Glimpse Launches Explore CT Quality Tool Beyond Batteries — SkimNews
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- Glimpse developed software that speeds CT scanning 10 to 30 times faster, letting battery manufacturers inspect tens of thousands of cells per day instead of a handful, per co-founder and CEO Eric Moch.
- Glimpse is launching Explore, a new product that applies its image processing software to quality control in aerospace, automotive, electronics, and medical devices, the company exclusively told TechCrunch.
- The startup already serves over 100 customers including Anker, Lucid, and the U.S. Navy, and reports revenue in the "mid seven-figure" range.
- Glimpse's deep learning image pipeline runs on edge computers at customer sites, compressing and cleaning scans so detailed images load in seconds in a web browser rather than minutes or hours.
- Glimpse is opening a second Scan On Demand center in the San Francisco Bay Area to complement its existing Boston facility, letting customers without their own CT scanners ship parts for inspection at prices ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars.
- The 2017–2022 Chevy Bolt recall — caused by improperly installed parts at an LG battery factory — cost LG $1.9 billion, the kind of large-scale defect Moch says CT scanning could have caught.
Why it matters: Hardware defects are expensive: the Chevy Bolt recall cost LG $1.9 billion. Glimpse says its software speeds CT scanning 10 to 30 times, letting manufacturers inspect tens of thousands of cells per day instead of a handful. With 100-plus customers including Lucid and the U.S. Navy, the Explore launch extends the startup's reach beyond batteries into aerospace, automotive, electronics, and medical devices.
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