Xaba

Xaba develops AI systems that let industrial robots, CNC machines, and other factory equipment generate their own programs and adjust during production, without requiring engineers to hand-write code for each task. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company targets a specific bottleneck in automation deployment: the shortage of skilled robotics programmers and control engineers, and the cost of programming and reprogramming machines for changing production runs.

The company's flagship system, xCognition, is a foundational AI model built for automation. It is designed to autonomously generate programs for tasks including welding, drilling, assembly, and additive manufacturing, and to adapt to production shifts in real time. A core element is physics-informed AI: the models incorporate real-world forces, motion dynamics, and environmental constraints rather than treating machine control as a purely data-driven problem. The intent is to work with standard robotics hardware - Xaba reports up to 40x greater accuracy using standard robotics, alongside 10x less downtime and a 90% throughput boost through multi-robot collaboration.

Technical work spans generative AI, industrial machine control, multi-robot collaboration, and machine self-programming, applied across aerospace, automotive, and high-precision manufacturing. The company's stated direction is a "synthetic brain" for industrial machines - reducing deployment cost while improving quality, consistency, and flexibility on the factory floor. Investors include Hitachi Ventures, Hazelview Ventures, and BDC.