Frinks AI Secures $5.4 Million in Funding to Revolutionize Manufacturing with Vision AI

Bengaluru Startup Frinks AI Raises $5.4 Million, Led by Prime Venture Partners | AIM

With the new funding, Frinks AI plans to scale its platform globally, invest in research and development, and expand its presence in the US. Frinks AI, a manufacturing AI startup founded by IIT Hyderabad alumni, has secured $5.4 million in a Pre-Series A funding round led by Prime Venture Partners. This brings the company's total funding to $6.25 million. The round included participation from existing investors Chiratae Ventures, Navam Capital, and Ashok Atluri, founder of Zen Technologies. Frinks AI is also supported by industry leaders such as S Ramadorai (former MD & CEO, TCS), V Sumantran (former executive director, Tata Motors), Tarun Ramadorai (professor, Imperial College London), and Gopichand Katragadda (former group CTO, Tata Sons), who serve as strategic investors and advisors. Frinks AI develops vision AI systems focused on automating quality control on manufacturing production lines. The company's platform is used in sectors including automobile, consumer goods, building materials, and medical devices. "With ongoing supply chain disruptions and rising global trade tensions, we're seeing a strong push toward localised manufacturing as countries prioritise internal consumption," said Aditya Agrawal, CEO and co-founder of Frinks AI. "This marks the beginning of a new industrial revolution -- one powered by advanced technologies that drive higher productivity and cost efficiency. Frinks AI is at the forefront of this transformation, helping manufacturers worldwide become more competitive, resilient, and future-ready." The company said that customers have reported improvements in product quality, fewer defects, and efficiency gains on the factory floor. Frinks AI's foundational vision models combine general AI with in-house fine-tuning, achieving "99.99% accuracy," according to Brij Bhushan, partner at Prime Venture Partners. "It is our pleasure to partner with Aditya, Dharmagya and Subhra in expanding this 10x product to India as well as taking it global," he said. With the new funding, Frinks AI plans to scale its platform globally, invest in research and development, and expand its presence in the US. The company is exploring partnerships with automation firms and OEMs for joint go-to-market initiatives. Frinks AI's no-code platform allows manufacturers to customise workflows, integrate with existing systems, and scale across production lines. Its technology currently runs on over 1,000 production lines worldwide, helping reduce defects and boost throughput. Founded by Aditya Agrawal, Dharmgya Sharma, and Subhra S Bhattacherjee, Frinks AI began as a research project at IIT Hyderabad and has since become a provider of AI solutions focused on visual inspection and quality control in manufacturing.

Frinks AI raises $5.4 million in funding round led by Prime Venture Partners

Frinks AI, a deep-tech startup specialising in vision AI for industrial automation, secured $5.4 million in funding led by Prime Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $6.25 million. The company plans to utilise the funds to expand globally, invest in R&D, and strengthen its presence in the US market.Frinks AI has raised $5.4 million in a fresh funding round led by Prime Venture Partners. The round saw participation from existing investor Chiratae Ventures, Navam Capital, and Zen Technologies founder Ashok Atluri. This round takes the total funding raised by Frinks AI to $6.25 million. Frinks AI is a deep-tech startup founded by IIT Hyderabad alumni Aditya Agrawal, Dharmgya Sharma, and Subhra S Bhattacherjee, building next-gen vision artificial intelligence (AI) systems for industrial automation and quality control. Frinks AI counts former Tata Consultancy Services MD and CEO S Ramadorai, former Tata Motors executive director V Sumantran, Professor Tarun Ramadorai of Imperial College of London, and former Tata Sons Group chief technical officer Gopichand Katragadda. Frinks AI will use the proceeds to scale its platform across global markets, invest aggressively in research and development, and expand its presence in the key US market. To accelerate growth, the company is actively exploring partnerships with automation companies and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for a joint go-to-market initiative. "Visual inspection in manufacturing has been around for 50 years, but owing to a rule-based approach, its applicability has been limited to less than 15% scenarios typical on the assembly line. Frinks has leveraged advancements in image processing, AI compute to develop manufacturing-specific machine vision models. By combining foundational models with in-house fine-tuning using a small set of images, Frinks is able to guarantee 99.99% accuracy to its customers. It is our pleasure to partner with Aditya, Dharmagya and Subhra in expanding this 10x product to India as well as taking it global," said Brij Bhushan, partner at Prime Venture Partners.

AI-Powered Manufacturing Startup Frinks Bags $5 Mn

Frinks AI is building AI-enabled systems to facilitate manufacturers with automating quality control on their production lines AI-based manufacturing startup Frinks AI has raised $5.4 Mn (around INR 46.10 Cr) in a Pre-Series A funding round led by Prime Venture Partners. The round also saw participation from the company's existing backer Chiratae Ventures, along with Navam Capital and Zen Technologies founder Ashok Atluri. The Bengaluru-based startup plans to deploy the fresh proceeds to expand its footprint in the US market and invest in research and development. Additionally, it is looking to partner with multiple automation companies and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for a joint go-to-market initiative. "Frinks AI is at the forefront of this transformation, helping manufacturers worldwide become more competitive, resilient and future-ready," said Aditya Agrawal, Frinks AI's founder and chief executive officer. Founded in 2020 by Agrawal, Dharma Sharma and Subhra Bhattacharjee, Frinks AI is building AI-enabled systems to facilitate manufacturers with automating quality control on their production lines. It claims to offer a "no-code" AI platform which simplifies building inspection process, label and build datasets and training AI models for real-time defect detection. The startup also counts Subramanian Ramadorai (former MD and CEO, TCS), Venkat Sumantran (former executive director, Tata Motors), Tarun Ramadorai (Professor at Imperial College of London) and Gopichand Katragadda (former group CTO, Tata Sons) among its backers. It claims to have raised $6.25 Mn in total funding till date. Frinks AI claims that its Vision AI platform is used by manufacturers across automobile, consumer goods, building materials, and medical devices sectors. It counts Panasonic, Aditya Birla Ultratech, ITC Limited and Honda among its customers. AI Push For India's Manufacturing Segment With strong push from the Centre and "Make in India" approach, India is moving rapidly towards its self-sufficient manufacturing era. The government is not only promoting manufacturing for domestic companies but also attracting global giants to build products in the country. Leveraging AI for efficient manufacturing use cases is pushing the country towards independent production and aligning it with the rapidly growing technology. Several startups which are leveraging AI to ease manufacturing are getting a lot of traction from the investors. Earlier this month, IT service provider Celebal Technologies raised $15 Mn in its Series B funding round to provide AI solutions for energy and manufacturing sectors. In January, Bengaluru-based industrial robotics startup Ati Motors has raised $20 Mn to help manufacturers in various sectors optimise productivity and streamline operations by deploying its robotics technology.

Frinks AI Raises $5.4M in Pre-Series A Round Led by Prime Venture Partners

The round also saw participation from existing investor Chiratae Ventures, along with Navam Capital and Ashok Atluri, Founder of Zen Technologies. Frinks AI is additionally backed by prominent industry leaders including Mr. S Ramadorai (former MD & CEO, TCS), Dr. V Sumantran (former Executive Director, Tata Motors), Dr. Tarun Ramadorai (Prof Imperial College of London), and Dr. Gopichand Katragadda (former Group CTO, Tata Sons), who continue to support the company as strategic investors and advisors.

Frinks AI, a manufacturing AI startup by IIT Hyderabad alumni, raises $5.4m led by Prime Ventures

Frinks AI redefines factory floors with vision models built for global scale Frinks AI, a deep-tech startup founded by IIT Hyderabad alumni, has raised $5.4 million in a Pre-Series A round led by Prime Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $6.25 million. The company is building next-generation Vision AI systems that help manufacturers automate and elevate quality control on their production lines. The round also saw participation from existing investor Chiratae Ventures, along with Navam Capital and Ashok Atluri, Founder of Zen Technologies. Frinks AI is additionally backed by prominent industry leaders including Mr. S Ramadorai (former MD & CEO, TCS), Dr. V Sumantran (former Executive Director, Tata Motors), Dr. Tarun Ramadorai (Prof Imperial College of London), and Dr. Gopichand Katragadda (former Group CTO, Tata Sons), who continue to support the company as strategic investors and advisors. What began as an ambitious idea in the research labs of IIT Hyderabad is now a transformative force in industrial AI. Founded by Aditya Agrawal, Dharmgya Sharma, and Subhra S. Bhattacherjee, is developing foundational vision models -- highly generalizable AI systems purpose-built for visual inspection and quality control in manufacturing. "With ongoing supply chain disruptions and rising global trade tensions, we're seeing a strong push toward localized manufacturing as countries prioritize internal consumption," said Aditya Agrawal, CEO and Co-founder of Frinks AI. "This marks the beginning of a new industrial revolution -- one powered by advanced technologies that drive higher productivity and cost efficiency. Frinks AI is at the forefront of this transformation, helping manufacturers worldwide become more competitive, and future-ready." Frinks AI's Vision AI platform is already in use by leading manufacturers across automobile, consumer goods, building materials, and medical devices sectors. Customers have reported measurable improvements in product quality, fewer defects, and major efficiency gains on the factory floor. With the latest funding, Frinks AI aims to scale its platform across global markets, invest aggressively in R&D, and expand its presence in the US which is a key market for such technologies. To accelerate growth, the company is actively exploring partnerships with automation companies and OEM's for a joint go-to-market initiative. These foundational models are designed to overcome long-standing reliability and generalisation challenges in industrial machine vision, by offering superior intelligence and greater adaptability. "Visual inspection in manufacturing has been around for 50 years but owing to rule-based approach its applicability has been limited to <15% scenarios typical on the assembly line. Frinks has leveraged advancements in image processing,to develop manufacturing specific machine vision models. By combining foundational models with in-house fine-tuning using a small set of images, Frinks is able to guarantee 99.99% accuracy to its customers. It is our pleasure to partner with Aditya, Dharmagya and Subhra in expanding this 10x product to India as well as taking it global" said Brij Bhushan, Partner at Prime VP. As factories embrace AI-led production, Frinks AI is enabling them to achieve higher quality, lower costs, and faster turnaround. Powered by five years of deep research, its foundational vision models automate the cognitive layer of manufacturing, starting with visual inspection and quality control. With a manufacturers can easily customize workflows, integrate with existing systems, and scale across lines. Today, Frinks AI's intelligence runs on over 1,000 production lines globally across automotive, consumer goods, medical devices, cement, and steel boosting throughput, reducing defects, and ensuring consistent quality.