What DeepSight does

DeepSight is a Shanghai-based industrial AI vision company founded in July 2017 that develops and deploys Automated Visual Inspection (AVI) systems and a proprietary AI platform (DeepInspect) for manufacturing quality control. Its core technology combines a patented ultra-high-speed multi-imaging optical system with a self-developed AI engine and no-code model training platform, enabling defect detection models to be trained in tens of minutes and deployed across multi-station inspection lines. The company reports detection accuracy exceeding 99.9%, supports 70+ defect type classifications, and inspects over 3 million products daily across more than 500 deployed production lines in China.

The company serves enterprise manufacturers in pan-semiconductor (PCB, FPC, IC, semiconductor wafers), consumer electronics (camera modules, communication modules, notebooks), new energy (square batteries), and automotive components, with named enterprise customers including Procter & Gamble, Michelin, Saint-Gobain, and COMAC. Its product portfolio spans full-stack AVI equipment lines for each vertical plus the DeepInspect AI platform, which supports 500+ defect detection scenarios. DeepSight distributes through direct enterprise field sales headquartered in Shanghai with a regional hub in Suzhou, and operates quote-based multi-year contracts rather than published list pricing.

Revenue is generated through three streams: AVI equipment sales (hardware), DeepInspect AI platform licensing and software services (recurring), and project implementation services (professional services including installation, debugging, and ongoing iteration). Founded by a team that originated at Intel's Computer Vision Lab and previously operated a Silicon Valley computer vision startup, DeepSight is venture-backed by CCV, Shunwei Capital, SND Group Rongxiang Venture Capital, Morning Glory Ventures, and Zizhu Xiaomiao. The company holds ISO 9001 certification, High-tech Enterprise qualification in Shanghai, and has been recognized on Forbes Asia 100 To Watch (2022) and as a Jiangsu Province Potential Unicorn (2025).

Name

DeepSight

Legal name

Shanghai Shenshi Information Technology Co., Ltd. (上海深视信息科技有限公司)

Website

https://deepsight.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

DeepSight is a Shanghai-based industrial AI company founded in 2017 that develops full-stack Automated Visual Inspection equipment and the DeepInspect no-code AI platform, serving enterprise manufacturers in pan-semiconductor, consumer electronics, batteries, and automotive with named customers including Procter & Gamble, Michelin, Saint-Gobain, and COMAC.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Machine Vision and Automated Visual Inspection Equipment

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Vision & Quality Inspection (HDAAAEAG)

Keywords

• Industrial machine vision
• Automated visual inspection
• AI quality inspection
• Defect detection systems
• Smart manufacturing equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Minhang

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. AVI Equipment Sales: Sale of fully intelligent Automated Visual Inspection (AVI) equipment for various industrial applications including PCB/FPC, semiconductor wafers, camera modules, communication modules, automotive parts, and battery inspection. Equipment includes proprietary multi-imaging systems and AI integration.
2. AI Platform/Software: DeepInspect AI platform licensing and software services for defect detection model training and deployment. The platform enables customers to train and deploy AI inspection models without coding.
3. Project Implementation Services: Full technical service support including equipment installation, debugging, on-site deployment, and continuous iteration/upgrades. Services include elaborate design, exquisite production, and massive debugging to ensure optimal equipment performance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

DeepSight designs, manufactures, and sells full-stack Automated Visual Inspection (AVI) equipment combined with the DeepInspect no-code industrial AI vision platform. Its AVI hardware covers FPC/PCB, semiconductor wafer, camera module, communication module, automotive parts, and battery inspection, while the DeepInspect platform enables customers to train and deploy defect-detection AI models in tens of minutes without coding. The integrated solutions are deployed on industrial production lines for manufacturers in pan-semiconductor, consumer electronics, new energy, and automotive sectors.

Product overview

DeepSight (深视科技) offers a comprehensive industrial AI vision inspection solution comprising two main product lines: (1) Full-stack AVI (Automated Visual Inspection) hardware equipment for automated quality inspection across production lines, including specialized systems for FPC/PCB, communication modules, camera modules, semiconductors, automotive parts, and batteries; and (2) the DeepInspect industrial AI platform for code-free model training and defect detection. The company serves industries including consumer electronics, pan-semiconductors, new energy, and automotive manufacturing, deploying hundreds of intelligent inspection lines for customers such as Procter & Gamble, Michelin, Saint-Gobain, and COMAC.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FPC Full-stack AVI (FPC/PCB/IC Inspection Equipment) Full-stack automated visual inspection equipment for flexible printed circuits (FPC), IC boards, and PCB products. Uses 5μ/10μ/15μ high-precision line scan cameras with multi-imaging technology and DeepSight's AI platform to detect 100+ defect types including hotbar, film, pad, reinforcement defects, crush, copper leakage, foreign objects, and misalignment.
• Communication Module AVI Six-sided inspection system for communication modules using multiple cameras and light sources with a high-precision ABB robotic arm. Detects scratches, dirt, bumps, copper leakage, tin dip, QR codes, characters, and warpage at millisecond-level per-side speed.
• Camera Module AVI Six-sided inspection equipment for camera modules and chip products using multi-image optical technology and full AI detection algorithms. Inspects connectors, flex boards, and reinforcement areas; detects scratches, crush, connector breakage, reinforcement cracks, white spots, and filament defects.
• Semiconductor Wafer AVI Wafer inspection AVI for semiconductor manufacturing using multi-station optical imaging. Detects foreign bodies, hanging burrs, breakage, filaments, contaminated particles, warping, and provides dimensional measurements by combining high-precision cameras with multiple detection algorithms.
• Auto Parts AVI (Automotive Bearing / Shaft Sleeve Inspection System) Inspection system for automotive metal bearings and shaft sleeves with multi-station design detecting five surfaces (upper, lower, and inner walls). Uses exclusive optical detection to identify 30+ defect types including under-grinding, pits, crushing, scratches, rust, pitting, mixing, and chamfering defects.
• Battery Appearance AVI (Square Battery Inspection) Battery appearance inspection AVI for square batteries solving multi-faceted, multi-angle, and reflective surface detection challenges using multi-angle optical technology and AI. Detects scratches, foreign bodies, breakages, folds, flanges, electrolytes, and other low-contrast defects with miss rate less than 0.01%.
• DeepInspect (Industrial AI Vision Inspection Platform) Industrial AI vision platform for defect detection model training with no-code operation. Supports data management, defect labeling, AI model training, and real-time detection using pre-trained defect models and multi-image fusion detection. Generates detection models in tens of minutes and supports 500+ defect-detection scenarios.

Quantifiable outcome

• Detection accuracy exceeding 99.9% for tire inspection
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• IntelcoreTechnology or Integration · 24 May 2022DeepSight partnered with Intel through the Intel AI 100 Best Innovation Incentive Program (4th batch). Intel provided OpenVINO toolkit optimization for AI model inference acceleration and Intel i9 processor computing power for edge computing. The collaboration improved FPC detection equipment performance by 2.46x speed increase and achieved 50% UPH improvement with >90% FPY.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationDeepSight collaborated with Amazon Web Services and Intel to develop an 'Integrated Circuit AI Detection Machine' showcased in AWS's Industrial Internet White Paper. The joint solution integrates AWS cloud infrastructure with DeepSight's AI inspection technology for semiconductor manufacturing applications.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Cognex Corporation: Cognex is a global leader in machine vision for industrial automation, offering vision systems, industrial cameras, and software for manufacturing quality inspection. It is a broad incumbent serving similar manufacturing inspection use cases as DeepSight but at significantly larger scale, with a global footprint and broad product portfolio.
• Keyence Corporation: Keyence is a Japan-based global supplier of factory automation sensors, machine vision systems, and measurement instruments. It is one of the largest and most profitable industrial automation players globally, with overlapping industrial inspection and quality control capabilities relevant to DeepSight's offerings.
• Hikvision Robotics: Hikvision Robotics is the industrial vision subsidiary of Hikvision, offering machine vision products, industrial cameras, and AI-powered inspection systems. It is a broad incumbent in the Chinese market with substantial R&D resources, competing with DeepSight across electronics, semiconductor, and automotive inspection.
• SICK AG: SICK is a German-based global manufacturer of industrial sensors and machine vision systems for factory automation. It provides inspection and quality control solutions overlapping with DeepSight's industrial vision offerings, particularly in automotive and electronics manufacturing.
• Omron Corporation: Omron is a Japanese industrial automation conglomerate offering machine vision systems, sensors, and quality inspection solutions. It serves similar automotive, electronics, and semiconductor manufacturers with industrial inspection equipment, making it a broad incumbent peer to DeepSight in the global industrial vision market.

Direct peers

• Mech-Mind Robotics: Mech-Mind is a Chinese industrial 3D vision and AI company providing machine vision solutions for factory automation and quality inspection. It is the most direct Chinese competitor to DeepSight, similarly serving electronics, automotive, and logistics manufacturers with AI-enabled inspection and robotics integration.
• Basler AG: Basler is a German manufacturer of industrial cameras and computer vision components used in factory automation and quality inspection. It directly competes with DeepSight in the hardware layer (cameras and imaging systems) for industrial inspection applications, particularly in electronics and semiconductor manufacturing.
• MVTec Software: MVTec is a German-based provider of machine vision software (HALCON, MERLIC) used for industrial inspection and quality control. It provides the software stack often used alongside hardware like DeepSight's, representing a complementary/competing layer in industrial AI vision pipelines.

Emerging players

• Landing AI: Landing AI, founded by Andrew Ng, provides an AI-based visual inspection platform (LandingLens) targeting manufacturing defect detection. It is an emerging player in the same industrial AI vision space as DeepSight, with comparable software-platform approach but a focus on global enterprise customers rather than Chinese market.
• Instrumental Inc. Instrumental provides AI-driven defect detection and manufacturing analytics for electronics assembly, particularly serving consumer electronics and hardware companies. It is an emerging player with partial overlap to DeepSight's electronics and consumer electronics inspection use cases, though more software-focused and primarily US-based.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors10 records

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M&A

Investments

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