ONE WARE secures 2.5 million euros

The German deep-tech start-up ONE WARE has secured funding of 2.5 million euros. The first institutional round is led by venture capitalist Cusp Capital. The company intends to use the financing round to further scale its AI development technology ONE AI. This is a software platform that creates individual neural networks fully automatically and adapts them to any hardware and industry.

From SMEs to aerospace: AI is becoming suitable for the masses

What previously required weeks or months of computing power, expert knowledge and infrastructure, ONE AI does in seconds. The platform automatically configures neural networks and optimizes them for any target hardware, from modern GPUs to outdated FPGAs. This means that even small and medium-sized companies can use AI efficiently without having to employ their own AI experts.

Our technology dramatically lowers the barriers to entry into AI development - across all industries.

Leon Beier, CEO and Co-Founder ONE WARE secures 2.5 million euros

Strategic partnership with Altera

ONE WARE cooperates with the global semiconductor giant Altera (formerly Intel PSG). Together, they show that AI models with ONE AI work up to 488 times faster and are 24 times more precise at the same time. According to the startup, the results are also confirmed on 10-year-old hardware. The white paper on the cooperation proves this: This combination means that even existing systems can be equipped with powerful AI without additional data centers.

ONE WARE takes our MAX® 10 platform to a new level. This partnership is a game changer for industrial AI.

Mark Moran, Director at Altera

First successes in the industry

Pilot customers include medium-sized companies such as die casting specialist HDO and hardware manufacturer FSB. Both companies use ONE AI for visual quality control. While conventional measurement technology takes months to develop, ONE AI was used to implement robust AI solutions for shiny surfaces and defect detection in just a few weeks.

A milestone. ONE WARE delivered a solution in record time that would otherwise have taken us a year.

Christian Leon, COO of HDO

Investors see new basic technology

Cusp Capital, known for its early investments in infrastructure start-ups, sees ONE WARE as a company with a real system character. "We are looking for technologies that will form the backbone of tomorrow's digital infrastructures. ONE WARE is one of them," says Jan Sessenhausen, General Partner at Cusp.

The technology can be used universally, whether in the automotive, mechanical engineering, medical technology or aerospace sectors.

Next step: market breakthrough and team growth

ONE WARE intends to use the fresh capital to

• expand the development and sales team,
• further develop the platform technically,
• scale the server infrastructure
• and establish further strategic partnerships with hardware manufacturers and industrial customers.

The founding team, consisting of Leon Beier (CEO), Leo Wiegand (CRO), Hendrik Mennen (CTO) and Ali Durmaz (COO), is pursuing a clear vision. AI for every application, every hardware and every industry. Fully automated. In seconds.