Apera AI
About
About Apera AI
Apera AI develops AI-based vision software and training tools for robotic picking and placement. Apera Vue estimates object pose and guides industrial robots using camera input, while Forge supplies simulation and synthetic-data training workflows. The system targets difficult lighting, reflective or transparent objects and rapid cycle times in bin picking, de-racking and assembly without extensive manual labelling.
Its current documentation covers product selection, system integration and support for automation integrators, with applications and configuration limits tied to the relevant hardware or software family.
Articles
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Basler
Inbound - Perception - Basler ace cameras provide vision hardware for Apera AI’s Vue vision-guided robotics system
Source
Funding
- 2026-04-29 - strategic - Zebra Technologies makes strategic investment in Apera AI
Zebra Technologies announced a strategic investment in Apera AI through Zebra Ventures to support intelligent automation and 4D Vision for industrial robots. - source: zebra.com
Investors
- Zebra Ventures - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-29
Team
- Sina Afrooze - Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer - Co-founded Apera AI and leads its 4D vision-guided robotics business.
- Armin Khatoonabadi - Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer - Co-founded Apera AI and leads its operating organisation and deployment scale-up.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-04-29 - Funding - Zebra Technologies makes strategic investment in Apera AI
Zebra Ventures made a strategic investment in Apera AI on April 29, 2026. Apera AI develops 4D Vision for industrial robots, targeting factory automation workflows where robots need to perceive and act in dynamic manufacturing environments. Zebra framed the investment around intelligent automation for manufacturing, logistics, and frontline operations.
Source - 2024-05-07 - Product Launch - Concept Systems launches evriiRobot modular automation software
The launch was supported by Rockwell Automation, FANUC Robotics and Apera AI. evriiRobot targeted configurable robotic automation for factory workcells.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- Concept Systems
Vision Partner - Apera AI supported the evriiRobot modular automation software launch.
Context
Comparable profiles
- Solomon 3D
stack adjacency - Industrial Robot Software
- Mech-Mind Robotics
stack adjacency - Industrial Robot Software
- Pickit
stack adjacency - Industrial Robot Software
- Alsontech
stack adjacency - Industrial Robot Software
- Cambrian Robotics
stack adjacency - Industrial Robot Software
- Robovision
stack adjacency - Industrial Robot Software
- EYE-TECH SRL
stack adjacency - 3d Visual Perception
- Euclid Labs
stack adjacency - Industrial Robot Software
- Lanxin Robotics
stack adjacency - 3d Visual Perception
- Vizgard
stack adjacency - 3d Visual Perception
- Liberty Robotics
stack adjacency - 3d Visual Perception
- Inbolt
stack adjacency - Industrial Robot Software
Shared workflows
- Advanced Metal Research
workflow adjacency - Industrial Robot Task Programming
- Forge Robotics
workflow adjacency - Industrial Robot Task Programming
- Mbodi AI
workflow adjacency - Industrial Robot Task Programming
- Autumn Labs
workflow adjacency - Industrial Robot Task Programming
- Pivot Robotics
workflow adjacency - Industrial Robot Task Programming
- Orangewood Labs
workflow adjacency - Industrial Robot Task Programming
- Tekton Dynamics
workflow adjacency - Industrial Robot Task Programming
- Mowito
workflow adjacency - Industrial Robot Task Programming
- Axomind
workflow adjacency - Industrial Robot Task Programming
- Roboticom
workflow adjacency - Industrial Robot Task Programming
- TruPhysics
workflow adjacency - Industrial Robot Task Programming
- Intrinsic
workflow adjacency - Industrial Robot Task Programming
Context tags
- 3D Visual Perception - Stack Layer - Official company material supports the 3d visual perception context.
- Industrial robot task programming - Workflow - Official company material supports the industrial robot task programming context.
- Industrial robot software stack - Stack Layer - Official company material supports the industrial robot software context.