Instrumental raises $20M to scale its AI-powered manufacturing tech – TechCrunch

This morning Instrumental, a startup that uses vision-powered AI to detect manufacturing anomalies, announced that it has closed a $20 million Series B led by Canaan Partners. The company had previously raised $10.3 million across two rounds, including a $7.5 million Series A in mid-2017. According to a release, the Series B was participated in by other venture groups, including Series A investors Root Ventures, Eclipse Ventures, and First Round Capital, which also led its Seed round. Stanford StartX also took part in the new investment. Instrumental's technology is a hybrid of hardware and software, with a focus on the latter.