Aria Networks raises $125m | Electronics Weekly

Aria’s aim is to optimise token efficiency using MFU (Model Flop Utilisation)  – a metric linking network performance, revenue and cost per token.

“We’re working with the right type of partners for this market,” says CEO and Co-Founder Mansour Karam (pictured), “in some cases, it could be someone that is delivering the entire factory — they’re delivering the compute, the storage, and our job is to make sure we deliver the network.”

Aria calls its approach ‘Deep Networking’ which is built on five pillars:

1. AI Optimized Hardware, and Hardened SONiC. Aria’s switch platform, built from the ground up on AI-native SONiC, delivers leading 800GbE and 1.6T switching in liquid-cooled and air-cooled form factors.
2. Fine-grained, end to end telemetry. 100–10,000x finer resolution than traditional tools, collected across switches, transceivers, and hosts in a single unified view.
3. Intelligent agents at every layer. Specialized agents evaluate signals, extract insights, and take action at the appropriate resolution – from the switching ASIC all the way up to cloud orchestration.
4. Networking expertise built in. Every agent and every decision is grounded in deep networking domain knowledge – the system doesn’t just see data, it understands what it means.
5. Continuous updates. New capabilities are developed seamlessly and continuously, keeping the network at the forefront of performance for every new workload.