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Linux Foundation Networking shares new AI projects, milestone releases

Network World

The Linux Foundations networking division (LF Networking) is continuing to grow both its mandate and project roster in 2025. As part of the roadmap, a pair of open-source networking projects were announced that will bring new AI capabilities. That said, the same survey also identified some clear challenges.

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SONiC pioneer Aviz Networks raises $17M for AI network management push

Network World

Networking software provider Aviz Networks today announced a $17 million Series A funding round to accelerate its growth in open networking solutions and artificial intelligence capabilities. The latest addition is the company’s network AI assistant, which aims to assist with operations and management.

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NetBox Labs embraces intersection of network management and AI

Network World

Over the last several years, NetBox has established itself as a widely used open-source tool for understanding and modeling networks. 2023, the company announced previews of its network drift configuration technology known as NetBox Assurance. Were all in on AI, Kristopher Beevers, CEO of NetBox Labs, told Network World.

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Former Arista COO launches NextHop AI for customized networking infrastructure

Network World

A new player in the networking industry is tackling the unique challenges of AI infrastructure at hyperscale. Sadana spent 17 years at Arista and prior to that was at Cisco for eight years, so hes no stranger to the networking world. We are here to build the most efficient AI networking solutions that are out there, Sadana said.

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At long last, OpenStack (now known as OpenInfra Foundation) joins Linux Foundation

Network World

After more than a decade as an independent open-source foundation, the OpenStack project is joining theLinux Foundation in a move aimed at accelerating collaboration across the open infrastructure ecosystem. Fifteen years ago, Rackspace got together with NASA and created the open-source OpenStack project.

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Cisco takes inspiration from Iron Man for its AI-driven platform engineer

Network World

When AI agents begin to proliferate, a new, open structure will be needed so they can securely communicate and collaborate together to solve complex problems, Cisco stated. AGNTCY, meanwhile, will help develop the industry open-source cooperation Cisco Outshift envisions for the Internet of Agents and more.

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Data center spending to top $1 trillion by 2029 as AI transforms infrastructure

Network World

AI servers can be $100,000 to $200,000, especially when equipped with the latest Nvidia CPUs, Fung tells Network World. For example, the open-source AI model from Chinese company DeepSeek seems to have shown that an LLM can produce very high-quality results at a very low cost with some clever architectural changes to how the models work.