Worlds
Category: Computer Vision
Worlds provides a Physical AI platform that creates digital twins of real-world environments, enabling AI-powered applications for monitoring and automation. Worlds was founded in 2020. The company is led by Dave Copps. Based in Dallas, USA. Team size: 51-100. Total funding raised: $31.2M. Latest round: Series A1, $21.2M, 2023-01, led by Moneta Ventures. Key investors include Moneta Ventures, Align Capital, Chevron Technology Ventures, Piva Capital, Perot Jain, Capital Factory, PETRONAS Ventures.
- Founded
- 2020
- Headquarters
- Dallas, USA
- Team size
- 51-100
- Total funding
- $31.2M
Value proposition
To provide real-time intelligence and automation for physical operations by transforming existing sensors, cameras, and IoT devices into an intelligent system.
Products and solutions
WorldsNQ: A Large World Model (LWM) platform designed to accelerate AI training., Worlds RT: A real-time platform that uses sensor fusion to detect, identify, and track objects and patterns.
Unique value
Worlds is unique in its focus on creating 'Physical AI' through 'Large World Models' (LWMs), which are 4D digital twins of physical environments. This allows for the development and deployment of AI-based automation directly into the ground-floor operations of industrial companies.
Target customer
Large industrial companies (Fortune 2000) and government organizations.
Industries served
Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Logistics, Transportation
Technology advantage
The WorldsNQ platform can accelerate AI model training by up to 1000x compared to current systems. The company's technology can create live digital twins by integrating with a company's existing cameras and sensors, offering a significant business advantage.
How they differentiate
Worlds differentiates itself by creating a live, 4D digital twin of industrial environments using AI and sensor data. This allows for real-time monitoring, analysis, and automation of ground-floor operations, moving beyond simple design and simulation to create a continuously updated, interactive model of the physical world.
Main competitors
Siemens, NVIDIA Omniverse, Dassault Systèmes
Key partnerships
Accenture, Chevron, Microsoft (Pegasus Program and Azure)
Notable customers
Chevron, PETRONAS, Hillwood Development Company
Major milestones
Launched from stealth in February 2020 with a $10M Series A round., Secured a patent for its system for automatically identifying and labeling objects in images., Raised a $21.2M Series A1 funding round in January 2023 to scale its industrial metaverse platform.
Growth metrics
Information not publicly available.
Market positioning
Worlds is positioned as a specialized, venture-backed AI platform for the industrial metaverse, targeting large industrial clients in sectors like energy and logistics. They compete with established industrial tech giants by offering a more focused and agile platform for building custom AI applications.
Geographic focus
Primarily North America, with a global customer base.
Patents and IP
Worlds has been granted a patent for a system that can automatically identify and label objects in images, which is a core component of their Physical AI technology.
About Dave Copps
Founder and CEO of Brainspace, an early leader in machine learning and interactive data visualization, which was acquired by Cyxtera in 2017.
Official website: https://www.worlds.io