Rapta Inc.
Lake Oswego, Oregon firm founded 2021 selling camera-based assembly QA and SuperPod robotic inspection stations, used by 5 of the top 10 US defense primes.
Rapta Inc. is a manufacturing quality-assurance company headquartered at 5755 Willow Lane in Lake Oswego, Oregon, with an East Coast regional headquarters in Orlando, Florida. It was started in July 2021 by Aaron J. Brown (chief executive), Matthew D. Thornton (chief marketing officer) and Matthias Daue (chief technology officer). Brown previously led an applied-AI team at Stanley Black & Decker, Thornton spent 23 years at Siemens working on factory automation, and Daue was a distinguished architect at the security firm Cylance.
The company sells camera-based inspection and operator-guidance systems for manual and robotic build stations in precision assembly. Its software platform, marketed as the Rapta AI Supercoach and described in its 2026 funding release as the Manufacturing Intelligence Platform, records an expert performing an assembly, turns that video into work instructions, and then watches each later build at the station, comparing it against the known-good sequence. It checks foreign object debris, fastener torque and sequence, serial numbers, kitting counts, wiring, conformal-coating masking and solder joints on every unit rather than a sample, holds a unit that does not conform, and archives timestamped photographic records tied to serial, part, date code and batch. Training sets are generated by a physics engine from a few images of good and faulty builds. Systems run on premises or air-gapped; the company states CMMC compliance and ITAR-appropriate data governance.
Hardware includes the SuperPod, an automated robotic inspection station offered in a 3-axis version (one linear axis plus pan/tilt camera) and a 4-axis version (X/Y linear axes plus pan/tilt), with +/-0.1 mm linear accuracy, a Class 1000 cleanroom rating and stations that can be linked to cover assemblies up to 25 ft long. TorqueGuardian adds digital torque verification that flags cross-threading, under-torque, over-torque and wrong fastener length, and AssemblyAI part placement verification shipped in March 2026.
Target markets are defense and aerospace production, drone manufacturing, industrial electronics, laboratory instruments and medical devices. The company says five of the ten largest US defense contractors use its system. Named users include Shimadzu USA Manufacturing, which reported a 54% cut in inspection time in its first year, and TRAK TECOM, a Tier 2 maker of RF microwave and antenna products. Rapta joined a Northrop Grumman accelerator in 2025.
Funding consists of an oversubscribed USD 2.7 million seed round announced in June 2025, with Portland Seed Fund and Phase Shift Ventures among the backers, and a USD 8 million round closed in September 2026. That round was co-led by Voyager Capital and Access Venture Partners, with DeepWork Capital, LongKnife, Elevate Capital, Ringbolt Capital, Portland Seed Fund and BVC participating, and added Diane Fraiman of Voyager and Kirk Holland of Access Venture Partners to the board.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Rapta AI Supercoach
Camera-based station software that guides operators, verifies each assembly step live and keeps photo records per unit.
SuperPod
- Model: 3-Axis SuperPod; 4-Axis SuperPod
- Launch Year: 2025
Automated robotic inspection station that moves a pan/tilt camera over precision assemblies for AI defect detection.
TorqueGuardian
AI torque verification flagging cross-threading, under/over-torque and wrong fastener length before assembly ends.
AssemblyAI Part Placement Verification
- Launch Year: 2026
Vision feature that verifies component placement in real time using anchor-based spatial reasoning.
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WEBSITE
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Company Facts
Founded
2021
Primary Role
Software/Algorithm
Company Size
employees 10-50
Primary Region
North America
Annual Sales
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Funding Stage
Early-Stage VC
Funding Total
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Keywords
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- visual quality assurance
- operator guidance
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- foreign object debris
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- build traceability
- defense manufacturing
- air-gapped deployment
- drone production
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- Perception & Vision
- Control & Software
- Human-Machine Interaction
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