# Instrumental Inc.: Information technology & services, Palo Alto, United States

> Instrumental Inc.: Instrumental Inc. is a manufacturing optimization platform based in Palo Alto, California. Based in Palo Alto, United States. Founded 2015.

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# Instrumental Inc.

Instrumental Inc. is a manufacturing optimization platform based in Palo Alto, California.

Funding reported Last round: Series C

Information technology & services Palo Alto, United States

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2015 11 years old
- **Team:** 110 51 to 200 people
- **Funding reported:** $80M in dollars
- **Last round:** Series C Jan 2022

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Instrumental Inc. has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## About Instrumental Inc.

Instrumental Inc. is a manufacturing optimization platform based in Palo Alto, California.

Founded in 2015 by former Apple product design engineers Anna-Katrina Shedletsky and Samuel Weiss, the company focuses on enhancing the manufacturing process for electronics brands and manufacturers. Its mission is to reduce electronic manufacturing waste significantly by utilizing AI-driven quality control instead of traditional on-site inspections. The core offering is a cloud-based analytics software platform that automates factory operations. It features AI-driven defect detection, enabling real-time identification of defects using computer vision and machine learning. The platform also supports remote quality control, allowing engineers to assess dimensions from any stage of assembly without needing physical access. Additionally, it optimizes assembly and quality control processes, providing visibility into factory operations to improve production yields and reduce rework. Instrumental serves a range of sectors, including consumer electronics, enterprise electronics, and aerospace/defense, with notable clients such as Meta, Cisco, and Honeywell.

## What company datasets say Instrumental Inc. raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **$80M** in dollars

Rounds **5**

Last round **Series C**

Last round date **Jan 2022**

Investors listed **7**

## Founders and team

From Instrumental Inc.'s own website: 39 on the team.

- **Anna-Katrina Shedletsky** CEO
- **Samuel Weiss** CTO
- **Scott Sundvor** Chief Product Officer
- **Dan Liang** VP of Engineering
- **Jackie Choy** VP of People
- **Joe Dermenjian** Head of Customer Success
- **Sergey Sviridov** Head of Machine Learning
- **Bessie Liu** Technical Program Manager
- **Bruce Martin** Staff Software Engineer
- **David Rohnow** Staff Site Reliability Engineer
- **Dune Sun** Mechanical Design Engineer
- **Erik Charpentier** Director, Product Management
- **Feynman Zhu** Technical Program Manager
- **George Liao** Senior Field Deployed Engineer
- **Hongtao Yang** Strategic Accounts Director
- **James Roscelli** Account Manager
- **Jesse Jia** Platform Tech Lead
- **Jonathan Reid** Staff Software Engineer

And 21 more on the team.

## On 2 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [BAM Elevate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bam-elevate)
- [Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit)

Each firm lists Instrumental Inc. on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

data aggregation platform hardware anomaly detection ai ai defect detection for complex electronics consumers product lifecycle data mass production continuous improvement manufacturing data analysis tools manufacturing process optimization tools manufacturing process visibility high-mix production manufacturing process optimization manufacturing quick deployment manufacturing defect analysis

Built with from their website

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+8 more

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- **Sector:** Information technology & services
- **Industry code:** NAICS 33324, 513210, 541512, SIC 3829, 7372, 7371
- **Region:** California
- **Revenue:** $15M a year, as listed
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/instrumental-45d330771d)

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