Bright Machines

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Bright Machines, Inc.
TypePrivately held company
IndustrySoftware,
Manufacturing & Industrial
FoundedMay 25, 2018; 3 years ago (2018-05-25)
Palo Alto, California, U.S.
FoundersTzahi Rodrig, Lior Susan, Amar Hanspal
Headquarters132 Hawthorne Street San Francisco California, U.S. 94107
Key people
  • Amar Hanspal
  • (CEO)
  • Tzahi Rodrig
  • (COO)
  • Brian Mathews
  • (CTO)
  • Caroline Pan
  • (CMO)
  • Fiorella Dettorre
  • (CHRO)
  • Pat O'Malley
  • (CFO)
  • Abhishek Pani
  • (CPO)
  • Bill Griffin
  • (Chief Revenue Officer)
  • Victoria Libin
  • (Sr. Vice President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary
Number of employees
500 (2019)
Websitewww.brightmachines.com

Bright Machines is a software and robotics company whose applications focus on automation for the electronics manufacturing industry.[1] The San Francisco-based company has two primary products. First, Bright Machines employs “micro-factories” made up of robot cells for the purpose of automating electronics manufacturing and inspection. Second, Bright Machines offers software tools for the purpose of improving efficiencies in the manufacturing process.[2]

History[]

Bright Machines was founded on May 25, 2018 as a spin-off of Flex Ltd. Initially the company began as stealth startup under the name AutoLabs AI. Amar Hanspal, former Co-CEO at Autodesk, was named CEO.[3] Its board of directors are Carl Bass, former president and CEO at Autodesk; Stephen Luczo, Executive Chairman of Seagate; Lior Susan, founder of Eclipse Ventures; Glenda Dorchak; and Amar Hanspal.[4]

In October 23, 2018, the company officially changed its name to Bright Machines and announced it raised $179 million for its Series A. The $179 million funding round was led by Eclipse, with participation from Flex.[5]

In January 2020, Diagnostics for the Real World partnered with Bright Machines to manufacture HIV testing equipment.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Bright Machines wants to put AI-driven automation in every factory". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  2. ^ "Autodesk, Flex veterans raise $179 million for manufacturing startup". reuters.com. Reuters. October 23, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  3. ^ "Autodesk Ex-CEOs Raising $200 Million for AI Manufacturing Start-Up". reuters.com. Engineering.com. May 31, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  4. ^ "United States Security and Exchange Commission Form D". sec.gov. United States Security and Exchange Commission. May 25, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  5. ^ "Bright Machines lands $179M to bring smarter robotics to manufacturing". techcrunch.com. Oath Tech Network. October 23, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  6. ^ "Bright Machines and DRW partner to automate HIV test production". Verdict Medical Devices. 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
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