What Scortex does

Scortex is a Paris-based AI company founded in 2016 that builds automated visual quality inspection systems for industrial manufacturers. Its core product, Spark, combines industrial cameras (one camera in the standard Spark configuration, two to four cameras in Spark Multi View), embedded deep learning software, a touchscreen interface, and an edge computing unit to perform real-time defect detection on production lines. A distinguishing technical approach is training the proprietary anomaly detection algorithms on as few as approximately thirty compliant parts rather than requiring an exhaustive defect database, enabling rapid deployment and adaptation to new product runs. The platform runs AI inference locally on the device for real-time decisions, supports up to three inspections per second or ten thousand pieces per hour, and integrates with production line PLCs for automatic rejection of non-conforming parts.

The company serves manufacturers across six primary verticals: cosmetics and beauty, packaging, automotive, luxury goods, electronics, and forging and casting, with named customers including Toly (cosmetic packaging), Saverglass (luxury glass packaging), and French Tier-1 automotive suppliers. Scortex generates revenue through a combination of turnkey hardware kit sales (Spark and Spark Multi View), recurring software licensing and cloud subscriptions (Quality Center), and premium professional services for installation, calibration, and ongoing performance monitoring. Distribution is driven by direct enterprise field sales supported by an expanding network of international system integrators (IAR Group, Weckerle) and machine manufacturer partners, with deployments now spanning four continents.

Since its 2022 acquisition by Trigo Group — a global operational quality management firm with €480M in group revenue and presence in 28 countries — Scortex has accelerated product expansion (Spark Multi View in 2023, Quality Center in 2024) and international channel buildout. The company operates with a team of approximately thirty specialists focused on deep learning, computer vision, software applications, and quality management, and has accumulated multiple industry recognitions including the i-Lab Grand Prize, LVMH Innovation Awards, and Microsoft ScaleUp selection.

Name

Scortex

Legal name

SCORTEX V2

Website

https://scortex.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Scortex is a Paris-based AI company founded in 2016 that builds automated visual quality inspection systems using deep learning for industrial manufacturers in cosmetics, packaging, automotive, and luxury goods. Its Spark hardware kits and Quality Center cloud platform enable real-time defect detection on production lines.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial AI Visual Inspection Software

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Vision & Quality Inspection (HDAAAEAG)

Keywords

• AI visual inspection
• Automated quality control
• Defect detection systems
• Industrial computer vision
• Manufacturing inspection software

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Spark & Spark Multi View Inspection Kits: Sale of turnkey hardware kits including HD cameras, lighting, touch screen, computing unit, and embedded inspection software. The solution requires a license agreement for use of the software, and active collaboration with the client to configure equipment parameters for specific production needs.
2. Software Licensing & Platform Subscription: The Spark software platform is licensed for use, with ongoing software updates and cloud-based Quality Center analytics provided as part of the service. Customers receive regular free updates as part of the ongoing relationship.
3. Customer Success & Implementation Services: Scortex provides premium expert accompaniment including installation support, calibration, parameter adjustments, and proactive performance monitoring to ensure continuous quality improvement for clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Scortex sells the Spark line of AI-powered automated visual inspection kits for industrial production lines. Each kit combines industrial cameras (single-camera Spark or 2-4 camera Spark Multi View), lighting, a touchscreen, an embedded computing unit, and proprietary deep learning software that detects visual defects in real time. The Spark kits are bundled with the Quality Center cloud platform for analytics, root cause analysis, reporting, and ERP integration, and the company also delivers premium expert accompaniment for installation, calibration, and ongoing optimization.

Product overview

Scortex offers Spark, an AI-powered automated visual inspection system for industrial quality control. The product portfolio consists of two hardware system variants — Spark (single camera) and Spark Multi View (2-4 cameras) — which serve as the core inspection platforms combining cameras, embedded AI algorithms, touchscreen display, and computing unit. These are complemented by Quality Center, a cloud-based analytics and reporting module that provides real-time quality monitoring, root cause analysis, and automated reporting accessible via web. An ROI Calculator tool supports sales qualification. All products work together as an integrated quality intelligence solution, with the Spark systems performing inline inspection while Quality Center aggregates and analyzes the resulting quality data. The company also provides premium expert accompaniment and customer success support services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Spark: AI-powered visual inspection kit for automated quality control with single camera system for simple inspections
• Spark Multi View
• Quality Center

Products and services

• Spark AI-powered automated visual inspection kit that combines a single industrial camera, embedded deep learning software, a touchscreen display, and a computing unit to detect visual defects on production lines in real time at up to 3 inspections per second. Designed for enterprise manufacturers needing 100% inline quality control on simple geometries and small to large production series.
• Spark Multi View Multi-camera variant of the Spark system supporting 2 to 4 synchronized cameras with configurable angles for complete coverage of complex, multi-faced, glossy, metallic, and reflective parts. Targets inspection challenges that defeat single-camera and conventional vision systems.
• Quality Center Cloud-based quality analytics and monitoring platform that aggregates data from Spark inspection systems to provide real-time defect visualization, root cause analysis, automated quality reporting, and web-accessible dashboards. Integrates with customer ERP systems to support continuous quality improvement.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60 million pieces inspected total; 25+ million pieces inspected in 2025 alone across 4 continents
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• IAR GroupcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2025IAR Group became one of two new international integrator partners signed in 2025. IAR Group integrates Scortex's Spark inspection systems into production lines for customers internationally, providing deployment, calibration, and ongoing support.
• WeckerlecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2025Weckerle joined as one of two new international integrator partners in 2025, extending Scortex's channel partner network for Spark system integration across new markets.
• IAR GroupcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2024Scortex and IAR Group announced a strategic collaboration to transform industrial quality control through AI, combining IAR Group's integration capabilities with Scortex's Spark inspection technology.
• Trigo GroupflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Scortex joined the Trigo Group in 2022, a global leader in operational quality management for the transport industry with presence in 28 countries and over 10,000 experts. Trigo's €480M revenue group provides Scortex with international scale, operational infrastructure, and access to a vast industrial client base, while Scortex brings AI-powered inspection technology to the group.
• COGNITWIN ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Scortex serves as a technology partner in the European COGNITWIN (Cognitive Digital Twin) consortium, contributing its expertise in AI-powered quality inspection to a collaborative project advancing digitalization of industrial manufacturing processes.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2018Selected for the Microsoft ScaleUp program in Berlin in 2018, gaining access to Microsoft technology expertise, Azure cloud infrastructure and software, co-marketing and co-selling opportunities, and the broader Microsoft startup ecosystem and partner network.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cognex Corporation: World leader in machine vision systems and industrial barcode reading for manufacturing quality inspection. Cognex's vision systems directly compete with Spark in automotive, electronics, and consumer goods inspection, serving the same enterprise customer profile with comparable AI-enabled defect detection capabilities.
• Keyence Corporation: Major Japanese manufacturer of industrial automation sensors, machine vision systems, and measurement instruments. Keyence competes directly with Spark across inspection and quality control use cases in automotive and electronics manufacturing, with a global salesforce and similar turnkey hardware-plus-software positioning.
• SICK AG: Global sensor and inspection systems provider for industrial automation with deep presence in automotive, packaging, and electronics. SICK's machine vision portfolio competes with Spark in inline quality inspection, particularly for high-throughput production line applications.
• Basler AG: Industrial camera and computer vision solutions provider whose hardware and software platforms are used in factory automation and quality inspection. Basler competes both as a potential component supplier and as an integrated vision system alternative to Spark.
• MVTec Software: German machine vision software vendor whose HALCON and MERLIC platforms power industrial inspection applications globally. MVTec's deep learning-based anomaly detection overlaps directly with Scortex's Spark AI capability, serving the same industrial inspection developer and integrator ecosystem.
• Pleora Technologies: Canadian vision inspection and AI quality assurance provider for industrial manufacturing, specializing in real-time visual inspection for high-throughput production. Pleora's AI inspection solutions overlap with Spark in defect detection use cases for industrial and automotive customers.

Emerging players

• Landing AI: AI platform founded by Andrew Ng focused on AI-powered visual inspection for manufacturing. Landing AI's deep learning approach to defect detection on production lines mirrors Scortex's Spark positioning, targeting similar enterprise customers in electronics and automotive with cloud-first architecture.
• Instrumental: AI-powered inspection platform originally focused on electronics manufacturing, offering automated defect detection and root cause analytics. Instrumental overlaps with Scortex's Spark in vision-based inspection and Quality Center's root cause analysis value proposition.
• Kitov.ai: Israeli AI-based visual inspection provider for manufacturing with automated setup and 3D inspection capabilities. Kitov's approach to simplifying AI inspection deployment parallels Scortex's low-data-training value proposition, targeting similar discrete manufacturing customers.

Broad incumbents

• National Instruments (NI): Test, measurement, and automated test systems provider whose vision and inspection capabilities serve broader industrial and electronics manufacturing. NI offers machine vision as part of a wider test platform portfolio, overlapping with Spark in inline production inspection but not specializing in deep learning-based anomaly detection.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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