Year: 2026

Rapta Closes $8 Million Funding Round to Scale AI-Powered Quality Assurance for Defense and Precision Manufacturing

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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Sept. 16, 2026– Rapta®, a company transforming precision manufacturing through AI-powered quality assurance and process intelligence, today announced the closing of an $8 million funding round. The round was co-led by Voyager Capital and Access Venture Partners, with participation from DeepWork Capital, LongKnife, Elevate Capital, Ringbolt Capital, Portland Seed Fund, BVC, and …

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Smart Factories Summit in Chicago: The Real State of AI on the Factory Floor

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We just wrapped the Smart Factories Summit in Chicago, and if there was one sentence that kept echoing across every conversation, every panel, and every hallway exchange, it was this: manufacturers are sitting on gold they can’t leverage. Alejandro and I spent two days talking with plant managers, quality directors, operations leaders, and a lot …

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AssemblyAI: Real-Time Part Placement Verification for Precision Manufacturing

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In complex assemblies, a misplaced component can mean a failed inspection, a rework loop, or worse — a defect that makes it downstream. Human eyes get tired. Checklists get skipped. In defense and precision manufacturing, the consequences can be severe. We recently shipped AssemblyAI Part Placement Verification to solve exactly this. Anchor-based spatial reasoning AssemblyAI …

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