Rerun
Category: AI Infrastructure
An open-source data infrastructure for Physical AI, enabling logging and visualization of multimodal data from robots, drones, and cars. Rerun was founded in 2022. The company is led by Nikolaus West. Based in Stockholm, Sweden. Team size: double. Total funding raised: $20.2M. Latest round: $17M seed round. Key investors include Point Nine Capital, Costanoa Ventures, Sunflower Capital, Seedcamp.
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Team size
- double
- Total funding
- $20.2M
Value proposition
Provides dedicated tools to handle complex multimodal data (video streams, 3D scenes, tensors) with visual debugging capabilities for seamless AI integration in physical environments
Products and solutions
Open-source framework for logging and visualizing multimodal data, Upcoming commercial database for Physical AI, Cloud data platform for managing and processing data streams
Unique value
A purpose-built data infrastructure specifically tailored for Physical AI that addresses the unique challenges of integrating AI with real-world sensors and environments
Target customer
AI developers and researchers in robotics, autonomous vehicles, drones, and spatial computing
Industries served
Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, Drones, Spatial Computing, Physical AI
Technology advantage
Capable of managing complex multimodal data (video, 3D scenes, tensors) with built-in visual debugging and a highly performant stack built using modern technologies like Rust
How they differentiate
Focused exclusively on Physical AI challenges with optimized tools for visual debugging and handling complex multimodal data, setting it apart from general-purpose AI data infrastructures
Main competitors
General AI infrastructure providers, Traditional robotics data tools (e.g., RViz and similar solutions)
Key partnerships
Meta, Google, Hugging Face, Unitree
Notable customers
Meta, Google, Hugging Face, Unitree
Major milestones
Secured $17M seed funding Adoption of its open-source platform by major tech companies Initiation of development on a commercial database and cloud data platform for Physical AI
Growth metrics
Not publicly specified; aggressive growth indicated by plans to double team size by year-end
Market positioning
Positioned as a leading specialized provider of data infrastructure for Physical AI with an active open-source community and strategic partnerships
Geographic focus
Global market with a strong base in Europe (Stockholm, Sweden)
About Nikolaus West
Nikolaus West is a second-time founder and software engineer with a computer vision background from Stanford. He is the co-founder and CEO of Rerun, a company focused on building data infrastructure for Physical AI. Before Rerun, he was a co-founder at Grapic, a company that was acquired by a stealth company. He also has experience as a software engineer at companies like Drip Dry Labs and Mastercard.
Official website: https://rerun.io