Scope, an AI workflow platform for the testing, inspection and certification (TIC) industry, announced it has raised $20 million in funding led by Index Ventures with participation from Susa Ventures, Entrepreneurs First, and Syndicate 1. The company also attracted notable angel investors including Mehdi Ghissassi, Cedric Pech, Naren Shaam, and Andy Szybalski.
The Scope platform is designed to modernize industrial inspections across industries such as aerospace and energy, where inspections are critical for safety, maintenance, and operational continuity. The company said inspectors still commonly rely on pen-and-paper workflows and legacy reporting systems, with a four-hour on-site inspection often resulting in up to ten days of reporting and administrative work.
Scope’s AI-powered platform captures inspections through live audio, video, and notes while surfacing relevant historical context in real time. The software automatically fills forms, organizes inspection data, and generates reports based on findings gathered in the field. According to the company, this reduces reporting time by 10x and lowers error rates by 95%.
The company said it has experienced rapid momentum since launching in July last year, including 9x ARR growth and a 100% pilot conversion rate. Inspectors at six of the world’s top 10 global inspection companies are already using the platform.
Scope believes the platform addresses major workforce challenges facing the $300 billion TIC industry. The company noted that certified inspection professionals can take up to ten years to train, while replacing lost roles can take an average of 10 months. Scope added that approximately 40% of key technicians are expected to retire within the next five to ten years.
The company was co-founded by CEO Jonathan Low and CTO Jakob Cassiman. Low previously worked at the AI Lab Conjecture, while Cassiman served as a machine learning engineer at enterprise AI company ML6 after studying as a Fulbright Scholar at Carnegie Mellon University.
Scope said the new funding will be used to expand its London-based team and accelerate adoption among global inspection companies. The company’s long-term vision is to transform inspections into a continuously updated intelligence layer for physical infrastructure, helping operators predict asset health issues and identify failure risks earlier.
KEY QUOTES:
“The TIC industry doesn’t need AI that replaces people; it needs to empower experts to work faster and smarter. Scope gives inspectors the context, workflows and reporting support they need to spend more time in the field and less time chained to desks.
Heavy industrial assets are too critical to manage reactively. Our vision is to make physical asset information as accessible and actionable as digital information, so every site knows which assets are at risk, why, and can automatically trigger the actions needed to prevent downtime.”
Jonathan Low, CEO, Scope
“Jonny knows the intricacies of the TIC industry inside out. He is spending an incredible amount of time in the field to understand inspection problems in a granular way, and feeds them back to the product team. It has allowed Scope to drive massive value to their AI inspection customers, and a 100% pilot conversion rate is a testament to this hard work.”
Stephane Kurgan, Partner, Index Ventures
