Kr-Asia · Jun 2026
Summarizes LineWise’s YC X25 participation and funding, describing it as a Thai-founded startup scaling a virtual engineer to reduce downtime and defects.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
LineWise is a Y Combinator-backed AI company for manufacturing that captures frontline know-how from videos and factory data, then uses AI-guided troubleshooting and training to reduce downtime, defects, and onboarding time.
Primary product
AI assistant/copilot for manufacturing teams that captures expert knowledge from videos and connects siloed factory data to provide guided troubleshooting, live visual support, and automated SOP creation.
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
AI for manufacturing / industrial automation / root-cause analysis
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
United States
Thailand
Philippines
Germany
Business model
B2B SaaS
enterprise software
pilot-to-rollout deployments
usage/seat-based software (not explicitly stated)
Funding
Stage
seed
Total raised
$1.7M
Latest round
Pre-Seed Round · Sep 2025
Latest amount
$1.1M
People & investors
Leadership
James Kujareevanich
CEO & Co-Founder
Zhichu Ren
Co-founder, CTO
Wenbo Zhang
Co-Founder / CPO
Napon Tang-Aromsuk
COO
Varanya Upatising
UX/UI Designer
Jerry Durst
Industry Advisor & Performance Manager
Rich Cisek
Industry Advisor
Work & culture
Public materials emphasize engineering, design, and operations expertise, with a mission-oriented culture focused on continuous learning, smarter operations, and preserving factory knowledge.
Product & market
Differentiators
- —Purpose-built for factory-floor troubleshooting rather than general AI copilots
- —Connects siloed factory data such as PLCs, maintenance logs, manuals, and sensor data
- —Captures resolutions back into a searchable knowledge base for future use
- —Provides live visual guidance on tablets/headsets
- —Creates SOPs automatically from work videos
- —Focuses on reducing unplanned downtime and defect-driven yield loss
Technology
multi-agent AI
computer vision
LLMs / vision-language models
PLC data integration
SCADA integration
sensor data ingestion
maintenance logs
OEM/manual knowledge retrieval
video-based SOP generation
tablet and headset interfaces
Customers
Amy's Kitchen
Heisai Technology
Unicorr
large manufacturers in packaging
food and beverage manufacturers
consumer electronics manufacturers
Competitors
Augury
Uptake
Infinite Uptime
other manufacturing AI / industrial automation platforms
Scale & contact
Latest news
Fondo · Feb 2026
Describes the product launch and reiterates the core workflow of connecting factory data, triaging faults, and capturing resolutions for future troubleshooting.
Crowdfund Insider · Sep 2025
Covers the $1.1M round and states the startup had secured paid pilots with large manufacturers while reducing downtime and defect-driven yield loss.
TNGlobal / TechNode Global · Sep 2025
Reports the company’s $1.1M pre-seed round and notes plans to expand across North America and Asia, scale engineering, and focus on defect prevention and troubleshooting.
Y Combinator · May 2025
YC launch describes LineWise as an AI assistant for manufacturing teams that connects siloed factory data to triage faults, rank probable causes, and guide step-by-step repairs.
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