In June, the FDE forward-deployed engineering team delivered its first manufacturing flagship: three months embedded at an equipment manufacturer, planting AI quality inspection deep into the production line.
From on-site diagnosis to a working prototype took just two weeks; after go-live, defect detection rose markedly while false detections fell, and the customer’s QA team completed AI-tool training — the capability stayed in their own hands.
“The engineers who know AI best, on the floor where the business is known best” — this project is the proof.
The FDE model is now being replicated across finance, government, and more.