Ultralytics Closes $30 Million Series A Funding Round to Accelerate Open-Source Vision AI

""Ultralytics' success is built on the conviction that open-source drives enterprise innovation, and nowhere is that more evident than in artificial intelligence," said Glenn Jocher, Founder and CEO, Ultralytics. "We've redefined what's possible with Edge AI, delivering YOLO models that are faster, lighter, and more accessible than ever. This investment validates our achievements and underscores our future potential as we accelerate R&D and expand an ecosystem of application-layer solutions powered by YOLO.""

"Ultralytics' core offering is its vision AI technology, a transformational application of artificial intelligence. Using vision AI, organizations can automate the identification of objects in images and videos and take action based on what they see. The technology is already being deployed for applications across industries, from agriculture and manufacturing to healthcare and robotics, for use cases such as monitoring crops, powering autonomous driving systems, managing retail inventory, improving manufacturing quality control, and streamlining logistics."

"Central to Ultralytics' value for customers and developers is its work with open-source YOLO models. Short for "You Only Look Once," YOLO is an object detection and image segmentation model that powers vision AI applications at the edge. Ultralytics' continued development and innovation of their Ultralytics YOLO models has yielded strong performance in terms of speed and accuracy, combined with a streamlined design. These advances have made Ultralytics YOLO a widely used computer vision model across industries and domains."

Ultralytics completed a $30 million Series A funding round led by Elephant with participation from SquareOne to accelerate research and development and expand an ecosystem of YOLO-powered application-layer solutions. Open-source development underpins the company's innovation approach, driving enterprise adoption of its edge vision AI models. Ultralytics' core offering automates object identification in images and video for industries including agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare, robotics, retail, and logistics. Ultralytics YOLO delivers strong speed and accuracy with a streamlined design, enabling faster, lighter, and more accessible edge deployments. These technological advances have driven significant growth in adoption across developers and industry users.

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