# ControlRooms.ai

> ControlRooms.ai is an Austin-based industrial AI company that builds an AI-assisted troubleshooting platform for heavy industry - chemical, energy, and materials producers. Instead of relying on static, pre-programmed rules, its software learns a plant's normal behavior on its own and flags anomalies in real time across thousands of sensor parameters, helping operators catch small problems before they become unplanned trips, flaring events, or costly downtime. Founded in 2021 by serial AI entrepreneur Monte Zweben and Omar Talib, the company raised an oversubscribed $10M Series A in 2023 led by Origin Ventures and is live at industrial leaders including OCI Global and Ardagh Group.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Austin, Texas, United States
- **Founders:** Monte Zweben (Co-founder & CEO), Omar Talib (Co-founder & President)
- **Team size:** ~15-18 employees
- **Products:** ControlRooms.ai Platform, AI Anomaly Detection, AI Trend Search / Event Trend Search
- **Notable:** Raised an oversubscribed $10M Series A in 2023 led by Origin Ventures., Deployed at industrial leaders OCI Global and Ardagh Group., Built AI that detects plant anomalies without pre-programmed rules, tracking 10,000+ parameters in real time for a chemical customer.

## Products & services

- **ControlRooms.ai Platform** — An AI-assisted troubleshooting application for heavy industry that learns a plant's normal behavior and monitors live operational data to surface anomalies early. Deploys within about a week with no changes to existing control systems.
- **AI Anomaly Detection** — Dynamically learns plant behavior instead of using pre-programmed static rules, detecting issues across thousands of asset parameters before operators or alarms notice them.
- **AI Trend Search / Event Trend Search** — Lets engineers search historical time-series patterns and trends to accelerate root cause analysis and reduce alarm fatigue.

## Achievements

- Raised an oversubscribed $10M Series A in 2023 led by Origin Ventures.
- Deployed at industrial leaders OCI Global and Ardagh Group.
- Built AI that detects plant anomalies without pre-programmed rules, tracking 10,000+ parameters in real time for a chemical customer.
- Productized a one-week deployment model that requires no changes to existing control systems.

## Latest updates

- **2023-08** — Closed an oversubscribed $10M Series A led by Origin Ventures, bringing total raised to about $13.75M.
- **2025-03** — Published a perspective arguing time-series AI - not generative AI - will drive industrial risk mitigation.

## Links

- Website: https://www.controlrooms.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/controlrooms
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ControlRoomsAI

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Last updated: 2026-06-19