Guidewheel
Plug-and-play platform for factories
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Manufacturing
- SaaS
- SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Company mission
Guidewheel's mission is to empower all the world’s factories to reach sustainable peak performance.
Our take
In recent years, factories around the world have implemented AI to increase efficiency. However, high costs have made AI an unviable option for small and mid-sized factories. Guidewheel was founded with the intention of making FactoryOps more accessible.
Guidewheel offers factories a cloud-powered plug-in-and-play solution, meaning that any factory machine can utilise its software as long as it has a power cord. The software turns the machine's "heartbeat" into real-time information, reducing lost production time and increasing throughput.
In the last year, Guidewheel has seen a dramatic uplift in demand for low lift, high return solutions such as theirs. Having already established a strong customer base in North America and East Africa, Guidewheel's leadership plans to expand into international markets in the coming years.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Remote-first
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2024
$31m
SERIES B
Dec 2022
$9m
SERIES A
$61.2m
Total funding
This company has top investors
Leadership
Lauren Dunford
(CEO)Received an MBA from Stanford and were a Truman Scholar at the World Bank. Worked as Chief of Staff at Revolution Foods.
Weston McBride
(CTO)Studied Mechanical Engineering at Stanford and also co-founded LEAP Commerce. Was Head of Product at WaterSmart Software.