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Barefoot Networks

American computer networking company

Barefoot Networks is a computer networking company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company designs and produces programmable network switch silicon, systems and software. The company was acquired by Intel in 2019.3 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

May 2013Founded1
  • Industrycomputer network1
  • HeadquartersPalo Alto1
  • Websitewww.barefootnetworks.com
  • Legal formcompany1
  • Incorporated inDE4
  • Business address2330 Wellesley Street, Palo Alto, Ca 943064

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Image: barefootnetworks.com6

Barefoot Networks is a computer networking company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company designs and produces programmable network switch silicon, systems and software. The company was acquired by Intel in 2019.3

The story

Barefoot Networks was founded in 2013. The company is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital. The company's co-founders are Nick McKeown, Martin Izzard, Pat Bosshart, and Stefanos Sidiropoulos. Dan Lenoski joined in 2014 and was also given co-founder status. The company came out of stealth mode on June 14, 2016. The company also announced a third round led by Goldman Sachs, AT&T, Dell, and Google. Later in 2016, the company announced additional funding from Alibaba Group and Tencent. In 2017, Craig H. Barratt took over from Martin Izzard as CEO until May 2020.

In June 2019, Intel announced it was acquiring Barefoot for an undisclosed price.

In January 2023, Intel stated that it has halted production on its networking chips.

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Products and brands

  • networking hardware

Listed on Wikidata.1

Barefoot Tofino

Barefoot Tofino is a P4-programmable switch chip that can run up to speeds of 12.8 Tbit/s.

Programmability

P4 is a programming language designed to allow programming of packet forwarding dataplanes.

Barefoot Deep Insight

Barefoot Deep Insight is a network monitoring system that provides full visibility into every packet in a network. Running on commodity servers, Barefoot Deep Insight interprets, analyzes and pinpoints a myriad of conditions that can impede packet flow, and does so in real time and at line-rate.

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Timeline

  1. May 2013Founded Founded1

SEC filer profile

How Barefoot Networks is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARBarefoot Networks, Inc.2
  • CIK0001595340
  • Employer ID (EIN)46-26864492
  • Incorporated inDelaware2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Business address2330 Wellesley Street, Palo Alto, CA 943062
  • Phone650-233-45002
  • On EDGAR sinceDec 24, 20132
  • Filings1 in all: D (1)2

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