Sight Machine

Sight Machine: Manufacturing Data Foundation for Industrial AI

Sight Machine is Manufacturing data foundation aggregating PLC, MES, ERP signals. Sight Machine focused on the unsexy layer: getting manufacturing data clean, contextualized, and queryable. That foundation is what makes the rest of industrial AI even possible.

Key Features

• Manufacturing data foundation aggregating PLC, MES, ERP signals
• Pre-trained models for OEE, yield, downtime, and energy
• Used by Ecolab, General Mills, AB InBev, and other Fortune 500 manufacturers
• Microsoft strategic partnership and Azure-aligned deployment
• Series E backed by Sozo Ventures and Mercury Fund

Ideal Use Case

Operations technology leaders trying to unify dozens of plant data sources into a single AI-ready foundation — without building yet another bespoke data lake per facility.

Why Use Sight Machine

Sight Machine focused on the unsexy layer: getting manufacturing data clean, contextualized, and queryable. That foundation is what makes the rest of industrial AI even possible.

FAQ

Q: Connectivity? A: Connects to PLCs, historians, MES, ERP via standard protocols.

Q: vs Cognite? A: Both target industrial data; Sight Machine is more discrete-manufacturing focused.

tl;dr

Manufacturing data foundation for industrial AI. OEE, yield, energy across factories.

More Details

• Plant Digital Twin contextualizes PLC, MES, ERP signals into actionable models
• Pre-trained models for OEE, throughput, yield, energy, and downtime
• Microsoft strategic partnership and Azure-native deployment

Additional FAQ

Q: Connectivity? A: OPC UA, MQTT, MTConnect, plus historians and ERPs.

Q: Sample customers? A: Ecolab, General Mills, AB InBev, Mars.

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