Intel & Samsung Invest $57M to Accelerate Industrial Machine Vision with Landing AI

Intel and Samsung have jointly backed a $57 million Series A round for Landing AI, led by industrial IoT investor McRock Capital. The funding will accelerate the development of Landing AI’s flagship product, LandingLens, and support the hiring of new talent.

Other investors in the round include Far Eastern Group’s fund, DRIVE Catalyst, Walsin Lihwa Stainless Steel, Insight Partners, Taiwania Capital, CPP Investments, and AI Fund.

Landing AI’s platform is designed to bring continuous integration to industrial machine‑vision models, enabling factories to deploy visual inspection solutions within weeks. By automating the refinement of IoT sensor data, the platform eliminates the need for software engineers to constantly retrain models on new data streams.

“Digital modernization of factories could represent a $300 billion market in just two years,” says George Mathew, managing director at Insight Partners. “Landing AI’s solution is positioned to meet that demand by simplifying the deployment of machine‑vision capabilities.”

Machine vision relies on connected cameras to detect product defects on the assembly line. However, effective use of this data requires sophisticated models that can accurately distinguish between acceptable and defective items. Landing AI’s no‑code/low‑code approach rationalizes inbound information, allowing automated systems to understand it more quickly.

LandingLens is marketed as a machine‑learning operations platform, extending the continuous‑integration and continuous‑delivery philosophy that drives frequent software updates in IT. The startup claims its technology can implement visual inspection across production lines in just a matter of weeks.

Among Landing AI’s customers is QuantumScape, a leading advanced‑battery manufacturer working with Volkswagen on long‑lasting electric‑vehicle energy storage. “Partnering with Landing AI improves the reliability and efficiency of our quality inspection process,” says Tim Holme, co‑founder and chief technology officer at QuantumScape. “Using cutting‑edge deep‑learning tools like LandingLens lets our team move faster and focus on developing and commercializing our next‑generation batteries.”