Frinks AI, a startup founded by IIT Hyderabad alumni, announced it has raised $5.4 million in a Pre-Series A round led by Prime Venture Partners. This brings its total funding to $6.25 million. This funding round also saw participation from existing investor Chiratae Ventures, along with Navam Capital and Ashok Atluri, Founder of Zen Technologies. And Frinks AI is additionally backed by industry leaders including S Ramadorai (former MD & CEO, TCS), Dr. V Sumantran (former Executive Director, Tata Motors), Dr. Tarun Ramadorai (Prof. Imperial College of London), and Dr. Gopichand Katragadda (former Group CTO, Tata Sons), who continue to support the company as strategic investors and advisors.
What the company does: The company is building next-generation Vision AI systems that help manufacturers automate and elevate quality control on their production lines.
Frinks AI’s Vision AI platform is already in use by leading manufacturers across automobile, consumer goods, building materials, and medical devices. And customers have reported measurable improvements in product quality, fewer defects, and major efficiency gains on the factory floor.
With a no-code platform, manufacturers can easily customize workflows, integrate with existing systems, and scale across lines. And Frinks AI’s intelligence runs on over 1,000 production lines globally across automotive, consumer goods, medical devices, cement, and steel boosting throughput, reducing defects, and ensuring consistent quality.
Company founders: What started as an ambitious idea in the research labs of IIT Hyderabad is now a transformative force in industrial AI. Launched by Aditya Agrawal, Dharmgya Sharma, and Subhra S. Bhattacherjee, Frinks AI is transforming foundational vision models — highly generalizable AI systems purpose-built for visual inspection and quality control in manufacturing.
How the funding will be used: With the latest funding round, Frinks AI aims to scale its platform across global markets, invest aggressively in R&D, and expand its presence in the US which is a key market for such technologies. And to accelerate growth, the company is actively exploring partnerships with automation companies and OEM’s for a joint go-to-market initiative. These models are designed to overcome long-standing reliability and generalisation challenges in industrial machine vision, by offering superior intelligence and greater adaptability.
KEY QUOTES:
“With ongoing supply chain disruptions and rising global trade tensions, we’re seeing a strong push toward localized manufacturing as countries prioritize internal consumption. This marks the beginning of a new industrial revolution—one powered by advanced technologies that drive higher productivity and cost efficiency. Frinks AI is at the forefront of this transformation, helping manufacturers worldwide become more competitive, resilient, and future-ready.”
Aditya Agrawal, CEO and Co-founder of Frinks AI
“Visual inspection in manufacturing has been around for 50 years but owing to rule-based approach, its applicability has been limited to <15% scenarios typical on the assembly line. Frinks has leveraged advancements in image processing, AI compute to develop manufacturing specific machine vision models. By combining foundational models with in-house fine-tuning using a small set of images, Frinks is able to guarantee 99.99% accuracy to its customers. It is our pleasure to partner with Aditya, Dharmagya and Subhra in expanding this 10x product to India as well as taking it global.”
Brij Bhushan, Partner at Prime VP
