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Daniel First

@DanielFirstAx

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Founder @ Axion

New York, USA
Joined June 2017
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@SalesforceVC
Salesforce Ventures
1 month
We've led @axion_ray's Series B 🚀 Manufacturing is increasingly complex. Axion’s AI observability platform helps teams detect issues early, find root causes fast, and prevent costly failures. Cheers to @DanielFirstAx & the entire Axion team 🙌 https://t.co/GGgjzpGdoe
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The AI observability platform for customer quality intelligence.
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@DanielFirstAx
Daniel First
1 month
Proud to share our Series B & mission to help manufacturers solve the top issues impacting their customers
@axion_ray
Axion
1 month
Our $37M Series B led by Salesforce Ventures, with SE Ventures & Bessemer, Axion expands our mission to help the world’s most innovative manufacturers detect issues earlier, fix them faster, and deliver products customers truly love. 🔗 https://t.co/NrNnmRuFQ7
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@DanielFirstAx
Daniel First
2 months
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!
@InspiredCap
Inspired Capital
2 months
What does the manufacturing quality crisis cost the industry every year? In today’s 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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Daniel First
2 months
To win in data centers, we’ll 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
@axion_ray
Axion
2 months
Exciting day today at the Schneider Electric Innovation Summit! Great to be part of the Schneider Electric Ventures Panel “AI-Native Startups Changing the Game” and the Innovation Park Startup Showcase!
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@axion_ray
Axion
6 months
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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@axion_ray
Axion
1 year
@BessemerVP new Vertical AI report this week, on AxionRay - “The meteoric rise of [Vertical AI] businesses…provide unprecedented value: AI facilitates work that was previously impossible to achieve. Axion Ray helps manufacturers by analyzing large volumes of product data.”
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@axion_ray
Axion
2 years
Proud to be featured in Bessemer's 2024 State of the Cloud "With early startup leaders such as...Axion...growing at impressive clips…we predict we will see at least five Vertical AI Centaurs ($100M+ ARR) emerge within the next two to three years."
@BessemerVP
Bessemer
2 years
State of the Cloud 2024 is out! ☁️☁️☁️ Dive into the five AI trends transforming the cloud economy and beyond — https://t.co/qaLOMUYbl6
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@nifferkin
Jen Yip
2 years
If you’re in NY, this is an amazing company to join — very strong growth and an obvious why now
@axion_ray
Axion
2 years
"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 https://t.co/au5DgYhSUY
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@DanielFirstAx
Daniel First
2 years
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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@axion_ray
Axion
2 years
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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@axion_ray
Axion
2 years
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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Jen Yip
2 years
🎉Join 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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@JLopas
Justin Lopas
2 years
You love to see it
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@SahilBloom
Sahil Bloom
2 years
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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@WillManidis
Will Manidis
3 years
even the forest fires decided it was time to leave sf and come to new york
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@StuartDavey48
Stuart 💙💙
3 years
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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@axion_ray
Axion
3 years
We’re 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:
techcrunch.com
Axion Ray is building a machine learning solution to help manufacturers find problems before they blow up into recalls.
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@axion_ray
Axion
3 years
The countdown begins 10 days until #FieldServiceMedical 2023! Don’t miss @DanielFirstAx, Axion Ray's Founder & CEO, speak alongside Michael McCarthy from @baxter_intl. You’ll learn about proactive #AI and how to stay ahead of #quality issues.
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@ChristophMolnar
Christoph Molnar 🦋 christophmolnar.bsky.social
5 years
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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