Commercial collaboration pairs Bright
Machines' Brightware software stack with the Microsoft Azure cloud
infrastructure, reducing costs, accelerating time to market, and
fostering innovation
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FRANCISCO, May 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bright
Machines, an innovator in intelligent, software-defined
manufacturing, announced an integration and go-to-market
collaboration with Microsoft Azure to deliver a full stack
environment for all stages of the manufacturing life cycle, from
product design to assembly to disassembly. With this collaboration,
Bright Machines will enable an accessible, efficient, and
data-driven manufacturing process for electronics
manufacturers.
The current state of electronics manufacturing is still analog
and manual, slowing down processes and keeping costs high.
Software-defined manufacturing developed by Bright Machines changes
this status quo by providing centralized data visibility,
traceability, and performance benchmarking, along with flexible
automation. This issue has become particularly prevalent with the
proliferation of AI, which has led to skyrocketing demand for
compute power, and subsequently, AI hardware from servers to data
storage to networking capacity.
"The Bright Machines team is hyper-focused on propelling
manufacturing into a software-defined era, to reduce the reliance
on inexpensive labor and mitigate increasing costs," said
Lior Susan, CEO and Executive
Chairman at Bright Machines. "AI hardware is critical to bringing
the aspiration of AI from theoretical to reality, but the
manufacturing backend is still based on analog, outdated
manufacturing processes. We aim to continue our mission to
transform manufacturing — whether for traditional electronics or
supporting the 'AI backbone' — which needs a standardized, yet
flexible approach to manufacturing hardware."
Through this collaboration, Bright Machines is building on Azure
and working with Microsoft to directly reach customers and
partners, including through the Azure Marketplace. The integration
will allow Bright Machines to deliver this transformation in
manufacturing to customers across the ecosystem.
"At Microsoft, we know that bringing value to customers includes
collaborating with innovative, early leaders like Bright Machines,"
said Indranil Sircar, Chief Technology Officer
for Manufacturing and Mobility at Microsoft. "By collaborating
with Bright Machines to build their services on top of Microsoft
Azure cloud infrastructure, together, we will help customers shift
to a software-defined automation approach for electronics
manufacturing and circular economy, strengthening customers'
strategic relationships with ecosystem partners across
the manufacturing value chain."
Bright Machines' full-stack approach creates a holistic,
flexible solution environment for ecosystem players, such as chip
makers, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Original Design
Manufacturers (ODMs), and Contract Manufacturers (CDMs). Bright
Machines generates valuable insights previously unavailable by
collecting manufacturing data across the value chain and the
assembly process. By working with every type of ecosystem player,
Bright Machines serves as a neutral third-party robotics and
software platform to digitally transform the manufacturing
industry.
For more information on Bright Machines and its services, see
here.
About Bright Machines
Bright Machines is an
industry-leading software and robotics company that offers a
full-stack automation solution for manufacturing. Bright Machines'
flexible automated assembly specializes in building the AI backbone
— AI hardware infrastructure. By leveraging computer vision,
machine learning, and software applications, Bright Machines
transforms the way products can be designed and manufactured.
With more than 200 employees worldwide, Bright Machines is
headquartered in San Francisco,
California with additional locations in Israel (R&D center) and Mexico (integration center). Bright Machines
has been previously named "Best AI-based Solution for
Manufacturing" by AI Breakthrough, "Technology Pioneer" by the
World Economic Forum, and one of "America's Most Promising
Artificial Intelligence Companies" by Forbes.
For more information, visit www.brightmachines.com.
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