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Arista

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Arista is mentioned as a new company that emerged with the rise of data networking. observed

fresh · evidence 6d ago 9 sources no confidence data
—/100
Developer momentum
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Funding
no round
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
not scored
momentum / 100
Hiring
no board
eng openings

New infrastructure surfaces

Subdomains appearing in public certificate-transparency logs — infrastructure standing up, dated at detection. Intent labels are deterministic (token map), not guessed.

staging.corp.arista.io launch prep 09-06 dev.corp.arista.io 09-06

Traction

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Current round

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Opportunity & risk

No standout signal or flag yet.

8 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

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VIX signals 4 hard signals across 2 sources ▾

The platform's own early signals for this company — hard-to-fake, and where one preceded a real raise, the measured lead.

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Capital timeline every dated signal, across tiers

  1. rumor Arista Networks CEO offers journalist pre-IPO shares after he covers them ↗
  2. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗
  3. rumor Arista Networks files for IPO of up to $200 m ↗
  4. rumor Arista Files for IPO ↗
  5. rumor Arista Networks files for IPO ↗
  6. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗
  7. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
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  9. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  10. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗
  11. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗
  12. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  13. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  14. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗
  15. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  16. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗
  17. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗
  18. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗
  19. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  20. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  21. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗

Narrative vs. reality SEC filings beyond reported funding

Reported narrative · Tier 2
No reported round on record.
Filed reality · Tier 0 · SEC
17 Form D
latest filed 2014-04-11 · none near the reported round

The company has Form D filings on record that our reported-funding data does not cover — a quiet raise worth a look.

Regulatory filings SEC EDGAR · primary source

Form D filings — the company's own authoritative record of a Reg D private raise, filed with the SEC. Primary-source evidence: not commentary, not inference. 17 filings, latest 2014-04-11.

Community chatter Hacker News · Tier 3 · unverified manip. risk low · 0.13

Gray-market attention, not quality. 50+ HN mentions (peak 27 points). Claim-shaped headlines are rumors until corroborated — a Tier-3 factual claim carries no evidentiary weight on its own. Risk drivers: heavy gray-market attention · some SEC filings on record. ▲ 27 E Pluribus, Network – Arista Networks, That Is 2022-08-05 ↗

Raw observations 26 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
common_name Arista observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
common_name Arista CloudVision observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.60
community.hn.max_points 27 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7716178", "title": "Arista Networks CEO offers journalist pre-IPO shares after he covers them", "points": 10, "created_at": "2014-05-08", "evidence_type" observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7716178", "title": "Arista Networks CEO offers journalist pre-IPO shares after he covers them", "points": 10, "created_at": "2014-05-08", "evidence_type" observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7716178", "title": "Arista Networks CEO offers journalist pre-IPO shares after he covers them", "points": 10, "created_at": "2014-05-08", "evidence_type" observed artifact ↗ 2014-05-08 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7716178", "title": "Arista Networks CEO offers journalist pre-IPO shares after he covers them", "points": 10, "created_at": "2014-05-08", "evidence_type" observed artifact ↗ 2014-05-08 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7716178", "title": "Arista Networks CEO offers journalist pre-IPO shares after he covers them", "points": 10, "created_at": "2014-05-08", "evidence_type" observed artifact ↗ 2014-05-08 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354273", "title": "E Pluribus, Network – Arista Networks, That Is", "points": 27, "created_at": "2022-08-05"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354273", "title": "E Pluribus, Network – Arista Networks, That Is", "points": 27, "created_at": "2022-08-05"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354273", "title": "E Pluribus, Network – Arista Networks, That Is", "points": 27, "created_at": "2022-08-05"} observed artifact ↗ 2022-08-05 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354273", "title": "E Pluribus, Network – Arista Networks, That Is", "points": 27, "created_at": "2022-08-05"} observed artifact ↗ 2022-08-05 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354273", "title": "E Pluribus, Network – Arista Networks, That Is", "points": 27, "created_at": "2022-08-05"} observed artifact ↗ 2022-08-05 normalized 0.20
description Arista is mentioned as a new company that emerged with the rise of data networking. observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
domain www.arista.io observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.95
index.ai_tie AI_ADJACENT observed classify 2026-07-25 derived 0.60
sec.cik 0001424640 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.count 17 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.filings [{"cik": "0001424640", "form": "D", "filed": "2014-04-11", "accession": "0001213900-14-002347", "index_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1424640/000121390014002347/0001213900-14-002347-in observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.latest_filed 2014-04-11 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.related_persons {"filed": "2014-04-11", "persons": [{"last_name": "Schmitz", "first_name": "William", "clarification": null, "relationships": ["Executive Officer", "Director"]}, {"last_name": "GREENSTEIN", "first_nam observed url 2014-04-11 normalized 0.99
sector emerging derived calc 2026-08-08 normalized 0.50
website_url https://www.arista.io/cv observed enrichment 2026-07-24 normalized 0.75
website_url https://www.arista.io/cv observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.95
website.homepage.has_pricing_link false observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.80