Jonas Hellgren, CEO of APERIO, discusses the role of data quality in industrial operations. He shares how APERIO ensures sensor data quality for critical infrastructures, addresses data issues with notable wins, and explores the impact of generative AI on industrial systems.
Jonas Hellgren, CEO of APERIO, emphasizes the importance of building and learning difficult concepts, driven by challenges rather than titles or money.
Appurio specializes in ensuring data quality for critical infrastructures and large-scale industrial facilities, providing the foundation for effective industrial AI applications.
Appurio's focus on data quality becomes even more important as gen AI disrupts industries and requires reliable and large volumes of data.
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Jonas Helgren's Digital Thread: Building New Things and Learning Hard Things
Jonas Helgren, CEO of Appurio, shares his personal and professional journey shaped by his passion for building new things and learning difficult concepts. Helgren recalls his experience as a teenager building a computer from scratch, highlighting how it shaped his career decisions to focus on building and learning. He emphasizes that his motivation lies in the challenge and not in titles or money. He also discusses his experience with successful exits and outlines the key factors for finding and developing winners, including having a clear use case, providing unique solutions, and targeting big market opportunities.
Appurio's Role in Ensuring Data Quality for Industrial Systems
Appurio specializes in ensuring data quality for critical infrastructures and large-scale industrial facilities. By identifying data flow issues and anomalies, Appurio helps organizations have trustworthy data for making informed decisions. The significance of data quality is underscored by McKinsey's finding that poor data quality hinders the realization of value from industrial AI. Appurio addresses this challenge by automating data quality validation at scale, providing the necessary foundation for effective industrial AI applications.
Generating Trustworthy Data with Appurio for Industrial AI
Jonas Helgren discusses the impact of generative AI, or gen AI, on industrial systems and Appurio's role in supporting this emerging technology. He acknowledges that gen AI will disrupt industries and drive the need for quality data. Appurio's focus on data quality becomes even more important as gen AI requires reliable and large volumes of data. Helgren explains that while Appurio is prepared to integrate generative AI, they have a solid plan in place and remain focused on execution, team building, and customer needs to continue providing a great product and excellent customer support.
Appurio's Funding and Future Plans
Appurio recently closed a $9 million Series A funding round with participation from notable investors like Chevron and National Grid Partners. Looking ahead, Appurio is committed to executing their plan and delivering a great product. They will continue to focus on building a strong team, signing up new customers, and providing the best customer support possible. With a unique solution and a strong market opportunity, Appurio is well-positioned to thrive and make a significant impact in the field of data quality for industrial systems.
Finding Personal Inspiration in Cooking
On a personal note, Jonas Helgren finds inspiration in cooking. Initially driven by the need to accommodate his child's severe food allergies, cooking has become an avenue for building, learning, and relaxation for him and his family. Helgren shares how cooking has become a passion that fuels him amidst the pressures and stresses of the startup world.
Discover the secrets of industrial data management in our latest podcast episode with Jonas Hellgren, CEO of APERIO, a front-runner in operational data quality.
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