Polysense

Polysense is a Belgian technology company that supplies AI-native machine vision and process control systems for food manufacturers. Its stated aim is to detect quality drift on production lines in real time and correct it before product is wasted, replacing periodic manual sampling with continuous inline measurement of characteristics such as shape, colour and dimensions across all output.

The offering is modular and consists of three products that can be used independently or together. Polysense Qualify uses inline cameras mounted on existing equipment to measure every product each second, flagging specification drift and foreign material as it occurs. The Polysense Platform (Polysense Intelligence) consolidates measurements from across a line into a single view for monitoring, variability analysis, optimisation and prediction of output quality and yield, and includes a conversational assistant for querying production data in natural language. Polysense AutoControl closes the loop by automatically adjusting machine parameters — for example peeling, cutting, sorting or oven temperature — to compensate for changing raw materials and operating conditions. The company describes its approach as combining real-time imaging data with synthetic data models.

Deployment follows an assessment of the customer's production flow and quality challenges, installation on existing lines with minimal hardware change, go-live of inline measurement, and optional extension into automated control. Systems are designed to integrate with existing IT and OT infrastructure including PLCs, SCADA, MES and ERP, with specification changes able to be picked up automatically from MES or ERP so that the correct inspection criteria are applied at product changeover.

Business model

Polysense sells vision hardware installed on customers' existing production lines together with a software platform and automated process control modules. Modules are sold independently and can be expanded over time, with customer engagements beginning with a free assessment of the production process; expansion has come from existing customers increasing the number of lines covered.

Traction

The company moved from early pilots to live deployments over the twelve months preceding July 2026, with customers including Agristo, Darta and Poppies Bakeries expanding their rollouts. Systems have been installed on vegetable, potato, bakery, confectionery and packaging lines. Reported outcomes include a 45% reduction in peeling time at a leading European potato processor through real-time peel-quality monitoring and automated adjustment, and higher yield at a bakery manufacturer via automatic oven temperature control.

Latest developments

On 8 July 2026 Polysense announced an oversubscribed $10.7 million seed round led by Felix Capital with participation from Fortino Ventures, Syndicate One, 100IN and angel investors. The capital is directed at extending the product across more stages of food production, growing engineering, sales and customer success teams, and accelerating deployments internationally. The round followed a $2.2 million raise roughly a year earlier, after which the company focused exclusively on food manufacturing.