Who are Overview's investors?

Overview's investors include Alumni Ventures, Blumberg Capital, Correlation Ventures, GV (Google Ventures), Homebrew, Koru Capital, Lemonade Capital, Momenta Ventures and 12 more.

How much funding has Overview raised?

Overview has disclosed $3.8M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.

Where is Overview headquartered?

Overview is headquartered in San Francisco, US.

Overview

YC W19

San Francisco, US · Founded 2019 · Delaware corporation · 40 employees · Hiring · 20 known investors

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Overview AI builds AI-powered vision systems that detect manufacturing defects in real-time across production lines, learning and adapting to any product within hours. The system serves manufacturers across automotive, pharmaceutical, and other high-volume production industries globally.

Also known as Overview.ai

Advanced Manufacturing AI & Machine Learning Deep Tech IoT Robotics Deep Learning Computer Vision Manufacturing AIUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaPartly Remote

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W19)

Overview was founded in 2019 by Austin Appel, Russell Nibbelink, Christopher Van Dyke, and Xiaoyang Kao.

Austin Appel Co-FounderHe previously spent four years in manufacturing and R&D roles at Tesla and holds BS degrees in Manufacturing Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University.30 Under 30 2023

Russell Nibbelink COO & Co-FounderHe previously worked as a software engineer at Salesforce on infrastructure projects, and studied electrical engineering and computer sciences at UC Berkeley, where he also served as a head teaching assistant in high performance computing.30 Under 30 2023

Christopher Van Dyke Co-Founder, CEOChristopher Van Dyke spent eight years at Tesla, where he led teams involved in Gigafactory design and Supercharger network deployment. He founded Overview, which develops computer vision and AI systems for manufacturing quality control and automation.

Xiaoyang Kao FounderXiaoyang Kao is co-founder and head of engineering at Overview, which builds AI-powered vision systems for detecting manufacturing defects in real-time across production lines.30 Under 30 2023

Kelly RichmondOperations Manager

Gabrielle DeMersRecruiter

Marcela RiosTechnical Recruiter

Daniel ChenGTMformer

Sarah HamFuture COOformer

Megan KingRecruiting Coordinatorformer

Lavanya BhattEmbedded Recruiter - Doverformer

Board

Stanton Green Board MemberSenior Director at Blumberg Capital

Investors · 20

Alumni Ventureslisted by Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M

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Blumberg Capitallisted by Blumberg CapitalMiami · $500K – $5M

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Correlation Ventureslisted by Correlation VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $4M

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GV (Google Ventures)listed by GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M

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Homebrewlisted by HomebrewBurlingame · $100K – $500K

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Koru Capitallisted by Koru Capital

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Lemonade Capitallisted by Lemonade Capital

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Momenta Ventureslisted by Momenta VenturesLucerne

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Soma Capitallisted by Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K

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TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)listed by TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2Mvia Fred Campbell · inferred

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Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K

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AME Cloud VenturesreportedPalo Alto · $1M – $10M

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Array Ventures Management LlcreportedSan Francisco · $1.5M

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Bain Capital VenturesreportedBoston · $1M – $100M

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Covalentreported

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Global Founders CapitalreportedBerlin · $1M

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Hack VCreportedPalo Alto · $3M

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Liquid VenturesreportedSan Francisco · $250K – $5M

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Lowercarbon CapitalreportedLos Angeles · $100K – $5M

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Twenty Two VenturesreportedPalo Alto · $50K – $250K

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Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$3.8M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2022–2024

Undisclosed amountSeries AFeb 2022
Source ↗

▶$3.8MraisedMay 2025 · 17 investors · Other Technology

Rule 506(b)

Officers, directors & promoters on the filing

Austin AppelDirector
Stanton GreenDirector
Christopher Van DykeExecutive Officer, Director

Offering amount: $3.8M
Amount sold: $3.8M
First sale: Nov 2024
Incorporated: Corporation, Delaware
Federal exemptions: 06b

Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

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AverroesAverroes offers an AI-powered automated defect classification (ADC) platform that lets manufacturers build custom defect detection models without data science expertise, training on as few as 20 images per class. It targets semiconductor and general manufacturing quality control, providing defect detection and classification with low false positive rates.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Overview do?: Overview AI builds AI-powered vision systems that detect manufacturing defects in real-time across production lines, learning and adapting to any product within hours. The system serves manufacturers across automotive, pharmaceutical, and other high-volume production industries globally.
Who founded Overview?: Overview was founded by Austin Appel, Russell Nibbelink, Christopher Van Dyke, Xiaoyang Kao in 2019.
Who are Overview's investors?: Overview's investors include Alumni Ventures, Blumberg Capital, Correlation Ventures, GV (Google Ventures), Homebrew, Koru Capital, Lemonade Capital, Momenta Ventures and 12 more.
How much funding has Overview raised?: Overview has disclosed $3.8M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
Where is Overview headquartered?: Overview is headquartered in San Francisco, US.