Daniel First
@DanielFirstAx
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Founder @ Axion
New York, USA
Joined June 2017
We've led @axion_ray's Series B đ Manufacturing is increasingly complex. Axionâs AI observability platform helps teams detect issues early, find root causes fast, and prevent costly failures. Cheers to @DanielFirstAx & the entire Axion team đ https://t.co/GGgjzpGdoe
salesforceventures.com
The AI observability platform for customer quality intelligence.
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Proud to share our Series B & mission to help manufacturers solve the top issues impacting their customers
Our $37M Series B led by Salesforce Ventures, with SE Ventures & Bessemer, Axion expands our mission to help the worldâs most innovative manufacturers detect issues earlier, fix them faster, and deliver products customers truly love. đ https://t.co/NrNnmRuFQ7
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American manufacturing for data centers, airplanes, and medical devices can only thrive if we use AI to ensure high quality & exceptional customer experience. Thanks @alexavontobel @InspiredCap for having me - great discussion!
What does the manufacturing quality crisis cost the industry every year? In todayâs episode of Inspired, @alexavontobel and Kamran Ali sat down with @DanielFirstAx, Founder of @axion_ray, to explore the $2 trillion+ problem plaguing global manufacturing. Daniel shares his
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To win in data centers, weâll need to use AI to bring power systems to market that customers love, by reducing downtime & improving quality & performance. Thanks @SchneiderElec for a great panel
Exciting day today at the Schneider Electric Innovation Summit! Great to be part of the Schneider Electric Ventures Panel âAI-Native Startups Changing the Gameâ and the Innovation Park Startup Showcase!
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Axion Ray is proud to be named one of the top startups driving innovation in dual-use technology by the Silicon Valley Defense Group in their 2025 report, #NatSec100. https://www.natsec100. We're proud to be building technology for critical domains, like defense.
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@BessemerVP new Vertical AI report this week, on AxionRay - âThe meteoric rise of [Vertical AI] businessesâŚprovide unprecedented value: AI facilitates work that was previously impossible to achieve. Axion Ray helps manufacturers by analyzing large volumes of product data.â
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Proud to be featured in Bessemer's 2024 State of the Cloud "With early startup leaders such as...Axion...growing at impressive clipsâŚwe predict we will see at least five Vertical AI Centaurs ($100M+ ARR) emerge within the next two to three years."
State of the Cloud 2024 is out! âď¸âď¸âď¸ Dive into the five AI trends transforming the cloud economy and beyond â https://t.co/qaLOMUYbl6
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If youâre in NY, this is an amazing company to join â very strong growth and an obvious why now
"Imagine that you're the head of engineering overseeing a Boeing fleet, how do you know - what are the top emerging issues impacting your customers?" Hear our founder Daniel First share Axion's mission to support engineering leaders @foundersysk
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This week, I shared the @axion_ray mission of proactive intelligence at the @foundersysk meetup, where the New York engineering & AI startup community came together. It was a great opportunity to connect with entrepreneurial operators & engineering talent and discuss our vision
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On Tuesday, we proudly announced our Series A funding. This investment will fuel our mission to empower manufacturers worldwide to detect, investigate, and resolve emerging product issues. Read more about our mission in our recent blog by @DanielFirstAx
https://t.co/qXdI6G0VrC
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I often say we like to back teams building important products. @axion_ray is a great example. Congrats to @DanielFirstAx & team, and welcome @BessemerVP
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techcrunch.com
Axion Ray, a company developing an AI-powered product to detect and (with any luck) prevent recall-level product issues, has raised $17.5 million in new funding.
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Axion Ray secures $17.5M in Series A funding, led by @BessemerVP & backed by @RTX_News. This funding will propel our mission to empower manufacturers with an AI observability command center, enabling them to detect and resolve quality issues https://t.co/AJqi78iwNk
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đJoin us for our very first Founders You Should Know showcase in NY on March 27th, cohosted with @usv and @ShineCapitalNYC. Come meet some of the best founders in NY: - Mike Shebat from Traba (@mike_sheb, @Traba_Work) - Akshat Bubna from Modal (@AkshatBubna, @modal_labs) -
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A concept I can't stop thinking about: Shoshin. Shoshin is a Zen Buddhist idea that means "the beginner's mind." Here's how I think about it: (you may want to bookmark this for later) Over the course of your life to date, you have filled your mind with an endless array of
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even the forest fires decided it was time to leave sf and come to new york
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Looking forward to being a part of this panel discussion at #FieldServicePalmSprings 2023 next week with @DanielFirstAx and @RebeccaTrachten of @axion_ray
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Weâre thrilled to announce our $7.5M seed round led by @amplovc and co-led by @InspiredCap . @Boeing , TVP, and others participated in the round. @TechCrunch 's @ron_miller connected with Founder & CEO @DanielFirstAx get the full story. Read more:
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Axion Ray is building a machine learning solution to help manufacturers find problems before they blow up into recalls.
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The countdown begins 10 days until #FieldServiceMedical 2023! Donât miss @DanielFirstAx, Axion Ray's Founder & CEO, speak alongside Michael McCarthy from @baxter_intl. Youâll learn about proactive #AI and how to stay ahead of #quality issues.
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Machine learning models with similar performance on the same task are called a Rashomon set. How do we deal with the fact that models in the Rashomon set might have different decision making mechanisms? Which one is the correct model? https://t.co/OZpvAA0pgZ
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