# Squint

> Squint is a San Francisco Manufacturing Intelligence company that uses AI and augmented reality to capture the know-how of experienced factory operators and hand it back to the whole floor. Through a mobile app that recognizes machinery the way FaceID recognizes faces, Squint turns scattered tribal knowledge into instant, contextual guidance - cutting training time, reducing downtime, and standardizing work across hundreds of Fortune 500 factories.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Devin Bhushan (Founder & CEO), Dylan Conway (Founding Team, Head of Strategy), Jim Zhu (Founding Architect)
- **Team size:** ~94 employees (reported headcount growth of 700%+ over two years)
- **Products:** Knowledge Capture & Management, Standard Operations & Maintenance, Troubleshooting & Repair, Onboarding & Training
- **Notable:** Raised $40M Series B at a $265M valuation in August 2025, bringing total funding past $59M., Deployed across hundreds of Fortune 500 factories with tens of thousands of operators., Helped a Fortune 50 site capture $4M+ in additional profit.

## Products & services

- **Knowledge Capture & Management** — Captures tribal knowledge from veteran operators and converts it into structured, searchable digital procedures - automating data entry and generating custom work instructions.
- **Standard Operations & Maintenance** — Standardizes and enforces standard work across the floor with mobile-first AR guidance designed for industrial environments.
- **Troubleshooting & Repair** — AI-powered, contextual troubleshooting that lets any operator point a phone at a machine and get an instant fix - recognizing equipment directly without QR codes or CAD models.
- **Onboarding & Training** — Adaptive, on-the-job training that tracks operator progress and surfaces real-time performance data to supervisors and executives.

## Achievements

- Raised $40M Series B at a $265M valuation in August 2025, bringing total funding past $59M.
- Deployed across hundreds of Fortune 500 factories with tens of thousands of operators.
- Helped a Fortune 50 site capture $4M+ in additional profit.
- Reported 50% faster procedure execution and 91% operator satisfaction.
- Emerged from Menlo Labs backed by Sequoia and a roster of marquee industrial customers.
- Recognizes industrial machinery directly - 'FaceID for machines' - without QR codes or CAD models.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Closed $40M Series B co-led by The Westly Group and TCV (with Sequoia and Menlo) at a $265M valuation to expand Agentic Manufacturing into energy, logistics, and field services.

## Links

- Website: https://squint.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/squintai
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SquintAI
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SquintAI

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Last updated: 2026-06-20