Pulsar was founded by Cristian Bartolomé, Juan Cristóbal Ruiz-Tagle, Matías Castillo in 2020.

Who are Pulsar's investors?

Pulsar's investors include Kayyak Ventures, PICUS CAPITAL, StartX, The MBA Fund, Wollef Ventures.

Where is Pulsar headquartered?

Pulsar is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.

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Palo Alto, US · Founded 2020 · 82 employees on LinkedIn · 5 known investors

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Pulsar provides a smart manufacturing platform that captures machine data directly via industrial sensors and its Pulsar Smart Hub, without PLC integration, to monitor OEE, downtime, and 25+ production KPIs in real time. It serves manufacturing plants seeking visibility into their operations, offering live dashboards, digital Andon alerts, and automated analytics and reporting.

Advanced Manufacturing IoT SaaS

Founders & leadership

Pulsar was founded in 2020 by Cristian Bartolomé, Juan Cristóbal Ruiz-Tagle, and Matías Castillo.

Cristian Bartolomé Co-Founder & CTOStanford MS ’19; previously co-founded an AI-experiment tooling startup; helped develop Andrew Ng’s MLOps Coursera specialization.

Juan Cristóbal Ruiz-Tagle Co-Founder & COOLifelong friend of Castillo from Santiago; former LATAM Airlines project engineer and founder of DSA Technologies.

Matías Castillo Co-Founder & CEOStanford MBA/MS; Chilean mechanical engineer; CEO since founding.

Investors · 5

Kayyak Ventureslisted by Kayyak VenturesSantiago · $5M

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PICUS CAPITALlisted by PICUS CAPITALMunich · $100K – $5M

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StartXlisted by StartXStanford · $10K – $1M

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The MBA Fundlisted by The MBA Fund

Wollef Ventureslisted by Wollef VenturesMexico City

Frequently asked questions

What does Pulsar do?: Pulsar provides a smart manufacturing platform that captures machine data directly via industrial sensors and its Pulsar Smart Hub, without PLC integration, to monitor OEE, downtime, and 25+ production KPIs in real time. It serves manufacturing plants seeking visibility into their operations, offering live dashboards, digital Andon alerts, and automated analytics and reporting.
Who founded Pulsar?: Pulsar was founded by Cristian Bartolomé, Juan Cristóbal Ruiz-Tagle, Matías Castillo in 2020.
Who are Pulsar's investors?: Pulsar's investors include Kayyak Ventures, PICUS CAPITAL, StartX, The MBA Fund, Wollef Ventures.
Where is Pulsar headquartered?: Pulsar is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.