# Instrumental Inc.

> Instrumental is a manufacturing AI and data platform that helps brands like Meta, NVIDIA, Cisco, and Bose catch defects on the factory floor by aggregating images and signals from production lines and running discovery-driven machine learning on them. Founded by ex-Apple engineers, the company turns the noisy, siloed world of high-mix electronics assembly into a searchable, controllable dataset.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founders:** Anna-Katrina Shedletsky (CEO & Co-Founder), Samuel Weiss (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~87
- **Products:** Signal Capture, Discovery-Driven Inspection, Production Controls
- **Notable:** Saved Meta 900+ engineering weeks per year, Cut NVIDIA final builds by up to 14 days, Raised over $80M in venture funding

## Products & services

- **Signal Capture** — Collects inspection, test and process data across builds, lines and factories.
- **Discovery-Driven Inspection** — Surfaces previously unknown failure modes early in production using anomaly-detection AI trained on as few as ~30 units.
- **Production Controls** — Deploys inspection tests that intercept known issues and synchronize quality standards across global factories.

## Achievements

- Saved Meta 900+ engineering weeks per year
- Cut NVIDIA final builds by up to 14 days
- Raised over $80M in venture funding
- Multiple granted patents in AI-driven manufacturing inspection

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Latest venture funding round disclosed, bringing total to ~$80M.

## Links

- Website: https://instrumental.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/instrumental-inc.
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/instrumentalinc

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Last updated: 2026-05-19