Glimpse industrial – Glimpse is scaling its industrial CT scanning software to help manufacturers detect defects in batteries and beyond, aiming to stop massive recalls before they start.
The financial fallout from a manufacturing error can be catastrophic. When a production flaw at an LG battery factory led to the recall of every Chevy Bolt produced between 2017 and 2022. the price tag hit $1.9 billion. It is a recurring nightmare for the industry. affecting giants like Volkswagen. Stellantis. Hyundai. and Toyota. who have all navigated the public and economic toll of massive recalls in the electric vehicle sector.
Eric Moch, co-founder and CEO of Glimpse, sees these headlines as preventable. He argues that the majority of major quality issues are detectable through CT scanning. yet manufacturers avoid it because current methods are too slow for large-scale production. Glimpse is now deploying a software solution that boosts the throughput of existing CT scanners by 10 to 30 times. moving the needle from a mere handful of cell inspections to tens of thousands per day.
The company’s approach involves a proprietary image processing pipeline that compresses and refines data using deep learning algorithms. By handling the heavy lifting on edge computers at the customer’s facility. the system produces images that load in a web browser in seconds rather than the minutes or hours typically required. Glimpse is now expanding this technology beyond batteries with the launch of Explore. a product designed for industries including aerospace. automotive. electronics. and medical devices.
For manufacturers, the value lies in precision. The dashboard does more than show an image; it tracks specific measurements. such as the distance between layers in a battery cell. If a measurement drifts from the norm, the software flags it and highlights the defect. Because the deep learning algorithms are designed to incorporate customer feedback. the system retrains itself to better recognize the specific issues that matter most to the manufacturer.
Currently, Glimpse serves over 100 customers, including Anker, Lucid, and the U.S. Navy, generating revenue in the mid seven-figure range. The company’s ecosystem is split between those who license the software for their own labs and those who utilize Glimpse’s scanning service. While the company operates a scanner in the Boston area. it is now opening a second Scan On Demand center in the San Francisco Bay Area to capture companies that aren’t ready to invest in expensive hardware yet.
Looking toward the future, Moch anticipates that the demand for scanning services will outpace the hardware licensing market. For a few hundred or a few thousand dollars. a client can leverage Glimpse’s infrastructure without the initial overhead of purchasing a scanner. As these companies grow. they can transition into purchasing their own equipment while continuing to run Glimpse’s software on top of it. Looking ahead. Glimpse is also collaborating with partners on a ‘super scanner’ prototype aimed at completing inspections in one or two seconds.
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