2022年12月26日

Share DarwinAI是一家創新的工業4.0公司，通過灌輸對人工智能(AI)的信任來改變製造業，宣布了由BDC Capital的Deep Tech Venture Fund領投的600萬美元投資，新投資者和現有投資者都參與了投資。此次投資延續了之前由Honeywell Ventures、Obvious Ventures和Inovia capital領投的幾輪融資。該公司位於加拿大安大略省，與滑鐵盧大學有有機聯係，利用其基礎人工智能來改變價值750億美元的全球PCB行業。DarwinAI最初的重點是通過突破性的技術提高印刷電路板組裝(PCBA)生產的效率，從而顛覆電子製造業。pcb無處不在，嵌入從微波爐到相機的所有東西中，由於不同的電路板尺寸和複雜的幾何形狀，pcb很難進行視覺檢查。更重要的是，合格的員工很難找到和留住。“DarwinAI正在執行的使命和使用人工智能顛覆製造業的差異化方法，表明了該公司的雄心和技術實力。我們為這家由頂級人工智能技術和研究團隊領導的偉大的加拿大公司以如此強大的方式將其技術商業化感到自豪，我們很高興能領導這輪融資。”BDC Capital深度科技風險基金首席合夥人Thomas Park說。達爾文:人工智能在許多方麵都與眾不同。首先，該公司的基礎知識產權——其學術團隊多年學術研究的副產品——能夠實現強大、更準確、更值得信賴的性能，以及更快的上市時間。 Second, is the development of proprietary optics and custom hardware, which are key elements in bringing a full-fledged offering to the Enterprise. Third, is the company’s private and proprietary PCB dataset – one of the largest in the world – which DarwinAI has leveraged to accelerate delivery for its many clients. Related Posts As Sheldon Fernandez , DarwinAI’s CEO explains: “The global shortage of semiconductors and PCBs, exemplified by the recent CHIPS act, has given rise to circumstances that favor disruption. While we were not the first to take note of this fact, it occurred to us that no one was building a product that combined Artificial Intelligence, hardware, and software into a system that was easy to integrate into the electronics manufacturing process. This is what intrigued us: by making it straightforward to deploy inspection units and analyze data, clients can install them in novel locations and enable completely new capabilities such as returned product verification, process auditing and retrospective quality inspection.” Visual inspection powered by Artificial Intelligence is a key driver of Industry 4.0 and the growing need for manufacturers to ‘digitize’ their production processes. By collecting and harnessing data at multiple inspection points, organizations can unearth inefficiencies, perform root cause analysis, and improve their supply chain in a holistic and systematic manner. Digitization is a key part of DarwinAI’s roadmap and its VQI product. The new funding will enable the company to make the system more robust for mass market deployment and ramp up hardware production, as they anticipate serving more customers in 2023. Fernandez added: “We are extremely excited by this capital injection led by BDC Capital and their commitment to deep tech in Canada. This funding enables us to continue building advanced features for our enterprise clients as they deploy our technology throughout their North American facilities. In addition to baseline quality improvements, the widespread adoption of our solution and the resulting digitization provides greater traceability and will serve as a launching point for broader Industry 4.0 efforts. The transformation is just beginning.”