Insider Brief
- Inbolt raised $12.5 million to expand its AI-powered 3D vision software for industrial robots, with plans to grow in the U.S. and Asia-Pacific and move into data centers and electronics manufacturing.
- Shift4Good led the round, with participation from Bridges Climate Transition Partners, BNP Paribas Développement and Ora Global, bringing Inbolt’s total funding to $34 million.
- Inbolt said its hardware-agnostic software runs on major robot platforms and has been deployed on more than 200 robots across more than 100 factories, with customers including Bosch, Beko, Flex, Ford, Stellantis and Toyota.
French startup Inbolt has raised $12.5 million to expand its AI-powered 3D vision software for industrial robots, with plans to grow in the U.S. and Asia-Pacific and move into data centers and electronics manufacturing.
Shift4Good led the round, with participation from Bridges Climate Transition Partners, BNP Paribas Développement and Ora Global, according to the Paris-based company. The financing brings Inbolt’s total funding to $34 million.
The company, founded in 2019 by CEO Rudy Cohen, Chief Operating Officer Albane Dersy and Chief Technology Officer Louis Dumas, said it plans to use the capital to expand its U.S. operations after opening a Detroit office in 2026, grow across Asia-Pacific and enter additional industrial markets.
Inbolt is going after uses in automotive manufacturing as well as electronics and data centers. The company said its software can provide robots with real-time guidance as conditions change during production rather than relying entirely on fixed positioning.
What Inbolt Does
Inbolt develops a combination of 3D vision and AI software designed to let industrial robots perceive changes in their surroundings and adjust their movements in real time in order to address variations such as part misalignment, tooling wear and changes in component position that can interrupt automated production. Inbolt cited a 2025 ABB survey of 3,600 industrial leaders that found unplanned downtime can cost as much as $500,000 an hour, while 44% of respondents reported equipment-related stoppages at least once a month.
“Robots have been running blind for fifty years,” noted Cohen. “Fixing that isn’t about better hardware. It’s about giving every robot, regardless of make or model, the intelligence to see and adapt in real time. This round lets us bring that to manufacturers everywhere, not just the ones with the deepest integration budgets.”
The company pointed out that its software is hardware-agnostic and can be installed on new or existing production lines, allowing manufacturers to add the technology without replacing their current robots.
Inbolt reported that its software runs natively on major industrial robot platforms including Fanuc ABB, Kuka, Yaskawa, Comau and Universal Robots. The company has deployed its technology on more than 200 robots across more than 100 factories on three continents, with customers including Bosch, Beko, Flex, Ford, Stellantis and Toyota.
