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Rapta Wins Inaugural Medical Device Operations Challenge at AlchemistX Demo Day

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Memphis, TN – November 3 2024 We’re thrilled to announce that Rapta took home top honors at the Inaugural Medical Device Operations Challenge, hosted by AlchemistX in partnership with Epicenter Memphis and the Greater Memphis Medical Device Council (GMMDC) this week. The Challenge The Medical Device Operations Challenge brought together over 40 attendees and industry …

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Rapta Wins Growth Stage Pitch at 2025 Bend Venture Conference

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We’re excited to share that Rapta has been awarded $110,500 in investment at the 2025 Bend Venture Conference, one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier events for entrepreneurship and innovation. The Bend Venture Conference, now in its 22nd year, brought together hundreds of investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs at the Tower Theatre in downtown Bend on …

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The Hidden Cost of Missing Parts: How AI-Powered Part Verification Protects Your Brand

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Every manufacturer knows the sinking feeling: A major customer calls to report missing components in a shipment. Maybe it’s mounting hardware for an aerospace assembly. Perhaps it’s a critical adapter for medical equipment. Or installation tools for industrial machinery. The immediate cost is clear – rush shipping replacement parts, processing returns, managing complaints. But the …

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5 Critical Cybersecurity Considerations When Operationalizing AI in Manufacturing

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Elite manufacturing organizations are rapidly adopting AI to address workforce shortages, improve quality control, and increase production capacity. However, bringing AI into the factory floor introduces unique cybersecurity challenges that can expose critical operations to unprecedented risks. Here’s what manufacturing leaders need to know to securely operationalize AI while avoiding common pitfalls. 1. Data Sovereignty …

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Five Hard-Won Lessons from Training Hundreds of AI Models for Manufacturing

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We’ve spent years in the trenches of manufacturing floors, training hundreds of AI models across diverse industrial applications. From defense and precision electronics assembly to medical devices and everything in between, each deployment has taught us something new about what it takes to make AI truly work in the real world of manufacturing. Here are …

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Rapta’s AI-Powered Quality Assurance Platform Enables Defense Contractor to Achieve DoD Full Rate Production Approval

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Rapta, the leader in AI-powered visual quality assurance for advanced manufacturing, announced today that its platform enabled a leading U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contractor to achieve Full Rate Production (FRP) approval on a mission-critical defense program. The approval marks a significant milestone for the OEM and validates Rapta’s ability to solve one of the most pressing …

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AI startup Rapta lands seed round, spot in Northrop Grumman accelerator

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Tigard artificial intelligence startup Rapta raised a $2.7 million seed round and opened an East Coast office in the Orlando area to expand its reach into the aerospace and defense industry along Florida’s Space Coast. Rapta has developed an AI platform that uses cameras and computer vision to help manufacturers achieve higher quality assurance results …

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Rapta’s Oversubscribed Seed Round Reflects AI’s Growing Transformation of US Manufacturing  

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TIGARD, OR AND SPACE COAST, FL — June 6, 2025 — Rapta Inc, a pioneering Agentic AI company supercharging US manufacturers, today announced it has closed an oversubscribed $2.7 million seed funding round. The round was led by top institutional investors and successful entrepreneurs with deep expertise in AI, manufacturing, and cybersecurity.  “Rapta’s AI platform addresses …

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Celebrating Excellence: Rapta Wins Grand Prize at Florida Venture Forum’s 2025 Early Stage Venture Conference

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We are thrilled to share that Rapta, Inc. has been awarded the Grand Prize of $50,000 at the Florida Venture Forum and Space Florida’s 2025 Early Stage Venture Conference! We’re honored to have our work recognized as we supercharge US Manufacturing, helping the most iconic defense primes in the market with advanced Agentic AI solutions …

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From F-35 to the Future: Jorge Relea Takes the Helm of Advanced Products

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We’re excited to announce a key addition to our leadership team: Jorge Relea has joined us as Vice President of Advanced Products, bringing over two decades of exceptional business development and customer excellence expertise, underpinned by world-class technical execution capabilities that will drive our next phase of growth. A Proven Track Record in Engineering Excellence …

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