Gigaton raises $26M Series A to replace legacy industrial control software with AI
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Cristian Dina
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Summary
Gigaton, a startup focused on industrial decarbonization, has raised $26M in Series A funding led by Plural to deploy AI-powered control software for heavy industry processes like cement kilns. The company aims to replace legacy control systems that manage high-temperature industrial operations with AI models that optimize fuel mix, oxygen levels, and efficiency, potentially reducing emissions and costs in hard-to-abate industrial sectors.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledA cement kiln is one of the least forgiving machines in industry. It runs at fourteen hundred degrees, it cannot easily be stopped, and the software deciding its fuel mix and oxygen levels is often older than the engineers tending it.
Gigaton wants to throw that software out and let an AI run the kiln instead.
On 3 June, it raised $26M to do it at scale.
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