival builds on a leadership foundation anchored by CTO Kiran Bharwani, formerly of Rivian and Caterpillar, who leads the company’s technical vision and architecture.

Choung’s appointment signals BrightAI’s deep commitment to building the commercial and operational capacity required to meet accelerating demand. With more than two decades of experience building and leading revenue organizations across enterprise software, IoT, and infrastructure, Choung will lead all go-to-market functions—including sales, marketing, and partnerships—as BrightAI enters a new phase of growth and deployment. His background includes leadership roles at Microsoft, Qualcomm, ESET, and most recently, as CRO at Platform Science and ActiveState, where he consistently unlocked new markets, scaled high-performing teams, and delivered durable growth.

“I joined BrightAI to tackle the operational challenges that have held essential industries back for decades,” said Gerald Choung, Chief Revenue Officer at BrightAI. “These sectors haven’t had the benefit of modern, field-ready technology—and BrightAI is uniquely positioned to change that by improving efficiency, increasing quality and resilience, and delivering long-term value at scale.”

As BrightAI builds on this commercial foundation, its technical leadership continues to expand in lockstep. Constantinou and Dring bring complementary expertise in software, hardware, and systems engineering. At Evernote, Constantinou helped scale the platform to over 200 million users. He later led mobile and cloud efforts for biosensor platforms in health tech. At BrightAI, Constantinou will lead development of the mobile and cloud layers of Stateful, an AI platform that fuses edge sensors, autonomous robotics, and multimodal functional models to modernize infrastructure and bring real-time field intelligence to the edge. His focus will be on delivering intuitive tools that connect frontline teams to real-time, context-rich digital twins.

Dring complements this work with deep expertise in embedded systems and connected devices. With senior roles at Intel and VitalConnect, he has led architecture and product development across hardware and cloud. At Intel, he helped build one of the first WiMAX chipsets, and at VitalConnect, he oversaw development of the HealthPatch wearable system. As SVP of Engineering, he will lead hardware and systems engineering for BrightAI’s autonomous robotics and wearables, developing intelligent systems that enhance precision, safety, and operational uptime.

“The world runs on physical systems—power lines, pipelines, equipment in the field—and they’ve been left behind by traditional software,” said Alex Hawkinson, Founder and CEO of BrightAI. “At BrightAI, we’re building a new class of AI that lives where the work happens. That takes a different caliber of leadership. Gerald knows how to scale with precision. Phil and John know how to build systems that bridge cloud and edge. Together with Kiran, they form the team that will take BrightAI from breakthrough to backbone.”

BrightAI is also expanding its physical footprint, opening a new headquarters in San Francisco to support continued growth. The office will open next quarter and initially house nearly two dozen employees, with plans to hire more than 50 additional team members in the next year. These appointments and investments reflect BrightAI’s readiness for expanded field deployment, continued platform evolution, and deepening industry engagement.

BrightAI has also attracted top contributors from leading companies across technology, logistics, and robotics—including TensorIoT, Humane, Google, Roku, Canoo, Ware2Go, Frore System, AvaSure, Brain Corp, and Offworld.

“The future of AI is physical—and we’re building the systems that keep the real world running,” said Golda Hartman, Chief People Officer at BrightAI. “BrightAI is bringing together top talent from software, infrastructure, and embedded systems to modernize the essential services the world depends on every day. This is a purpose-built team transforming how critical systems are designed, deployed, and sustained.”

About BrightAI

BrightAI is transforming essential services with Physical AI—real-world intelligence that drives proactive, data-driven operations. Built on the Stateful platform, BrightAI empowers operators of critical infrastructure to collect and connect sensor data in real time, uncover hidden insights, and make smarter decisions. From predictive diagnostics and autonomous robotics to digital twins and AI-enabled workflows, BrightAI solutions serve industries including water, power, gas compression, pest control, HVAC, and manufacturing. By turning complex physical signals into actionable intelligence, BrightAI is redefining how essential services are delivered and sustained.