Arista Networks

Arista Networks, Inc.
Formerly	Arastra (2004–2008)
Company type	Public company
Traded as	NYSE: ANET; S&P 500 component;
Industry	Networking hardware
Founded	October 2004
Founders	Andy Bechtolsheim; Kenneth Duda; David Cheriton;
Headquarters	Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Key people	Jayshree Ullal (CEO and Chairperson); Andy Bechtolsheim (Chief Architect); Kenneth Duda (CTO);
Products	Network operating systems; Network switches;
Revenue	US$7.003 billion (2024)
Operating income	US$2.94 billion (2024)
Net income	US$2.85 billion (2024)
Total assets	US$14.04 billion (2024)
Total equity	US$9.99 billion (2024)
Owners	Andy Bechtolsheim (15.3%);
Number of employees	4,465 (December 2024)
Website	arista.com
	Footnotes / references;

Arista Networks, Inc. (formerly Arastra) is an American computer networking company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company designs and sells multilayer network switches to deliver software-defined networking (SDN) for large datacenter, cloud computing, high-performance computing, and high-frequency trading environments. These products include 10/25/40/50/100/200/400/800 gigabit low-latency cut-through Ethernet switches. Arista's Linux-based network operating system, Extensible Operating System (EOS), runs on all Arista products.