# Copia Automation

> Copia Automation brings modern software practices - Git-based version control, automated backup, code review, and AI-assisted analysis - to the world of industrial automation. Its platform treats PLC and OT code as a critical asset, giving manufacturers visibility, change tracking, and disaster recovery across multi-vendor factory floors. Founded in New York in 2020 by former Uber engineer Adam Gluck, Copia helps plants protect against downtime, ransomware, and lost institutional knowledge while accelerating how industrial machinery is built and maintained.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Adam Gluck (Founder & CEO), Darren Henry (Co-Founder), Matthew Lee (Co-Founder, VP Operations & Business Development)
- **Team size:** ~62 employees
- **Products:** Copia Source Control, Copia DeviceLink, Copia Actions, Copia AI / Copilot
- **Notable:** Raised approximately $55M total across Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds, Named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer (2022), Founders recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30 (2022) for Manufacturing & Industry

## Products & services

- **Copia Source Control** — Git-based version control and automated backup purpose-built for industrial code, with visual diffs of PLC programs across multi-vendor devices.
- **Copia DeviceLink** — Connects to live automation devices to monitor, capture, and detect changes in code, flagging drift between what is deployed and what is in source control.
- **Copia Actions** — A configurable workflow engine built for industrial code - automating backup, validation, change notification, and recovery steps.
- **Copia AI / Copilot** — AI-assisted analysis, troubleshooting, and code translation across industrial control languages and vendor platforms.

## Achievements

- Raised approximately $55M total across Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds
- Named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer (2022)
- Founders recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30 (2022) for Manufacturing & Industry
- Launched Copia Actions, billed as the first configurable workflow engine purpose-built for industrial code
- Adopted by major industrial operators including Amazon and Ingersoll Rand

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Raised $26M Series B co-led by AE Ventures and Squadra Ventures to unify OT code management, backup, and recovery, expanding cloud, on-prem, and air-gapped deployment.
- **2026** — Launched Copia Actions, a configurable workflow engine purpose-built for industrial code.
- **2021-10** — Raised $14.2M Series A led by Lux Capital to bring DevOps efficiencies to industrial automation.

## Links

- Website: https://copia.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/copiaautomation
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/copiaautomation
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/copiaautomation
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/copiaautomation/

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Last updated: 2026-06-19