SixSense Secures Funding to Enhance Chip Factory Efficiency with AI Insights

AI startup SixSense has raised funding to help chip factories boost production. The company uses real-time AI insights to analyze semiconductor manufacturing data, providing insights to prevent quality problems and increase the number of usable semiconductors produced. The funding will be used to expand into chipmaking hubs in Malaysia, Taiwan, and the US.

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AI startup SixSense has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding to expand its real-time AI insights platform, which helps semiconductor manufacturers prevent quality issues and boost production efficiency. The funding round brings the company's total funding to around $12 million, led by Peak XV’s Surge, with participation from Alpha Intelligence Capital, FEBE, and others [2].

Founded in 2018 by engineers Akanksha Jagwani (CTO) and Avni Agarwal (CEO), SixSense aims to address a fundamental challenge in semiconductor manufacturing: converting raw production data into real-time insights that help factories prevent quality issues and improve yield. The company's platform automates defect inspection, root cause analysis, and failure prediction, providing engineers with early warnings to address potential issues before they escalate [2].

SixSense's AI platform is designed to be used by process engineers rather than data scientists. It allows engineers to fine-tune models using their own fab data, deploy them in under two days, and trust the results without writing a single line of code. The platform is already in use at major semiconductor manufacturers like GlobalFoundries and JCET, with more than 100 million chips processed to date [2].

The funding will be used to expand SixSense's presence into chipmaking hubs in Malaysia, Taiwan, and the US. Geopolitical tensions are reshaping where chips are made, driving new manufacturing investments across the globe. SixSense is well-positioned to capitalize on this trend, as many new facilities are starting fresh and are more open to AI-native approaches [2].

SixSense's platform has already demonstrated significant improvements in production cycles, yield, and reduction in manual inspection work. The company's AI-ADC solution, for instance, has achieved over 99% accuracy in defect classification and reduced the man-machine ratio by 90% [1].

With this latest funding, SixSense is poised to continue its growth trajectory and solidify its position as a leader in AI-driven semiconductor manufacturing solutions.

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[1] https://www.sixsense.ai/
[2] https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/31/female-founded-semiconductor-ai-startup-sixsense-raises-funding/