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Forward AI

Trusted, verifiable answers for networks that matter.

Built on Forward Enterprise, the only mathematically accurate digital twin of your network. Ask anything, get proven answers.
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What Forward AI does

Forward AI gives every team the knowledge, certainty, and foresight to run the network with confidence, whatever their role.

Plain-language queries

Are we exposed to the latest CVE?" "Is this change safe to deploy?" "Are we compliant with SOC 2?" Any network question, answered in seconds with evidence from the digital twin

Evidence-backed answers

Every answer is grounded in the mathematically accurate digital twin. Inspect the reasoning, share the evidence, and satisfy the auditor.

Agent verification layer

Every automated action is verified against the digital twin before execution. Agents move fast, the network stays governed.

Persona-aware investigation

NetOps, SecOps, and CloudOps ask different questions of the same digital twin. One trusted foundation, every team, no escalation chain.
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Forward AI doesn't guess. It knows.

Forward AI transforms network operations by reducing manual analysis, escalations, and guesswork. Conversational interaction combined with a mathematically accurate digital twin means teams can validate changes, understand actual network behavior, and act with confidence, on any network, at any scale.

AI that shows its work

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Grounded in truth

Forward AI grounds every answer in Forward Enterprise, the mathematically accurate digital twin of your network built from actual configuration and state.
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Evidence you can inspect

Every answer returns the underlying path, policy, or configuration line, so the operator, the auditor, and the next agent can all see the proof.
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Access to deep network knowledge

Any team member can get expert-level answers without escalating to a senior engineer or waiting on a ticket.

Trusted where the stakes are highest

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One trusted foundation, across every team.

Forward AI makes expert-level network knowledge accessible to every operations role, without escalation or guesswork.

Networking

Troubleshoot multi-vendor environments and validate network behavior in minutes instead of hours.
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Security

Identify the blast radius and verify the actual attack surface without deep network expertise.
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Cloud

Unify visibility across AWS, Azure, GCP, and IBM Cloud while continuously validating policy.
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Compliance

Validate policy against the latest audit standards on demand, with the evidence trail attached.
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Federal

Meet evolving federal mandates with continuous, verified network compliance and a full evidence trail.
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Map a new network CVE in plain language

The Problem 

A new network device CVE drops. Security teams scramble across multiple consoles to figure out which assets are vulnerable, which are reachable, and which sit one hop from a critical workload. Most never get a confident verified answer. 

The Solution 

Ask Forward AI in plain language: “Do we have any devices with critical CVEs and are they exposed to the internet?” In seconds, receive the list of affected devices, every reachable path from an exposure point, and every policy that extends lateral reach, with the evidence to prove it. The agent investigating, the operator responding, and the auditor reviewing all see the same verified truth. 

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Design. Predict. Deploy.

Forward blog:
Introducing Forward AI

A new perspective on agentic network operations from Dr. Nikhil Handigol, Co-founder and Chief AI Officer.
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EMA Impact Brief: 
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Forward Networks Integrates Agentic NetOps Into the Digital Twin Platform
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Forward AI Webinar

Webinar: Forward AI in Practice

Learn how to make faster decisions, deal with fewer escalations, and achieve greater operational confidence.
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Ai Field Day Talks

Forward at AI Infrastructure Day

Recorded presentations from David Erickson, Co-founder and CEO, and Nikhil Handigol, Co-founder and Chief AI Officer.
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An Agentic Ecosystem

Forward AI is not just a conversational interface. It is a verification layer for agentic operations, ensuring automated actions are grounded in proven network truth.
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Bring your own LLMs and connect custom agents through the Forward MCP Server, without locking your strategy to a single model or vendor.
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Coordinate multi-step workflows across ServiceNow, Slack, and other third-party agents, with every action verified before execution.

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“Makes trusted network insight accessible to everyone on the operations team.”
Senior Director, Network & Security Architecture, Leading Financial Services Company
"Forward AI strengthens trust by exposing the reasoning behind AI actions."
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