session

I am super excited to announce that Cerrion has raised an $18M Series A. Manufacturing is the backbone of our society. Our world is built in factories. Growing up in Egypt in a manufacturing family, I saw firsthand how demanding frontline work is - always on call, always firefighting. Now, years of conversations with more than 500 production teams only reinforced this reality: across every factory, the same challenges exist. Production issues go unnoticed until they escalate, leading to preventable losses, safety risks, and a constant stress for production teams. From day one, our north star at Cerrion has been simple: agentic AI should work side by side with production teams - helping them do their jobs more safely, efficiently, and with less stress. Today, this vision is a reality. Our AI Agents plug into standard cameras and monitor critical production areas 24/7. They instantly detect process deviations, quality issues, and potential safety risks, and intervene in real time - for example, by shutting down machines, slowing conveyors, or triggering alarms. This combination of autonomous intervention and human partnership is already helping manufacturers in glass, wood, beverage, CPG, food, building materials and more - across 15 countries and 3 continents - resolve issues up to 50% faster, cutting downtime and scrap in half while significantly improving safety. We have grown more than 10x since 2024, and we’re only getting started. With this funding, we will scale this impact to more factories and production teams, expand the capabilities of our agents, and continue growing our team. I'm incredibly excited to welcome Creandum and Hanel as they lead this round, grateful to our existing investors - Y Combinator, Robin Chan and Justin Kan, 10x Founders, and Session - for doubling down, and thrilled to have exceptional new angels joining us, including Harry Stebbings, Garrett Langley, Filip Kaliszan, Oskar Hjertonsson, Thomas Wolf, Marc Maurer, Johannes Schildt, Carl Rivera, Christian Floerkemeier, Roman Hölzl and many more. Cerrion is hiring across all functions. Let's build for the people that keep our world running.