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DeGould develops AI-powered automated vehicle inspection systems that find defects and specification errors at end-of-line that manual inspection misses. The company's AutoCompact system delivers results in under 120 seconds, trained on over 100 million real-world images from more than 10 million vehicle inspections. The platform includes Spec Check for build deviation detection, an Inspector App for at-vehicle…

High Tech · Security & Surveillance Technology, · Exeter, United Kingdom · EST 2011

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DeGould develops AI-powered automated vehicle inspection systems that find defects and specification errors at end-of-line that manual inspection misses. The company's AutoCompact system delivers results in under 120 seconds, trained on over 100 million real-world images from more than 10 million vehicle inspections. The platform includes Spec Check for build deviation detection, an Inspector App for at-vehicle review, and a Digital Vehicle Management app for supply chain condition tracking. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Exeter, United Kingdom, the company has raised approximately $13.9M in Series A funding from investors including Associated British Ports and Wallenius Wilhelmsen. DeGould differentiates itself as a trusted technical partner to 8 of the world's top 10 automotive OEMs, with clients including Bentley, JLR, and Wallenius Wilhelmsen, having processed over 300,000 scans with minimum downtime.

Business model

Cybersecurity > Anti Fraud > Identity Theft > Anti Facial Recognition,

Security & Surveillance Technology > Surveillance > Video Surveillance > Analytics,

AI Infrastructure > Computer Vision > Object Recognition > Image Analysis > Image Recognition,

Image Recognition > Applications > Automotive > Vehicle Inspection,

Auto IT > Diversified > Vehicle Inspection > AI Based

Founders & team highlights

Serial Founder

Team background

Top Rated Teams > Serial Entrepreneur

Institutional investors

Associated British PortsWallenius WilhelmsenLee Anthony Trevor WaldingAdam James WaldingAnthony Trevor George WaldingKimberly Barbara WaldingLynne WaldingAdam JamesLynne Weaver

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