Laminar announced that Sanjay Rajan has been appointed Chief Revenue Officer. Rajan previously served as Head of Go-to-Market at the company and will now oversee Laminar’s sales, go-to-market, partner, and marketing strategy as the company continues expanding globally.
Laminar, which develops an AI platform for autonomous process manufacturing, said Rajan joined the company in 2025 following its Series A fundraising round and helped drive adoption of its Chemical-Process AI platform among manufacturers across industries including food and beverage, health and beauty, consumer packaged goods, adhesives, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals.
According to the company, Rajan brings more than 20 years of B2B software experience spanning manufacturing execution systems (MES), product lifecycle management (PLM), IoT, and AI/ML technologies. Laminar said his background positions the company to further scale its industrial AI platform for process manufacturing operations.
The company also highlighted momentum following its $12.42 million Series A financing announced in June 2025. The round was led by Greycroft with participation from 2048 Ventures and Construct Capital. Laminar said the funding has supported expansion of its Chemical-Process AI platform for manufacturing applications ranging from clean-in-place systems to product changeovers.
Laminar also noted recent recognition including the 2026 Edison Award Gold Award in the Manufacturing & Logistics category, AB InBev’s 2024 Cheers Award for startup partnership, and Unilever’s 2023 Supplier Startup of the Year distinction. The company said its technology is currently deployed in World Economic Forum Lighthouse factories.
Headquartered at Greentown Labs in Somerville, Massachusetts, Laminar said its platform combines patented spectral sensors with machine learning models to help manufacturers automate and optimize industrial processes while reducing water usage, chemicals, and downtime.
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“The need for truly autonomous factories has never been greater as process manufacturers around the globe face increasing margin compression due to macroeconomic factors like rising input costs, loss of expertise, and geopolitical risk. Since joining Laminar in 2025, Sanjay has accelerated Laminar’s global footprint as we enable more customers to address their production capacity constraints and improve margins. By expanding Sanjay’s leadership to our entire revenue function, Laminar will be stronger and ready to meet this incredible market demand.”
Annie Lu, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Laminar
“All of today’s Industrial AI focus is on Physical AI in discrete manufacturing — robots navigating space and automating human motion. But process manufacturing has a different challenge: continued reliance on human expert intervention to continuously interpret process conditions and manually correct operations in real time. Laminar’s Chemical-Process AI changes that by first sensing real-time fluid conditions, reasoning the optimal action, and then acting to ensure every cycle runs on the best conditions. I’m thrilled to step into this role as Laminar continues its mission to transform the industry with our first-of-its-kind AI platform that powers fully autonomous process manufacturing.”
Sanjay Rajan, Chief Revenue Officer, Laminar
