This startup raised $10 million to bring AI to old factories
Manufacturing startup Harmoni has raised $10 million in Series A funding to modernize traditional American factories with AI-powered tablets and software. The company aims to help existing facilities compete with highly automated, newly built factories.
Why it matters
The investment highlights a growing trend in the industrial sector to retrofit legacy infrastructure with AI rather than replacing it entirely, supporting US reindustrialization efforts.
Harmoni cofounders David Caputo and Adam Ellis David Caputo and Adam Ellis Harmoni has raised $10 million from Bessemer Venture Partners to modernize factory floors. The funding comes as the US tries to reindustrialize after years of offshoring. Harmoni's new AI product, HAL, is designed to help workers automate routine tasks. Silicon Valley wants to build highly automated factories from scratch. This startup is betting on the ones America already has. Harmoni, which makes custom tablets and AI software for factory floors, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners, the company told Business Insider exclusively. It declined to disclose its valuation. Harmoni has around 40 customers and expects to add another 10 this month, with aerospace and defense making up its largest customer segment. The funding comes as the US tries to reindustrialize after years of offshoring.
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