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Guidewheel Put a Fitbit on the Factory Floor - Then Found a Bigger Business Hiding in the Downtime
Factories do not need another grand digital-transformation promise. They need to know why Line 3 stopped at 2:17 p.m. Guidewheel built a business by making that answer fast, legible and useful on machines old enough to collect a pension.
Auk Industries
A Singapore startup wants to be the 'Fitbit for machines' - snapping cheap sensors onto any factory line and turning decades-old equipment into a live data feed in days, not months.
Amper Technologies
Amper Technologies is a Chicago-based industrial IoT company that helps manufacturers see and improve what happens on their shop floors in real time. Its FactoryOS platform pairs non-invasive sensors that clip onto any machine - regardless of age or brand and install in about ten minutes - with AI-driven analytics that track machine utilization, OEE, downtime, labor and job performance. Founded in 2016, Amper turns legacy factory equipment into a source of live production data without expensive retrofits or complex IT integrations, and was acquired by ECI Software Solutions in December 2025.
EdgeCross
EdgeCross (엣지크로스) is a South Korean industrial AIoT company that turns ordinary factory machines into 'smart machines' without ripping out existing equipment. Its MODLINK edge devices bolt onto CNC machines, compressors, robots and other gear to stream live data, while its MachineManager SaaS and LLM-powered MachineGPT let operators monitor, self-diagnose and literally chat with their machinery in plain language. Founded in 2015 as VITCON and rebranded EdgeCross in 2022, the company says more than 8,000 machines now run its devices, generating roughly 3.2GB of operational data per day.