What Cerrion does

Cerrion is a Zurich-based AI software company that builds video AI agents for manufacturing operations. Founded in 2020 by Karim Saleh (CEO) and Dr. Nikolay Kobyshev (CTO), the company applies computer vision and machine learning to live factory camera feeds to detect production issues in real time — including microstops, material jams, faulty machine movements, safety risks, and quality defects — and to trigger automated closed-loop interventions via MES integration or direct 24-volt equipment connections. The platform is sold as enterprise SaaS on annual, quote-based subscriptions, with deployment via a direct field sales motion targeting large global manufacturers.

The product architecture combines a core Cerrion Platform with pre-trained, industry-specific AI agents across five verticals: Glass Packaging, Tableware, Food & Beverage, Sawmilling/Wood Processing, and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG). Differentiated platform layers include AI Governance modules (Model Stability Scores, automatic model updates, human-in-the-loop workflows), a Privacy and Security layer with deep-learning-based human anonymization and ISO 27001 certification, a Continuous Improvement Platform for analytics and root-cause workflows, an Industrial Automation module for closed-loop actions, and an AI Video Wall for shop-floor monitoring. Integrations include Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, email, and MES systems. Named enterprise customers include Unilever, Sisecam, Stölzle Lausitz, Riedel, Schott Zwiesel, and Verallia, with reported customer outcomes of 33% reduction in unplanned downtime, 90% reduction in safety risks, and 465% annual ROI.

Cerrion is venture-backed with $23 million in disclosed funding: a $5 million seed round in September 2024 led by Y Combinator and Goat Capital, followed by an $18 million Series A in November 2025 led by Creandum with participation from Y Combinator, Goat Capital, 10x Founders, and Session VC. The Series A is earmarked for doubling headcount in Europe and the United States and expanding the platform into additional manufacturing processes. The company operates from Dufourstrasse 90, Zurich, as legal entity Cerrion AG, with technology deployed across 15 countries and a strategic technology collaboration with Emhart for AI applications in glass manufacturing.

Name

Cerrion

Legal name

Cerrion AG

Website

https://cerrion.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cerrion is a Zurich-based AI software company that builds video AI agents for manufacturing, using computer vision to monitor production lines in real time and trigger automated interventions. It serves enterprise manufacturers across glass, tableware, food & beverage, wood processing, and CPG sectors in 15 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Automation Software

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Automation Software (SCADA, HMI, MES, Historian) (IMAHAHAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real-Time Vision at the Edge (on-device CV/video) (HDAAAJAE), AI Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Platforms (HDAAAMAA), Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG)

Keywords

• Computer vision manufacturing
• Video AI agents
• Production line monitoring
• Industrial automation software
• Manufacturing quality analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Enterprise-grade platform subscription model where manufacturers deploy video AI Agents. The platform enables real-time detection and resolution of production issues with automated interventions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cerrion develops and sells an enterprise-grade AI video platform that deploys pre-trained, industry-specific AI Agents on factory camera feeds to monitor production lines in real time. The agents use computer vision to detect anomalies such as microstops, jams, misaligned products, and quality defects, and trigger automated closed-loop interventions on equipment or notify operators. The platform is sold as a SaaS subscription to enterprise manufacturers across glass packaging, tableware, food & beverage, CPG, and sawmilling/wood processing sectors.

Product overview

Cerrion is a Zurich-based company that offers an AI-powered video platform for manufacturing automation. The core offering consists of the Cerrion Platform and AI Video Agents that work together as a unified system. The platform provides the infrastructure, governance, analytics, and integration layers, while AI Video Agents are industry-specific modules deployed across five sectors: Glass Packaging, Tableware, Food & Beverage, Sawmilling and Wood Processing, and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG). Additional modules include Continuous Improvement Platform, AI Governance Modules, Privacy and Security Layer, Industrial Automation capabilities, and the AI Video Wall. The system enables real-time issue detection and automated closed-loop interventions to reduce downtime, improve quality, and enhance safety.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cerrion Platform Enterprise-grade SaaS platform for manufacturers to deploy video AI Agents that monitor production through factory cameras, detect issues, trigger automated interventions, and provide video-based root cause analysis.
• AI Video Agents Pre-trained AI agents that analyze live video from factory cameras and autonomously respond to production issues, deployed across process, quality, safety, and OEE use cases.
• Glass Packaging AI Agents AI Agents purpose-built for glass packaging production lines, detecting quality and process defects from shear platform to palletizer for glass packaging manufacturers.
• Tableware AI Agents AI Agents built for tableware manufacturing to detect defects and process issues across the hot end to cold end, increasing yield and preventing quality issues.
• Food & Beverage AI Agents AI Agents pre-trained for food and beverage manufacturing lines, detecting microstops and process issues and triggering automated notifications to operations teams.
• Sawmilling and Wood Processing AI Agents AI Agents purpose-built for sawmilling and wood processing, detecting wood defects and process issues with automated press, stapler, and separator stop capabilities.
• CPG AI Agents AI Agents built for consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturing, increasing OEE, preventing quality issues, and accelerating root cause analysis through closed-loop equipment integrations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 33% reduction in unplanned downtime
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• EmhartcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 September 2024Strategic collaboration on AI glass industry technology. Emhart is a leading provider of glass manufacturing equipment and services.
• Nicolas DessaignesupportingOthersPartner at Y Combinator and Founder of Algolia, serving as an advisor to Cerrion
• Richard AbermansupportingOthersVisiting Partner at Y Combinator and Founder of WePay, serving as an advisor
• Justin KansupportingOthersPartner at Goat Capital and Founder of Twitch, providing guidance as an advisor
• Jeremias MeiersupportingOthersPartner at session.vc and Founder of Bexio, serving as an advisor
• Max DiezsupportingOthersFounder of Assaia AI and Founder of Shippo, providing strategic advisory support
• Robert WuttkesupportingOthersFounding Partner at 10x Founders, serving as an advisor to Cerrion

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Cognex: Cognex is the dominant machine-vision systems supplier for industrial automation, offering cameras, image processing, and inspection software used by manufacturers worldwide. Cerrion's video AI agents compete in overlapping use cases (process and quality inspection on production lines) but Cognex sells as a broad incumbent across many verticals.
• Keyence: Keyence is a global leader in industrial sensors, machine vision systems, and measurement instruments used across factory automation. Cerrion competes at the software/AI layer of similar use cases, while Keyence offers hardware-plus-vision bundles as an incumbent with a much larger installed base.
• Samsara: Samsara is a public IoT and operations platform serving industrial and logistics customers with sensor data, video telematics, and AI-driven analytics. It is a broad incumbent that competes for the same operations-and-safety budget Cerrion targets, though via a much wider product surface than manufacturing-only AI agents.

Direct peers

• Instrumental: Instrumental provides AI-powered visual inspection and analytics for electronics manufacturing, with closed-loop defect detection on production lines. It is a direct peer in computer-vision-driven manufacturing intelligence, sharing Cerrion's plug-and-play model and enterprise SaaS positioning, though focused on electronics rather than glass/F&B.
• Sight Machine: Sight Machine (now part of Capgemini) sells AI/analytics for manufacturing operations, combining factory data with machine learning to improve yield and OEE. It is a direct peer in verticalized manufacturing AI software serving global enterprise customers, overlapping with Cerrion's process and quality use cases.
• Augury: Augury is an AI-based asset health and process optimization platform for manufacturers, using sensors and AI to predict failures and improve uptime. It overlaps with Cerrion's downtime-reduction value proposition and enterprise SaaS go-to-market, though Augury's primary signal source is vibration/temperature sensors rather than video.

Emerging players

• Assaia: Assaia applies AI video analytics to airport ramp operations (and more recently other operational environments) to monitor processes in real time. Its Max Diez is also a Cerrion advisor and founder, and the underlying real-time video-AI-for-operations approach is closely analogous to Cerrion's factory use cases.
• Fero Labs: Fero Labs offers AI software for industrial process optimization in heavy industries such as steel and chemicals, focused on yield and quality improvements. It is an emerging peer in verticalized manufacturing AI with comparable enterprise deployment depth and recurring SaaS economics.
• Veo Robotics: Veo Robotics builds AI software that enables safe human-robot collaboration in industrial environments using 3D sensors and computer vision. It overlaps with Cerrion's vision-based industrial automation focus, though its primary use case is robotic cell safety rather than process/quality monitoring.
• Neurala: Neurala develops vision AI software for industrial inspection and quality control, deployable on edge devices in factory settings. It is an emerging player in the same AI-vision-for-manufacturing category as Cerrion, addressing similar use cases around automated defect detection on production lines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors7 records

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M&A

Investments

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