Next Generation of AI Advances Vention’s Zero-Shot Automation
Vention, creator of the world’s only AI-powered full-stack software and hardware automation platform, announced the next evolution of intelligent manufacturing driving its Zero-Shot Automation vision. At its 6th annual Demo Day, the company unveiled new capabilities that allow manufacturers to automate without traditional hardware integration or complex programming. These innovations expand the platform for developers and roboticists worldwide, supported by advanced simulation and AI tools that help teams move from design to deployed automation faster than ever.
Since its first Demo Day in 2020, Vention has transformed its fast machine-design platform into a software-defined automation environment that unifies hardware, software, and AI. More than 25,000 machines across 4,000 factories rely on the Vention platform for custom and turnkey manufacturing applications such as palletizing, welding, and machine tending. These deployments demonstrate proven performance, quicker payback, and a shorter path from idea to production.
“Our mission has always been to make automation accessible to everyone,” said Etienne Lacroix, founder and CEO of Vention. “With Zero-Shot Automation, we’re building the stack of the future for industrial automation, where hardware and software are fully unified and AI runs seamlessly from the cloud to the edge. It’s a major milestone toward simpler, smarter, and more powerful automation.”
Vention Rolls Out AI Operator, Highlights Top Capabilities of Platform
A highlight of this year’s Demo Day was the global rollout of AI Operator, Vention’s next-generation automation solution that brings advanced AI models directly to the factory floor for unstructured applications such as bin picking. First previewed at NVIDIA GTC San Jose, AI Operator is now available on the Vention platform, with deployments expanding globally through early 2026.
Powered by Vention’s MachineMotion AI controller, first introduced at Demo Day 2024, AI Operator uses NVIDIA AI infrastructure and NVIDIA Isaac libraries and models to deliver the compute needed for advanced industrial AI tasks. By enabling perception, grasping, and collision-free motion at the edge, it accelerates manufacturers’ progress toward Zero-Shot Automation and makes automation simpler, faster, and more intelligent.
- New Developer Toolkit opens platform to developers/roboticists in new ways – The new Developer Toolkit introduces a Command Line Interface (CLI), bundled project templates, and ready-to-use libraries for state machines, device communication, data storage, and operator HMIs. Developers and roboticists can build locally or in the cloud with a workflow that suits their needs, expanding the ways they can create on the Vention platform.
- Simulation Checker offers easier access to simulation tools before code is ever written – A new simulation environment provides accurate, real-world behavior before code is written. Gravity, collision response, and motion behave exactly as they would on the factory floor, giving teams confidence in their automation designs from day one.
- RemoteView video recording ensures safe, smart operations – To help operators monitor and optimize machines, RemoteView logs a full operational history, including alerts and status updates. This capability helps teams trace issues such as operator errors or equipment collisions, speeds troubleshooting, and reduces costly downtime.
- Vention Projects streamlines automation planning and collaboration – Built on the industry’s largest library of machine specifications, Vention Projects creates a structured workflow for defining automation scope and requirements. The tool reduces manual documentation and eliminates communication gaps, helping teams move from concept to approval with greater accuracy.
NVIDIA Shares AI’s Role in Agile Manufacturing; Customers Highlight Successes
Amit Goel, Head of Robotics & Edge Computing at NVIDIA, joined Demo Day to discuss AI’s accelerating role in agile manufacturing and the innovations behind Vention’s AI Operator. He emphasized that GPU-accelerated edge computing and CUDA-accelerated libraries are redefining how automation systems perceive, adapt, and operate in real time. “With Vention’s AI Operator, it’s now possible to deploy robotics for applications that require continuous updates and greater flexibility,” Goel said. “All of these capabilities are now accessible to technicians on the line.”
Executives from Cripps & Sons Woodworking, McAlpine & Co. Ltd., and Solestial, Inc. also shared the breakthroughs they are achieving with Vention, including faster design cycles and fully deployed automation systems delivering measurable gains on the factory floor.
About Vention
Vention is leading the future of industrial automation with the world’s only AI-powered full-stack platform that unifies hardware, software, and AI into a single experience. With more than 25,000 machines deployed worldwide and a community of more than 4,000 factories, Vention enables teams to design, program, deploy, and operate turnkey or custom automation solutions in days. Through Zero-Shot Automation™, Vention brings together intelligent software and modular hardware to deliver automation that works right the first time.
Enhancements mark a new milestone in advancing Vention’s Zero-Shot Automation, a seamless integration of AI from the cloud to the edge that makes automation simpler, faster and more powerful.
