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Bengaluru based Physical AI startup SwitchOn has closed an $8 million pre-Series B round led by IvyCap Ventures, with participation from SIG Tattva and Trifecta Capital. The company, founded by Aniruddha Banerjee and Avra Banerjee, builds AI-driven quality inspection systems for manufacturers and plans to use the fresh capital to expand internationally and deepen its R&D efforts.
A Growing Funding Trajectory
This round marks SwitchOn’s third significant capital raise, following a $1.1 million seed round and a $4.2 million Series A. The steady progression signals investor confidence in the company’s approach to embedding AI directly into manufacturing workflows, rather than treating quality control as a separate, manual process.
What SwitchOn Actually Does
SwitchOn’s core offering, DeepInspect, uses edge based computer vision to detect defects during production in real time. Instead of inspecting products after the fact, the system integrates directly into factory equipment, allowing manufacturers to catch quality issues as they happen. The company says this approach helps reduce quality related costs while enabling high-speed inspection.
SwitchOn already serves major manufacturers including Unilever, Bosch, Maruti Suzuki and ALPA, with deployments spanning more than 170 production lines across over 60 facilities on four continents.
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The Bigger Picture
Manufacturing quality control has traditionally relied on manual inspection or sampling based checks, both of which carry risks of human error and delayed defect detection. By automating this process with computer vision, companies like SwitchOn address a persistent industrial pain point: catching defects early, at scale, without slowing down production lines.
This investment also reflects broader momentum in India’s Physical AI sector. Recent raises by Hakimo ($12 million), Human Archive ($8.2 million in seed funding), and Mowito ($3 million), alongside Neocambrian AI’s new robotics data factory, suggest investors see strong long term potential in AI systems that interact directly with physical industrial environments.
What’s Next for SwitchOn
With this capital, SwitchOn aims to strengthen its go to market operations across manufacturing sectors and expand its footprint beyond its current markets. Co-founder Aniruddha Banerjee has framed the company’s broader mission as enabling “zero defect manufacturing” through AI-driven systems.
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