Zurich-based firm Cerrion builds AI systems that monitor factory operations and detect process, quality, and safety issues in real time, has secured $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Creandum, with support from Y Combinator, Goat Capital, 10x Founders and Session VC.
- Established in 2020 by Karim Saleh and Nikolay Kobyshev, Cerrion develops AI-powered video agents for manufacturing, helping factories detect and resolve issues in real time. The platform integrates with standard factory cameras to continuously monitor production, automatically identifying process deviations, quality problems, safety risks, and operational inefficiencies. When an issue is detected, the AI agents can intervene autonomously, slowing or stopping machines, triggering alarms, or escalating alerts, while providing operators with actionable root-cause insights.
- The company is deployed across 15 countries and 3 continents, serving industries including glass, wood, beverage, CPG, food, and building materials, and helping manufacturers resolve problems up to 50% faster, cut downtime and scrap in half, and significantly improve safety.
Details of the deal
- The investment was led by Creandum, with participation from existing investors Y Combinator, Goat Capital, 10x Founders, and Session VC, alongside prominent angels including Harry Stebbings, Oskar Hjertonsson, Thomas Wolf, and Garret Langley.
- Cerrion will use the fresh $18 million funding to scale its impact to more factories and production teams, expand the capabilities of its AI video agents beyond vision to support a wider range of manufacturing processes, and grow its team, doubling headcount in Europe and the US.
"We have grown more than 10x since 2024, and we’re only getting started. With this funding, we will scale this impact to more factories and production teams, expand the capabilities of our agents, and continue growing our team,'' CEO and Founder of Cerrion, Karim Saleh, commented.
