Frinks AI, a deep-tech startup based in Bengaluru that specializes in machine vision for manufacturing, has secured $5.4 million in a Pre-Series A funding round. This round was led by Prime Venture Partners, with contributions from Chiratae Ventures, Navam Capital, and Ashok Atluri, the founder of Zen Technologies. With this funding, the total amount raised by the company now stands at $6.25 million.
Founded by IIT Hyderabad graduates Aditya Agrawal, Dharmgya Sharma, and Subhra S Bhattacherjee, Frinks AI develops Vision AI systems tailored for industrial applications such as visual inspection and quality control. The company claims that its technology is currently utilized in over 1,000 production lines across various sectors, including automotive, consumer goods, medical devices, and construction.
“With ongoing supply chain disruptions and rising global trade tensions, we’re seeing a strong push toward localised manufacturing as countries prioritise internal consumption,” said Agrawal.
Frinks AI is working on general-purpose vision models that can be customized for various manufacturing settings. These models are engineered to function with minimal training data and address issues like accuracy and deployment complexity.
Additionally, the startup provides a no-code platform that enables users to incorporate vision AI tools into their current production systems and personalize inspection workflows. Customers have noted enhancements in defect detection and production efficiency, although the company has not released independent performance metrics.
Frinks AI benefits from the guidance of industry experts and academics, such as S. Ramadorai (former CEO of TCS), Gopichand Katragadda (former CTO of Tata Sons), and Tarun Ramadorai (Imperial College London).
Brij Bhushan, partner at Prime Venture Partners, said Frinks AI’s technology addresses longstanding limitations in traditional machine vision. “Visual inspection in manufacturing has been around for 50 years but, due to rule-based approaches, its applicability has been limited to less than 15 per cent of scenarios on a typical assembly line,” Bhushan said. “Frinks AI has leveraged advancements in image processing and AI compute to develop manufacturing-specific models. By combining foundational models with in-house fine-tuning using a small set of images, Frinks is able to guarantee 99.99 per cent accuracy to its customers.”
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