What Greyscale AI does

Greyscale AI is a privately-held Delaware corporation founded in 2020 and headquartered in Tarpon Springs, Florida, with a secondary firmographic footprint in Fremont, California. The company develops AI-driven X-ray inspection systems for food safety and pharmaceutical quality control, combining industrial X-ray imaging with computer vision and machine learning to detect foreign materials, grade products, and perform check weighing at production-line speed. Its go-to-market targets enterprise food, beverage, pet food, and pharmaceutical manufacturers through direct field sales, with no consumer-facing surface and no disclosed channel partners.

Greyscale AI's offering spans five X-ray hardware models under the HRX brand (HRX380, HRX380AQ, HRX508AQ, HRX660, HRX660AQ) that the company positions as an all-in-one replacement for separate metal detectors, check weighers, and vision sorters on a production line. The hardware pairs with a cloud-based SaaS platform that captures 100% of production data at machine speed and supports real-time analytics and 24/7/365 remote monitoring. The system is sold into protein, produce, dairy, seafood, pet food, and beverage plants, with pharmaceutical manufacturing added as an additional vertical.

The business runs a hybrid revenue model combining one-time hardware sales with recurring SaaS subscriptions, weighted toward capex on the front end and a smaller, growing recurring base behind it. The company has executed multiple disclosed funding rounds between 2020 and 2025 totaling approximately $28M+, including a $19.3M raise in March 2022 and an $8M round in May 2022 led by BCP Ventures with participation from APA Venture Partners, followed by SEC-registered activity in 2023 and a further raise in January 2025. Headcount sits in the 11-50 band and leadership comprises CEO Brian Green, founder Rich Cisek, and co-founder/COO Don Fotsch, consistent with an early-commercial-stage industrial AI vendor.

Name

Greyscale AI

Legal name

GreyscaleAI, Inc.

Website

https://greyscaleai.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Greyscale AI is a privately-held industrial AI company that builds AI-driven X-ray inspection hardware and a cloud analytics platform for food safety and pharmaceutical quality control, selling to enterprise manufacturers through direct field sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial X-Ray Inspection Systems

NAICS

Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing (334517), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519), Food Product Machinery Manufacturing (333241)

SIC

X-Ray Apparatus & Tubes & Related Irradiation Apparatus (3844), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Inspection, Checkweighing & Detection Systems (Vision, Metal, X-ray) (IMALAOAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Vision & Quality Inspection (HDAAAEAG), Machine Vision & Industrial Imaging Systems (IMAHAHAE), Industrial Quality Inspection & Metrology (Machine Vision) (IMAIAMAF), Sorting, Grading & Optical Inspection Systems (Size/Color Sorters) (AFAAAJAC)

Keywords

• X-ray inspection systems
• Food quality control
• Foreign material detection
• Cloud inspection analytics
• Industrial vision AI

Headquarters

HQ city

Fremont

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. X-Ray Inspection Hardware Sales: Sale of X-ray inspection equipment (HRX series models: HRX660, HRX508AQ, HRX660AQ, HRX380AQ, HRX380) as capital equipment to food and pharmaceutical manufacturers
2. SaaS Subscription: Cloud-based SaaS subscription providing 24/7/365 machine monitoring, software upgrades over-the-air, and cloud portal with real-time data analytics and reporting. Land-and-expand model as customers adopt more inspection capabilities

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Greyscale AI designs, manufactures, and sells high-resolution AI-driven X-ray inspection hardware systems (HRX660, HRX508AQ, HRX660AQ, HRX380AQ, HRX380) for food, pharmaceutical, and packaged goods manufacturers. Each system is paired with a cloud-based SaaS subscription providing 24/7/365 machine monitoring, over-the-air software upgrades, and a real-time data analytics portal that captures 100% of food safety, product quality, and OEE production data at machine speed.

Product overview

Greyscale AI offers a unified AI-driven inspection platform combining proprietary X-ray hardware systems with cloud-based SaaS analytics. The product portfolio centers on five X-ray inspection models (HRX660, HRX508AQ, HRX660AQ, HRX380AQ, and HRX380) that perform foreign material detection, product grading, and check weighing. These hardware systems integrate with a cloud-based SaaS platform that captures all inspection data, provides real-time analytics and reporting, and delivers 24/7/365 machine monitoring with over-the-air software upgrades. The platform targets food, pharmaceutical, and packaged goods manufacturers across markets including protein, produce, dairy, seafood, petfood, beverages, and pharmaceuticals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GreyscaleAI X-Ray HRX660 High-resolution X-ray inspection system for food safety and quality control in packaged goods production. Targets enterprise food, beverage, and pharmaceutical manufacturers needing foreign material detection and product grading.
• GreyscaleAI X-Ray HRX508AQ High-resolution X-ray inspection system with AQ (Advanced Quality) capabilities for food safety and quality inspection. Designed for enterprise food and pharmaceutical manufacturers requiring advanced product grading and analytics.
• GreyscaleAI X-Ray HRX660AQ High-resolution X-ray inspection system combining the HRX660 platform with advanced quality analytics capabilities for enterprise food, beverage, and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
• GreyscaleAI X-Ray HRX380AQ Entry-level high-resolution X-ray inspection system with AQ (Advanced Quality) capabilities for smaller-scale food safety inspection. Targets mid-market food and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
• GreyscaleAI X-Ray HRX380 Entry-level high-resolution X-ray inspection system for foreign material detection and quality control in packaged goods. Targeted at mid-market food and packaged goods manufacturers.
• Greyscale AI Cloud Inspection SaaS Platform Cloud-based SaaS subscription platform that captures 100% of food safety, product quality, and OEE production data at machine speed, delivering 24/7/365 machine monitoring, over-the-air software upgrades, and a real-time cloud portal with data analytics and reporting. Sold alongside HRX inspection hardware to enterprise and mid-market food, beverage, and pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Outperforms current hardware in foreign material detection accuracy
• +2 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature7 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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