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Allosense
Techstars '23San Antonio, US · Founded 2020 · 5 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors
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Allosense designs and manufactures sensors, automated test systems, and software observability tools that provide real-time data capture and monitoring for factory production environments. The company helps manufacturers achieve greater operational visibility, equipment health monitoring, and process optimization across advanced manufacturing sectors including battery production, aerospace, and defense.
Also known as Allosense, Inc.
Founders & leadership
Allosense was founded in 2020 by Roman Sandoval.
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeedMar 2021Source ↗
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Allosense, Inc. designs sensors, automated test equipment and observability software that capture data directly from production environments. The combined platform is intended to let engineers monitor equipment performance, detect anomalies, improve product quality and optimize manufacturing processes, with the stated mission of providing measurement infrastructure for modern factories and industrial operations.
The company's technology was first proven in battery manufacturing and has expanded toward other advanced manufacturing sectors where precision measurement and traceability are required, including energy systems, aerospace, defense and general industrial production. Earlier coverage described Allosense as supplying always-connected, cell-phone-sized smart sensors used as asset trackers in logistics, capturing temperature and other environmental conditions during shipment and storage, delivered through a "Sensing-as-a-Service" platform aimed at defense and large-enterprise markets.
Founding story
Allosense grew out of founder Roman Sandoval's experience in high-volume manufacturing test and production ramps, which he turned into a concept for connected sensor hardware for industrial and military use. The company states it was created because many production environments still rely on fragmented instrumentation and custom-built measurement systems, forcing engineers to combine disconnected sensors, test equipment and software tools and leaving limited visibility into production performance.
Business model
Allosense sells integrated measurement systems combining sensor hardware, automated test equipment and software for production environments; earlier coverage describes a "Sensing-as-a-Service" platform model for its connected sensors, alongside government contracting via Air Force SBIR awards that provide direct sole-source purchasing with the government.
Revenue comes from sales and deployment of sensors, automated test systems and accompanying software to manufacturers, a sensing-as-a-service offering, and government awards and contracts including Air Force SBIR funding with direct sole-source purchasing rights.
Traction
Allosense reports 3+ factory installations, 24+ production line deployments, more than 750,000 products tested and production speed improvements of at least 10%. It won an Air Force SBIR Phase 1 award in December 2019, received an investment from the City of San Antonio for potential application to tracking military medical supplies, and reported a contract with an unnamed electric vehicle company for sensors used in automobile component manufacturing.
Latest developments
The company website reports deployed solutions including 3+ factory installations, 24+ production line deployments, more than 750,000 products tested and production speed improvements of 10% or more, and describes expansion of its measurement platform from battery manufacturing into other advanced manufacturing sectors.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Allosense positions itself as a provider of unified measurement infrastructure for manufacturers, contrasting its integrated sensor, automation and software platform with fragmented instrumentation and custom-built measurement systems. Coverage noted the government internet-of-things market was valued at $17.4 billion at the time of its pre-seed round.
The company emphasizes integration of sensors, automation equipment and observability software into a single platform rather than separately assembled instrumentation, edge-based inspection that avoids external cloud dependence for security and reliability, hardware-agnostic multi-protocol network monitoring, and a team of former production operators and manufacturing engineers from high-volume electronics, semiconductor and energy manufacturing.
Technology
The platform integrates sensors, automated test equipment and observability software. Machine learning models optimized for edge computing run inside factories to detect defects, anomalies and performance deviations without external cloud resources, supporting lights-out manufacturing. Operator interfaces support manual workflows (scanning parts, running tests, viewing pass/fail history) and automated cells triggered by conveyance or robotics, with results stored locally or sent to factory networks. A hardware-agnostic network inspection tool monitors results and machine communications across protocols including TCP/IP, MQTT, EtherNet/IP, databases and cloud resources, giving visibility into network topology, traffic and bottlenecks. A results viewer compares measurements across runs to analyze part-to-part variation, support root-cause analysis and tune test limits and cycle times, and systems support digital-twin visualization of factory equipment and operational data.
Go-to-market
Allosense reaches customers through direct engagement with manufacturers and government buyers, including Air Force SBIR awards and discussions toward an SBIR Phase 3 direct contract supported by letters of support from Southwest Research Institute's head of space science and engineering and Microsoft's general manager for National Security. It has also used accelerator programs — Geekdom's 2020 pre-accelerator and the Expa Accelerator — and cited plans to approach government primes such as Lockheed Martin.
Manufacturers and industrial operators in advanced manufacturing — battery and energy systems, advanced electronics, semiconductor, aerospace, defense and industrial production — as well as U.S. government and military buyers and logistics operations needing asset tracking.
Geography
Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas; the company has operated out of the downtown Geekdom coworking community and has cited plans to demonstrate its solution at Air Force bases in San Antonio.
History
Founder Roman Sandoval ran Wavecast Technologies from 2013 to 2019, providing engineering testing services to Fortune 100 companies and serving as a Tesla vendor, then worked at Tesla overseeing manufacturing test engineering and leading development of the Pack Pulse battery wire-bond testing system for the Model 3 between 2016 and 2018. He subsequently co-founded Trini Corp. with Mel Du at Geekdom to develop a portable off-road wheelchair, participating in the Techstars Boulder 2019 cohort; Du later renamed that company Ramp Robotics. Sandoval returned to San Antonio and founded Allosense, which won an Air Force SBIR Phase 1 award in December 2019, completed Geekdom's 2020 pre-accelerator program, received an investment from the City of San Antonio in March, and later joined the Expa Accelerator following its pre-seed round.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Non-dilutive funding · 2 SBIR/STTR awards
Federal grants — no equity taken| Agency | Phase | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Air ForceAir Force | Phase ISTTR | 2023 | $74.4K |
| U.S. Air ForceAir Force | Phase I | 2020 | $50K |
Source: SBIR.gov award data (U.S. Small Business Administration). SBIR/STTR awards are competitive federal R&D grants and contracts — non-dilutive capital alongside any venture rounds above.
Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsThe City of San Antonio invested in the company in March for its potential application in tracking military medical supplies.
Uber co-founder Garrett Camp and Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson invested an undisclosed pre-seed amount via Expa Ventures, which the founder said made the pre-seed round oversubscribed. Allosense also reported additional investments from finance executives from Rackspace and Bumble.
Allosense participated in Geekdom's 2020 pre-accelerator program and operates out of the Geekdom coworking community in downtown San Antonio.
Allosense was one of three companies selected globally that year for the Expa Accelerator, a pre-seed program created by Garrett Camp with a stated acceptance rate under 1%.
Allosense won a competitive awards-based Air Force Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 award of $50,000 for RFID tracking of inventory, providing direct sole-sourcing with the government to purchase its sensors.
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▸Research sources · 8
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- Allosenseallosense.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Allosense do?
- Allosense builds sensors, automated test systems and observability software that measure and monitor factory production.
- Who founded Allosense?
- Allosense was founded by Roman Sandoval in 2020.
- Who are Allosense's investors?
- Allosense's investors include Capital Innovators, Expa, Techstars.
- Where is Allosense headquartered?
- Allosense is headquartered in San Antonio, US.