SwitchOn

Based in Bengaluru, India, SwitchOn was founded in 2017 by first cousins Aniruddha Banerjee and Avra Banerjee to eliminate defects in manufacturing. The founders leveraged their respective backgrounds to build the company; Aniruddha previously worked as a Senior System Software Engineer at NVIDIA and has experience in embedded systems and machine learning, while Avra's prior roles include positions at Schneider Electric and Team Indus.

SwitchOn provides artificial intelligence-powered visual inspection solutions for manufacturers in the automotive, consumer packaged goods (CPG), and pharmaceutical industries. The company targets global manufacturers, with notable clients including Unilever, P&G, Diageo, ITC, and SKF. Its business model is centered on its flagship product, DeepInspect, a software platform that utilizes deep learning and edge computing for automated quality control. This system is designed to reduce manufacturing defects and can decrease quality-related costs for clients by 30% to 50%. The company generates revenue from its client base, which spans approximately 20 enterprises across India and the United States.

The DeepInspect platform operates on existing production lines, integrating within hours without requiring line stoppages. A key feature is its AI model's ability to be trained on "good samples" alone, which allows for rapid deployment. The system runs on off-the-shelf hardware and processes inspections on-site using AI-on-the-Edge, removing the need for internet connectivity. It can inspect over 1,200 products per minute with precision for defects as small as 150 microns, maintaining a false positive rate of less than 0.5%. Additionally, it offers a centralized dashboard for quality reporting, providing a comprehensive overview of the manufacturing process.

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