Our Sight Predates Language—Roboflow Raises $40M to Transform Visual Understanding

We’re building for a world where software can truly understand the physical environment. It’s about making decisions more informed, processes more efficient, and solutions more impactful.
Roboflow’s journey began in January 2020 with a simple yet powerful mission: to make the world programmable through visual understanding. Founded by Joseph Nelson and Brad Dwyer, the company was born from their frustrations with how challenging it was to build and deploy computer vision models. Training a model often meant endless hours of manual data labeling, managing messy datasets, and writing repetitive code. The process was inefficient and inaccessible to many. Nelson and Dwyer sought to change that by creating a platform that simplifies computer vision workflows, empowering developers to focus on solving real-world problems. Today, Roboflow is at the heart of a growing shift in how organizations interact with visual data. From manufacturing and logistics to healthcare and envir
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Anshika Mathews
Anshika is the Senior Content Strategist for AIM Research. She holds a keen interest in technology and related policy-making and its impact on society. She can be reached at anshika.mathews@aimresearch.co
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