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Apprentice.io

Apprentice.io

Software Development

Jersey City, NJ 8,521 followers

Apprentice is The Manufacturing AI Company

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Apprentice is The Manufacturing AI Company. Since 2014 we've built intelligent, mission-critical systems that empower teams to automate workflows they never thought possible. Our proprietary AI model, Apprentice 4.1, is specifically trained and constrained for manufacturing—ensuring strict compliance and human-in-the-loop accountability. Apprentice 4.1 can be deployed as a stand-alone AI agent, or natively embedded within our next-gen Manufacturing Suite. From our Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Laboratory Execution System (LES) to our Connected Manufacturing Network (CMN) and Manufacturing Intelligence (Analytics), Apprentice provides a complete suite of applications to run 24/7 operations and drive significant throughput and margin improvement. Backed by $207 million in venture funding, our platform is trusted by the world's leading manufacturers—including Moderna, Catalent and Gilead—to execute over 30 million requests per month. Backed by $207 million in venture funding, our platform is trusted by the world's leading manufacturers—including Moderna, Catalent and Gilead—to execute over 30 million requests per month.

Website
http://www.apprentice.io
Industry
Software Development
Company size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Jersey City, NJ
Type
Privately Held
Founded
2014
Specialties
digitization, manufacturing execution, connected manufacturing, and AI

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  • Great conversation between John Koetsier & Angelo Stracquatanio III on manufacturing-specific AI & why it matters.

    You need factory-first AI to build an AI-first factory. And you won't get it from OpenAI. AI is starting to be a big deal in manufacturing. Maybe you thought AI was just for white collar work? Think again. AI agents are coming for the factory, and they're going to make it smarter, faster, more and efficient. But ... ChatGPT doesn't run factories. Claude can't really triage alarms at 2AM. And Perplexity doesn't help operators troubleshoot real production issues. I recent chatted with Apprentice.io CEO Angelo Stracquatanio III about their manufacturing-centric AI agents that respond to events, not prompts, that are built for specific roles (operator, quality, engineering), and that are designed for consistency, not creativity. Most AI fails in manufacturing for one simple reason: It’s too general. Factories don’t need creativity. They need consistency, compliance, and repeatability. Apprentice's AI agents get triggered by real production signals, enable workflow automation across MES, ERP, and quality systems, and (most importantly) have built-in guardrails that eliminate hallucinations. The result is incident investigation times cut from weeks to seconds, quality review costs massively reduced, and operators who aren't buried in SOPs or low-level alarms. 🔗 in first comment ... Apprentice is this month's sponsor for the TechFirst podcast: thank you Kristen Kucks for this!

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  • Manufacturing AI has been a buzzword for years. A1 is the first time it's actually real. Listen in as Apprentice CEO Angelo Stracquatanio III covers the launch that changed the conversation entirely. A1 is not a chatbot. It's not a copilot. It's not another dashboard your team will ignore. It's an autonomous AI agent that sits above every system on your plant floor and executes real manufacturing workflows. On its own. Right now. Shift hand-offs. Alarm triage. SOP troubleshooting. Deviation analysis. Batch comparisons. Done. If you work in pharma, biotech, or manufacturing — this episode is required listening. 🎧 Link in the comments.

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  • A1 is officially live. The first standalone AI agent built on our Apprentice 4.1 model, made exclusively for manufacturing workflows, and deployable across any system on your shop floor. Not embedded inside another product. Not a general model with a manufacturing skin on top. A purpose-built agent that sits above all of your systems and runs the workflows. No one else is building this. Not because it isn't needed — every manufacturer in the world feels the pain of siloed systems, manual reporting, and reactive quality management. But because building it right is hard. It requires domain knowledge, a model trained and constrained specifically for this industry and understanding the difference between an AI that gives advice and an AI that executes with the human always in the loop. That's what A1 is. This is Not a chatbot. Not another dashboard. A new category of manufacturing software — available right now, today, without an enterprise sales cycle, without even connecting to your existing software. The manufacturers who move first won't just gain efficiency. They will operate at a fundamentally different level than the ones who wait. The Manufacturing AI Company is here. And we're just getting started.

  • We're less than 2 weeks away from INTERPHEX Global 2026 and our teams are READY. 💪 Check us out: ⚫ Keynote | Physical AI | Learning Lab | 9:15 am | Day 1 (Stage 2) ⚫ Tech Talk | AI-native Manufacturing | 11:30 am | Day 2 (Stage 5) 🟢 Booth 2943 - come see us

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    How can AI reshape manufacturing intelligence in regulated pharma environments? We are excited to welcome Angelo Stracquatanio III, CEO & Co-Founder of Apprentice.io, as a speaker at INTERPHEX Global 2026 organised by RX Global. With a strong focus on AI-driven manufacturing and connected operations, Angelo brings a visionary perspective on transforming how pharma organizations capture knowledge, optimize processes, and drive efficiency at scale. At the event, he will share insights on enabling smarter manufacturing workflows, leveraging real-time data, and building resilient, future-ready operations powered by AI. 📅 21–23 April 2026 👇 Discover more about the event on Pharma Now’s website 🔗https://lnkd.in/dbVZEtZB Kayla Bratton #INTERPHEX #PharmaRegulatory #Compliance #PharmaInnovation #LifeSciences #QualityAssurance #PharmaLeadership #RegulatoryAffairs

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Apprentice.io 6 total rounds

Last Round

Series C

US$ 65.0M

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