KIT-AR IS THE WINNING STARTUP OF THE 5G ACCELERATOR 2021
UK-based startup KIT-AR was the winner of 5G Accelerator program, run by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and portuguese telco NOS, in partnership with Startup Lisboa.
London, July 5th 2021
UK-based startup KIT-AR was the winner of 5G Accelerator program, run by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and portuguese telco NOS, in partnership with Startup Lisboa. Using 5G technology, KIT-AR streamlined its Industry 4.0 solution, amplifying the value and reach of its automated quality assurance for manufacturers.
All finalists presented their solutions to business partners and potential investors, as well as to a jury of representatives of Amazon Web Services, NOS, Startup Lisboa and Armilar Venture Partners, who considered KIT-AR as the most innovative and promising project among all finalists, distinguishing this UK startup as the one that best managed to apply 5G's technological potential.
KIT-AR focuses on increasing quality in manufacturing production lines, by enhancing shopfloor workers. Its product leverages emerging technologies, like augmented reality and artificial intelligence, to reduce error probability and continuously improve industrial processes.
For Manuel Oliveira, CEO of KIT-AR, "5G levels up the value impact of our products - by having almost instant communication, we can exploit edge computing in industrial manufacturing, and enable workers to reduce production errors in even more ways. Also, we are now able to gather richer datasets on all #shopfloor processes to distil greater insights critical for an operation's continuous improvement. Taking advantage of this technology is therefore an amazing opportunity for manufacturers to be more competitive, increase the value they're bringing to their customers and KIT-AR is ready to demonstrate exactly how!".
About the next steps, Manuel points out: "we have gained the trust of several national and international investors and are now closing a new investment round, to create new distribution channels and develop opportunities that 5G Accelerator already created".
As winner of the 5G Accelerator, KIT-AR receives a prize money of €7,500, has direct access to incubation at Startup Lisboa, €100,000 in Amazon Web Services credits and €10,000 in technical support.
For more information please contact Luis Bravo Martins at luis.martins@kit-ar.com.
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