Zapdos Labs Raises $500K Pre-Seed Round

Zapdos Labs Raises $500K Pre-Seed Round

Zapdos Labs, an Austin, Texas-based AI software company focused on industrial safety and real-time factory monitoring, has raised $500,000 in pre-Seed funding.

Backers in the round were not disclosed.

The company will use the funding to support engineering expansion and accelerate rollout across additional manufacturing sites in North America and Southeast Asia.

Founded by Ganesh Ramalingam and Tri Nguyen, Zapdos Labs is a software company headquartered in Austin, Texas, with an office in Singapore. The company builds AI video agents for manufacturing and industrial environments, connecting to existing camera infrastructure to provide real-time safety monitoring, near-miss detection, and automated alerts. Its goal is to make continuous safety supervision accessible to mid-market manufacturing facilities.

Funding Details

Company: Zapdos Labs, Inc.

Raised: $0.5M

Round: Pre-Seed

Funding Date: May 2026

Investors: Undisclosed

Company Website: https://zapdoslabs.com/

Software Category: AI Video Monitoring / Industrial Safety AI