Glimpse, a startup selling image-processing software for CT scanners, says its technology can help manufacturers catch defects before they turn into expensive recalls. CEO Eric Moch points to the LG battery issue behind the Chevy Bolt recall, which cost LG $1.9 billion, as an example of a problem that CT scanning could have caught if it weren't so slow. Glimpse claims its software makes existing scanners 10 to 30 times faster, enabling quality-control teams to inspect tens of thousands of cells per day instead of a handful.
The company is now expanding beyond batteries with a new product called Explore, aimed at industries like aerospace, automotive, electronics, and medical devices. Explore uses the same deep-learning pipeline, which compresses and cleans up scan data on edge computers before sending it to the cloud. Customers see clear images in a web browser within seconds, along with flagged measurements that deviate from normal.
Glimpse already has more than 100 customers, including Anker, Lucid, and the U.S. Navy, and reports revenue in the mid-seven-figure range. For companies that don't own CT scanners, Glimpse offers a scan-on-demand service at its Boston facility and is opening a second location in the San Francisco Bay Area. Moch expects that service to become the larger market, letting companies pay a few hundred or thousand dollars per scan instead of buying expensive equipment outright.