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The Wire
6 days ago
- Business
- The Wire
Crafting Bharat – S2, powered by AWS Startups and an initiative by NewsReach, launches ninth episode with Dr. Raunak Bhinge, MD of Infinite Uptime
Dr. Raunak Bhinge of Infinite Uptime, on Industry 4.0 technologies, digital-first approach and how AWS is helping them scale and optimize Production Reliability outcomes. Artificial Intelligence offers India a unique opportunity to revolutionize its manufacturing sector, positioning it as a cutting-edge factory and service center for the global economy. By harnessing AI-driven automation, predictive analytics, and digital innovation, India can boost productivity, quality, and competitiveness across industries from automotive to pharmaceuticals. This promises sustainable growth and solidifies India's leadership. AI adoption is vital to the Viksit Bharat vision, driving India's evolution into a developed nation by 2047. The ' Crafting Bharat – Season 2' powered by AWS Startups, an initiative by NewsReach, in association with VCCircle, and production partner – HT Smartcast, explores how startups are harnessing the power of the cloud to accelerate growth, optimise operations, and building solutions that will define the India of Tomorrow. This series is hosted by Gautam Srinivasan, famed for hosting a diverse range of TV and digital programs, currently consulting editor at CNBC (India), CNN-News18, Forbes India, and The Economic Times. In this episode, we spotlight Dr. Raunak Bhinge, MD of Infinite Uptime, who are innovating to deliver production outcomes so that Indian companies can truly embrace the fourth industrial revolution. He shares insights about Industry 4.0 technologies, their digital-first approach and how AWS is helping them scale and optimize their value preposition. In this series, explore inspiring startup stories that are shifting gears and sparking innovation across sectors, all contributing to India's transformation into a developed nation by 2047 in this captivating series. Watch Episode: Edited Excerpts: Segment 1: Ignite What's a big client win that you fondly remember in terms of outcomes delivered? Startups often struggle at the outset. We were championing a forward-looking concept before the digital revolution fully arrived—educating clients on what's possible and the industry's trajectory over the next five to ten years. One standout early engagement was with JSW Steel's Vijayanagar plant in Karnataka, four hours by road from the nearest city. At COVID's outset, their visionary digital leader teamed up with us—and on August 14th at midnight, we were installing IoT sensors on critical equipment to demonstrate this innovation to Mr. Jindal during the August 15th celebrations. How did your product roadmap evolve to address customer challenges around connecting isolated data sources and scalability limitations by creating a plug-and-play solution to integrate modern analytics into their existing infrastructure? Initially, we tried integrating with legacy manufacturing systems for richer context, but found data siloed, fragmented, and non-interoperable. So, we designed an independent product roadmap that maximizes diagnostic insights and predictive accuracy without altering control systems, forming the backbone of our complete product stack. Many companies struggle with the upfront cost. How did you approach this issue when talking to potential clients? There are 2 things to this – ROI and how do you get them to start consuming – which brings into the business model. We decided to eliminate them having to put a lot of money upfront in advance on the table. You don't need to have Capex model, instead have an Opex model which is consumption based. We use a 'show-and-grow' model: clients pay monthly only once they see value. As returns and benefits emerge, they scale usage. This consumption-based approach lets you start small and then scale, creating mutual gains. Segment 2: Launch In serving such a diverse array of customers with vast amounts of data to be processed, how has Infinite Uptime managed its own tech back-end to scale with higher and more varied demands of customers? We've developed a scalable approach—both technologically and organizationally—without needing industry-specific teams. Since most equipment is used across multiple sectors, we apply a common, replicable stack to predict faults. Only niche assets require custom AI models. For those few industry-specific machines, we build separate models, while all standard equipment diagnostics run on our universal platform. This lets us efficiently serve diverse industries with minimal per-segment adjustments. Sub-segment: Boost Take us through the highlights of how AWS enables Infinite Uptime to optimise its value proposition? We outgrew our previous cloud provider and, after evaluating architecture, capabilities, support, and costs, consciously migrated to AWS. Since then, AWS's built-in scalability, optimization tools, and dedicated support have enabled us to refine our architecture and scale globally. We're partnering with AWS to extend our reach and ensure our solution can support and grow with organizations worldwide. Segment 3: Orbit What are the lessons in smart manufacturing that India can learn from the world and vice-versa? India is rapidly embracing smart manufacturing and digital transformation—a promising shift. I witnessed China adopt similar practices back in 2017–18, even before terms like 'digital factories' were popular. India's edge lies in frugal innovation—delivering high-impact, ROI-driven solutions that global industries can adopt cost-effectively, unlike complex, high-cost models in the West. What is your view on drivers for upskilling and reskilling in frontier technologies that are changing the manufacturing landscape in India as we speak? AI is transforming manufacturing by enabling data-driven decisions on the shop floor, replacing intuition with real-time insights and helping teams upskill, ultimately driving efficiency and value across the industry. By aligning sectoral growth with sustainability and inclusivity, India is well-positioned to achieve a $23–$35 trillion economy by 2047. This transformation can enhance quality of life, strengthen global influence, and position India as a leader in economic progress, technological innovation, and social development on the world stage. Stay tuned to Crafting Bharat – Season 2 as we bring you these inspiring entrepreneurs for insightful and candid discussion with Gautam Srinivasan. Facebook: Instagram: LinkedIn: X: This is an auto-published feed from PTI with no editorial input from The Wire.
Korea Herald
18-06-2025
- Business
- Korea Herald
Infinite Uptime Unlocks Production Reliability for Heavy Industries with PlantOS™ at Global Steel Dynamics Forum
"U.S. manufacturers demand scalability and ROI clarity and Infinite Uptime's PlantOS™ meets that bar with proven outcomes." – Chaitanya Bulusu, SVP & Business Head – Americas, Infinite Uptime NEW YORK, June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Global Steel Dynamics Forum, Infinite Uptime launched PlantOS™ and Production Outcomes as a Service (POaaS) globally. PlantOS™, an AI-driven manufacturing intelligence platform, focuses on value delivery, unlocking production reliability by delivering measurable outcomes, such as 99.97% equipment availability and up to 2% energy reduction per unit produced for heavy industries. Production Reliability is a balance of metric and mindset. PlantOS™ empowers partners to attain this balance from parameter to plant level. Infinite Uptime's POaaS focuses on outcome-centric production reliability, guaranteed performance, and cost certainty. Powered by PlantOS™, the outcomes are delivered through a layered combination of device-agnostic sensing, vertical-specific AI, and human expertise. PlantOS™ is a modular, AI-native platform that unifies five functions: Sense & Ingest, Administer & Configure, Diagnose & Analyze, Act & Resolve, and Collaborate & Integrate. It captures data from any sensor—vibration, acoustics, temperature—using the proprietary piezoelectric and MEMS (Micro-electromechanical systems) technology, even in extreme conditions like 150°C or 2 rpm, and across a variety of industrial environment settings—corrosive to explosive. PlantOS™ 's vertical AI models, tailored for industries like metal & cement, deliver 99.97% fault prediction accuracy validated across 53,026 installations. The collaborative Outcome Assistant then routes persona-specific insights—diagnostic alerts for engineers, ROI metrics for CFOs—ensuring insights lead to action. PlantOS™ combines 24/7 remote support, domain expertise and intuitive AI, bridging skills gaps to simplify adoption and foster trust. PlantOS™ 's impact is evident across various heavy industries. With the largest install base of over 84 MTPA in terms of steel production, Infinite Uptime has digitized, monitored, and safeguarded every second on 214 steel production sites globally. JSW, the world's most valuable steel company, gained 25,842 hours of additional production uptime, leading to higher throughput, lower costs, improved sustainability, and millions in revenue and operational resilience. "Infinite Uptime has been a strategic partner of JSW for the last four years, playing a pivotal role in transforming & optimizing our Steel, Cement and Paint Plant production outputs." – Rishi Shroff, CEO, JSW New Age Infinite Uptime's outcome-based contracts align with the rising demand for rapid ROI, delivering measurable value within 6–12 months. To explore how PlantOS™ can empower you to unlock production outcomes, visit Infinite Uptime's website today. About Infinite Uptime: Infinite Uptime's revolutionary PlantOS™ & Production Outcomes-as-a-Service (POaaS) solution has saved 83,988 hours of production time for 801 plants across 26 countries. It empowers heavy industries to achieve 99.97% equipment availability and up to 2% energy reduction per unit produced. To learn more, visit
Cision Canada
18-06-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
Infinite Uptime Unlocks Production Reliability for Heavy Industries with PlantOS™ at Global Steel Dynamics Forum
"U.S. manufacturers demand scalability and ROI clarity and Infinite Uptime's PlantOS™ meets that bar with proven outcomes." – Chaitanya Bulusu, SVP & Business Head – Americas, Infinite Uptime NEW YORK, June 18, 2025 /CNW/ -- At the Global Steel Dynamics Forum, Infinite Uptime launched PlantOS™ and Production Outcomes as a Service (POaaS) globally. PlantOS™, an AI-driven manufacturing intelligence platform, focuses on value delivery, unlocking production reliability by delivering measurable outcomes, such as 99.97% equipment availability and up to 2% energy reduction per unit produced for heavy industries. Production Reliability is a balance of metric and mindset. PlantOS™ empowers partners to attain this balance from parameter to plant level. Infinite Uptime's POaaS focuses on outcome-centric production reliability, guaranteed performance, and cost certainty. Powered by PlantOS™, the outcomes are delivered through a layered combination of device-agnostic sensing, vertical-specific AI, and human expertise. Explore the Potential of Production Reliability with PlantOS™ PlantOS™ is a modular, AI-native platform that unifies five functions: Sense & Ingest, Administer & Configure, Diagnose & Analyze, Act & Resolve, and Collaborate & Integrate. It captures data from any sensor—vibration, acoustics, temperature—using the proprietary piezoelectric and MEMS (Micro-electromechanical systems) technology, even in extreme conditions like 150°C or 2 rpm, and across a variety of industrial environment settings—corrosive to explosive. PlantOS™ 's vertical AI models, tailored for industries like metal & cement, deliver 99.97% fault prediction accuracy validated across 53,026 installations. The collaborative Outcome Assistant then routes persona-specific insights—diagnostic alerts for engineers, ROI metrics for CFOs—ensuring insights lead to action. PlantOS™ combines 24/7 remote support, domain expertise and intuitive AI, bridging skills gaps to simplify adoption and foster trust. Discover PlantOS™ in our Frost & Sullivan Executive Interview PlantOS™ 's impact is evident across various heavy industries. With the largest install base of over 84 MTPA in terms of steel production, Infinite Uptime has digitized, monitored, and safeguarded every second on 214 steel production sites globally. JSW, the world's most valuable steel company, gained 25,842 hours of additional production uptime, leading to higher throughput, lower costs, improved sustainability, and millions in revenue and operational resilience. "Infinite Uptime has been a strategic partner of JSW for the last four years, playing a pivotal role in transforming & optimizing our Steel, Cement and Paint Plant production outputs." – Rishi Shroff, CEO, JSW New Age Infinite Uptime's outcome-based contracts align with the rising demand for rapid ROI, delivering measurable value within 6–12 months. To explore how PlantOS™ can empower you to unlock production outcomes, visit Infinite Uptime's website today.
Time of India
15-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Deeptech startups snagged $324 million in first four months of the year
ETtech Live Events The R&D-focused and innovation-anchored deeptech ecosystem, contrary to perception, is lately drawing more money—and deals. Venture Intelligence data showed investments in deeptech doubled in the first four months of 2025 to $324 million across 35 deals, compared with $156 million in the same period last year that saw 21 such of the biggest deeptech deals in 2025 included a $90 million investment in Netradyne , an AI-based fleet management platform, by Qualcomm Ventures, Point72 Ventures and others; $54 million in SpotDraft, an AI-based contract management firm, from Trident Capital and others; $35 million investment in predictive maintenance service platform Infinite Uptime by Tiger Global, GSR Ventures and $21 million in Tonbo Imaging, which offers imaging and sensor systems to military, by Florintree and broadly refers to technology-based innovation that hinges on advanced scientific and engineering research, which require significant expertise, capital and union minister Piyush Goyal 's comment on the lack of a deeptech ecosystem certainly triggered the conversation, deeptech ecosystem has been seeing increasing interest for a while Natarajan, managing partner, Mela Ventures, said that unlike a few years ago, deeptech is seeing more commercial use cases making the sector Subramaniam, managing partner, Yali Capital, which has Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan as an advisor, said that there are more companies that are being created in deeptech now than before. This is formed by people from premier institutions and executives from multinational companies, who are choosing to stay back in the Shankar, co-founder, Java Capital, a deeptech fund, said that recent times have seen several government initiatives that attempt to grow the deeptech ecosystem in the country such as Rs 10,000 crore fund of funds to invest in deeptech and other initiatives that support semiconductors, space, and these are resulting in increased competition for deeptech deals in India.A partner from a deeptech fund told ET that they are now competing with larger players in early stage deeptech deals and are closing more as well. 'This year alone we have closed 4-5 deals at a higher valuation. We used to do 7-8 per year,' the investor Capital's Shankar said that initial investment for deeptech companies is now upwards of $4-5 million now, compared to $2-3 million a couple of years is also gaining momentum. For instance, Mela Ventures has invested along with Blume in Optimized ElectroTech, a defence technology Natarajan said that, unlike consumer technology startups, the model of investment for deeptech needs to be different as it takes a longer time to commercialise. 'If it is a 3–5-year horizon for consumer technology startups, in deeptech it requires 8-10 years. They also need intense involvement, hand-holding and mentoring to help them through the process,' he addition, one of the key challenges is also market creation. Natarajan explained that in many cases these startups are catering to the market that either does not exist or require firms to adopt a newer way. While funds like them are helping companies to reach the commercialisation stage, there is a need for intervention to drive market adoption. 'Like how the government offered subsidies for EVs (electric vehicles) there must be some incentives for customers to adopt deeptech solutions,' he added.
Time of India
15-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Deeptech startups raked in $324 million in first four months of this year
The R&D-focused and innovation-anchored deeptech ecosystem, contrary to perception, is lately drawing more money—and deals. Venture Intelligence data showed investments in deeptech doubled in the first four months of 2025 to $324 million across 35 deals, compared with $156 million in the same period last year that saw 21 such commitments. Some of the biggest deeptech deals in 2025 included a $90 million investment in Netradyne , an AI-based fleet management platform, by Qualcomm Ventures, Point72 Ventures and others; $54 million in SpotDraft, an AI-based contract management firm, from Trident Capital and others; $35 million investment in predictive maintenance service platform Infinite Uptime by Tiger Global, GSR Ventures and $21 million in Tonbo Imaging, which offers imaging and sensor systems to military, by Florintree and others. Deeptech broadly refers to technology-based innovation that hinges on advanced scientific and engineering research, which require significant expertise, capital and time. While union minister Piyush Goyal 's comment on the lack of a deeptech ecosystem certainly triggered the conversation, deeptech ecosystem has been seeing increasing interest for a while now. ETtech Live Events More interest Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories Krishnakumar Natarajan, managing partner, Mela Ventures, said that unlike a few years ago, deeptech is seeing more commercial use cases making the sector attractive. Ganapathy Subramaniam, managing partner, Yali Capital, which has Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan as an advisor, said that there are more companies that are being created in deeptech now than before. This is formed by people from premier institutions and executives from multinational companies, who are choosing to stay back in the country. Vinod Shankar, co-founder, Java Capital, a deeptech fund, said that recent times have seen several government initiatives that attempt to grow the deeptech ecosystem in the country such as Rs 10,000 crore fund of funds to invest in deeptech and other initiatives that support semiconductors, space, and biotech. All these are resulting in increased competition for deeptech deals in India. Rising competition A partner from a deeptech fund told ET that they are now competing with larger players in early stage deeptech deals and are closing more as well. 'This year alone we have closed 4-5 deals at a higher valuation. We used to do 7-8 per year,' the investor said. Java Capital's Shankar said that initial investment for deeptech companies is now upwards of $4-5 million now, compared to $2-3 million a couple of years ago. Co-investing is also gaining momentum. For instance, Mela Ventures has invested along with Blume in Optimized ElectroTech, a defence technology startup. Challenges Persist Mela's Natarajan said that, unlike consumer technology startups, the model of investment for deeptech needs to be different as it takes a longer time to commercialise. 'If it is a 3–5-year horizon for consumer technology startups, in deeptech it requires 8-10 years. They also need intense involvement, hand-holding and mentoring to help them through the process,' he explained. In addition, one of the key challenges is also market creation. Natarajan explained that in many cases these startups are catering to the market that either does not exist or require firms to adopt a newer way. While funds like them are helping companies to reach the commercialisation stage, there is a need for intervention to drive market adoption. 'Like how the government offered subsidies for EVs (electric vehicles) there must be some incentives for customers to adopt deeptech solutions,' he added.
