The San Francisco-based company, founded in 2018 by former Autodesk executive Armar Hanspal, offers an automation software that leverages artificial intelligence, machine learning, and production data to develop sensor-rich robots with computer vision, enabling clients to improve yields at lower costs. With over 500 employees worldwide and R&D centers in the U.S. and Israel, Bright Machines is an industry leader in software-defined manufacturing that fundamentally changes the flexibility, scalability, and economics of production. It has been recognized by the World Economic Forum and Forbes as a “Technology Pioneer” and one of “America’s Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Companies” respectively.