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ControlRooms.ai raises $10M for industrial manufacturing troubleshooting platform

TechCrunchTechCrunch · 2y ago
ControlRooms.ai raises $10M for industrial manufacturing troubleshooting platform
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Austin-based startup ControlRooms.ai has secured $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Origin Ventures, along with Amity Ventures, Tokio Marine Future Fund, and others. The company's AI-powered analytics application automates troubleshooting in heavy industries, reducing downtime and improving productivity. Unlike generic AI platforms, ControlRooms.ai's solution is purpose-built for process and operations engineers, enabling users to predict and address potential issues in manufacturing plants. The funding will support product development and expansion in chemical, petrochemical, energy, and materials facilities globally. The startup also plans to incorporate generative AI capabilities for more advanced predictive applications.

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Industrial AI startup Spector.ai raises Rs 58 Cr led by IvyCap Ventures

EntrackrEntrackr · 3d ago
Industrial AI startup Spector.ai raises Rs 58 Cr led by IvyCap Ventures
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url: https://entrackr.com/snippets/industrial-ai-startup-spectorai-raises-rs-58-cr-led-by-ivycap-ventures-10981113 Content: Bengaluru-based industrial AI startup Spector.ai has raised Rs 58 crore (around $6.7 million) in a fresh funding round led by IvyCap Ventures, with participation from US-based strategic investors. The capital infusion will be used to accelerate product innovation, expand global enterprise deployments, and strengthen the company’s core AI, knowledge-graph, and agent-based capabilities across industrial reliability and operational performance use cases. Founded to address the growing complexity of asset-intensive industrial operations, Spector.ai builds AI-powered reliability and performance agents for sectors such as oil & gas, chemicals, manufacturing, utilities, and automotive. Its platform combines industrial domain knowledge with equipment-level intelligence, diagnostics, root-cause analysis, and prescriptive recommendations, enabling enterprises to move beyond siloed monitoring tools and adopt proactive, data-driven operations. The company’s AI agents help reliability engineers and operations teams prevent failures, improve uptime, optimize throughput and energy efficiency, and reduce lifecycle costs of critical assets. Spector.ai aims to position itself as a system of intelligence embedded into daily industrial workflows. Headquartered in the US with a strong engineering base in India, Spector.ai integrates with existing industrial systems and focuses on delivering predictive, diagnostic, and prescriptive intelligence at scale for large enterprises.

Quintrans raises $750K in pre-seed round led by Capital-A

EntrackrEntrackr · 26d ago
Quintrans raises $750K in pre-seed round led by Capital-A
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Quintrans raises $750K in pre-seed round led by Capital-A Quintrans, a deep tech engineering startup developing India-built direct-drive linear motion systems for industrial automation, robotics, and equipment manufacturing, has raised $750K in a pre-seed funding round led by Capital-A along with participation from Sumeet Kabra of RR Global, SanchiConnect, AIC-Pinnacle, existing partner IIMA Ventures, and others. The proceeds will be used to establish an in-house manufacturing and advanced testing facility in Pune, accelerate R&D across electromagnetic actuation, and build the core engineering and operations team required for commercial rollout, Quintrans said in a press release. Co-founded in 2021 by Pranay Luniya, Kartik Kulkarni, Aniruddha Atigre, and Prasanna Kadambi, Quintrans is a deep tech engineering company developing direct-drive electromagnetic linear motion systems for industrial applications. Its technology enables frictionless, high-speed, and ultra-precise motion for robotics, warehouse automation, and manufacturing environments. As per market research, India manufactured and sold roughly 6.8 million actuators in FY 2022, a figure expected to cross 10–11 million units by FY 2026, driven by automotive, industrial automation, HVAC, and marine applications. According to the Pune-based startup, its design and manufacturing model unlocks cost efficiency, tailored deployments, and assured service. They take an engineering-first approach, developing the hardware and control electronics in-house so customers get a complete, integrated solution. Quintrans is part of MaXcel, the hardware and industrial technology accelerator run by Capital-A and SanchiConnect, supporting startups building engineering-led manufacturing solutions.

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