Bright Data

Bright Data provides infrastructure for collecting and using public web data. Its platform combines proxy networks, prebuilt scrapers, structured datasets and APIs for unblocking websites, browser automation, crawling and search. Developers, data teams and AI teams use these services to build data applications and access current web information without maintaining their own scraping infrastructure. Bright Data MCP connects that infrastructure to AI agents, enabling web search, page extraction, structured data collection and remote browser interactions.

Founded in 2014 by Ofer Vilenski and Derry Shribman as Luminati, the company expanded from residential proxy infrastructure into broader data collection services. It adopted the Bright Data name in 2021 and is led by CEO Or Lenchner. Its residential proxy approach lets businesses view websites from different geographic and consumer perspectives, supporting uses such as price comparison and ad verification. EMK Capital acquired the business in 2017; the majority acquisition agreement specified a $200 million enterprise value.

As of August 2026, the company reported 50,000+ customers and more than 450 team members. In 2025, Bright Data reported annualized revenue exceeding $300 million and 429 billion cached web pages.