Nexthop AI

Nexthop AI is a networking infrastructure company building next-generation, highly efficient AI and cloud networking for hyperscalers and neo-cloud operators. Founded by former Arista Networks operations leader Anshul Sadana, it designs scale-out and scale-across Ethernet switches, a networking software portfolio, and optics and cables engineered to lower the cost per token of large GPU clusters by improving power efficiency, cost, reliability, and speed of deployment. The company raised a $500M Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Andreessen Horowitz at a $4.2B valuation and is tracked in the API Evangelist network as a Kleiner Perkins portfolio lead. It publishes no public web/REST API surface; this profile captures company identity and domain security posture.

Nexthop AI is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, AI, Networking, Infrastructure, and Switches.

Nexthop AI’s developer surface includes engineering blog, product news, support, documentation, and 7 more developer resources.

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16.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyAINetworkingInfrastructureSwitchesData CenterCloudEthernetOpticsHardware

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Composite quality — 16.6/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfUse

TermsOfUse

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Website

About

Blog

News

LinkedIn

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  scale-out and scale-across Ethernet switches, a networking software portfolio, and optics and cables engineered to lower
  the cost per token of large GPU clusters by improving power efficiency, cost, reliability, and speed of deployment. The
  company raised a $500M Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Andreessen Horowitz at a $4.2B valuation and is tracked
  in the API Evangelist network as a Kleiner Perkins portfolio lead. It publishes no public web/REST API surface; this profile
  captures company identity and domain security posture.
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