Machine Vision startup Cambrian Robotics announces $3.5M seed+ funding led by Cybernetix Ventures and KST Invest

Cambrian Robotics, a machine vision company with offices in the
UK, Germany, and US, announced a $3.5M Seed+ fundraise led by Cybernetix Ventures
and KST Invest GmbH, with participation from Yamaha Motor Ventures and Digital Media
Professionals (DMP). This investment will propel Cambrian Robotics’ innovative AI platform,
enabling industrial robot arms to surpass human capabilities in complex vision-based tasks
across a variety of industries.
“Machine vision is a crowded space, but Cambrian has strong differentiation with its unique
ability to identify small and transparent items with proprietary visual AI software,” said Fady
Saad, Founder & GP of Cybernetix, who will join Cambrian’s board of directors. “Miika and his
exceptional team have also managed to bring the product to market with active revenue from
top brands.”
Cambrian is testing and deploying its vision systems to manufacturers including
Toyota, Audi, Suzuki, Kao and Electrolux.
“Although in our factories we have a high level of automation, we still have an important quantity
of flexible components and manual processes which add variability. Cambrian helps us keep
moving toward a more automated manufacturing reality while being able to deal with variable
scenarios,” said Jaume Soriano of Electrolux .
Cambrian’s powerful AI-driven robotic vision software and camera hardware enables existing
robotics solutions to achieve a new level of complex automation for tasks that previously were
only possible with manual methods. With Cambrian, robots can execute tasks like intricate
assembly processes, bin picking, kitting, and pick-and-place with unmatched accuracy in any
lighting condition– a true breakthrough compared to current AI vision
capabilities. Cambrian is quick to install (~0.5 days), works with all major industrial robots, and
has the ability to pick microparts precisely and quickly (<200ms). Cambrian’s solution is unique in that it can pick a wide range of parts, including transparent, plastic, and shiny metal. The Cambrian solution is also being deployed by appliance manufacturers globally for monitoring quality assurance and manufacturing defects that were previously unseen to the human eye. Cambrian’s executive team, led by CEO Miika Satori, has over 50 years of combined experience in AI and Robotics. Joao Seabra, CTO, is an award-winning roboticist, and Dr. Alexandre Borghi, Head of AI, previously led research teams at a $3 Billion AI chip startup. “We are incredibly excited about the possibilities that our recent fundraising opens up. Our primary goals are to enhance the scalability of the product and strengthen our sales and operations in our main target markets. In addition, we are bringing new AI-vision-based skills to robot arms, further pushing boundaries in the field of robotics. We are equally thrilled to begin collaborating with our new investors, whose support is pivotal in driving these advancements forward,” said Satori. Cambrian is also backed by ff Venture Capital (ffVC), who invested in the company’s seed round. ffVC initially seeded Cambrian after the company graduated from its startup accelerator, AI Nexus Lab, in partnership with NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering in Brooklyn.