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About
Apera's pitch is that most industrial robots are effectively blind, which is why so much factory work stays manual. Its 4D Vision system combines cameras with AI-trained models of the parts themselves, so a robot can pick, place and assemble objects in conditions — reflective surfaces, tangled bins, variable lighting — that defeat standard 3D vision. Afrooze came from Avigilon, where he was a founding engineer before Motorola Solutions bought it, and from AWS, where he worked on reinforcement learning for robotic simulation. The company sells plant by plant rather than to corporate procurement: land one factory, build a proof point, use it as a reference for the next. Its customers include all six major North American automotive OEMs and more than a hundred industrial manufacturers.
Backers
BDC Capital led an oversubscribed Series A announced July 2025, with existing investors Lobby Capital, Flying Fish Ventures and J-Ventures. Zebra Technologies has also taken a stake.
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Quick answers
What does Apera AI do?
It sells 4D Vision, software that gives industrial robots the ability to perceive and reason about parts, so manufacturers can automate tasks that defeat conventional machine vision.
Who backs Apera AI?
BDC Capital led an oversubscribed Series A announced in July 2025, alongside existing investors Lobby Capital, Flying Fish Ventures and J-Ventures. Zebra Technologies has also bought a stake.
How does Apera sell into manufacturing?
One plant at a time. Afrooze told the Together Vancouver stage that every factory runs its own P&L and makes its own call, so Apera lands a single plant, builds a proof point, uses it as a reference for the next, and only approaches corporate once two plants are advocating.