USD 9.2M for no-code platform Viso

Building and deploying vision-based enterprise applications is complex and expensive. Advances across AI, GPU hardware, and deep learning have made computer vision far more accessible as algorithms become easier to train. But without the requisite technical expertise, many of these models struggle to reach production. Deploying and scaling these models in the field also requires significant infrastructure, which is a major barrier to enterprise adoption despite heavy industry demand. 

While computer vision has existed for several years, implementation challenges have held back significant adoption. Viso offers a single workspace for businesses to develop, deploy, operate and scale computer vision applications. Using Viso Suite, the end-to-end enterprise vision platform, businesses can build and deploy better vision-based applications in days instead of months by abstracting and automating the entire lifecycle across data pipelining, configuration, deployment, serving and monitoring. 

Viso’s solution allows businesses to unify tools, models and data across the computer vision application lifecycle in one easy-to-use no-code interface without the need for significant technical expertise. The platform allows organizations to use any common camera and re-use existing cameras. It also supports the latest ML frameworks and computing hardware, making it possible for enterprises to deeply integrate existing systems across the organization.

The modular and flexible architecture of Viso’s platform is highly customisable, enabling businesses to build applications according to their own unique needs. The self-serve platform gives users the ability to plug in their own best-in-class components (or use Viso’s pre-built modules), meaning businesses can train their own employees and build up their own internal capabilities using Viso’s platform.

Founded by Gaudenz Boesch and Nico Klingler in 2018, Viso has been bootstrapped to date and has a globally distributed and remote-first team based in Switzerland and the US. Since launching the platform in the spring of 2022, the company has already achieved impressive momentum and its customers include PwC, A2A, DPD, alongside several other Fortune 500 and State-Owned Enterprises. The seed investment will be used to further accelerate hiring and improve the platform's capabilities.

Led by Accel, the financing round attracted angel investors and prominent industry experts, including Mehdi Ghissassi (DeepMind), Mihai Faur (UiPath), Remy Lazarovici (Celonis), James Isilay (Cognism) and Stef van Grieken (Cradle).

(Press release/RAN)