Deep tech startup SixSense has raised USD 8.5 million in a fresh funding round led by Peak XV’s Surge, with additional backing from Alpha Intelligence Capital, Febe, and other investors. The company plans to use the funds to expand operations into semiconductor hubs in Malaysia, Taiwan, and the United States while building stronger partnerships with AI-based inspection equipment manufacturers.
The funding will also accelerate research initiatives aimed at creating connected AI-driven decision-making across entire semiconductor production lines, helping manufacturers improve yield and reduce costs.
SixSense Funding
Co-founder and CEO Akanksha Jagwani compared chip manufacturing to “building a skyscraper out of microscopic Lego blocks,” where even the smallest error can lead to major production failures. By deploying AI to identify defects earlier, SixSense helps factories avoid costly delays and improve efficiency in highly controlled cleanroom environments.
SixSense’s platform processes defect images and machine data in real time to enhance production quality and throughput. The AI-driven system allows semiconductor plants to shift from reactive inspections to proactive process control, significantly improving operational performance.
Powerful and Practical Platform
Co-founder and CTO Avni Agarwal explained that SixSense’s platform is hardware-agnostic, explainable, and designed for engineers rather than data scientists. Users can fine-tune AI models with their own production data and deploy them in under two days without writing code, making the system practical and easy to adopt.
By detecting small, rare defects that human inspectors might overlook, the platform reduces the rejection of functional chips and anticipates process drifts before they escalate into bigger failures.
Global Reach Expands
SixSense’s technology is already being used by leading semiconductor manufacturers such as GlobalFoundries and JCET. Customers have processed more than 100 million chips using its AI-powered system, achieving up to 30 percent faster production cycles, one to two percent better yield, and over 90 percent reduction in manual efforts.
Jagwani added that SixSense started with defect review but is now building an intelligence layer for entire production lines, positioning itself as a critical partner for modern semiconductor fabs worldwide.
