Problem solvers making the world a better place
Through our innovation in PCB defect detection, we enable manufacturers to succeed by tackling their toughest production challenges of today and tomorrow.
Our Story
It all started in 2017 with our team’s vision of transforming industries by instilling trust in AI. Over the years in working with the world’s leading manufacturers, we have learned that many enterprises want to integrate AI into their production and quality inspection processes but perceive an impediment to achieving a reliable solution that scales better than traditional ones. In order to deliver competitive value to our clients we created the DarwinAI defect detection platform for PCBs which enables manufacturers to get started with a lower data requirement and more rapidly achieve their ROI targets. At the same time, we take pride in helping to reduce the world’s waste footprint of unusable scarce electronic components that ultimately end up in landfill.
Our platform is backed by our excellent customer experience team and powered by our award-winning AI, which is the byproduct of years of research by our world-class academic team.
Meet Our Leadership Team
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Sheldon Fernandez
CEO -
Arif Virani
COO -
Alexander Wong
Co-founder, Chief Scientist -
Gary Pacheco
CTO -
Javad Shafiee
Co-founder, VP Research -
Bart Piwowar
VP Product -
Kelly Pritchard
VP People Operations -
Jamil Dewsi
Head of Growth -
Amanda Connon-Unda
Head of Marketing -
Brendan Chwyl
Co-founder, Director of Engineering -
Francis Li
Co-founder, Director of Research -
Daniel Manary
Manager, Customer Experience
Our Values
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Camaraderie at scale
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Exploration and evolution
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Fearless innovation
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Excellence through skill and tenacity
A Few Words From our Customers
Our Investors
Our Awards
We’re honored to have earned recognition from renowned analysts and industry observers.

2022: Great Place to Work® Canada
Recognized as one of the Best Workplaces in the under 100 employees category, our award is based on a survey of over 600 organizations, representing over 500,000 employees
2022: IRCAI Top 10 Outstanding Project
Aspire and DarwinAI were selected for an Outstanding Project that applies AI to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
2021: Great Place to Work® Canada
Awarded Best Workplace in Technology recognized by our employee experience and response to our Trust Index Survey
2021: Tech In Motion – Best Tech Startup
Recognized as Best Tech Startup in North America, for our forward-thinking leadership and agility innovation for our Visual Quality Inspection solution powered by AI
2021 & 2020: CB Insights’ AI 100
Recognized as one of the top 100 AI startups, for achievements in AI Model Development
2020: CB Insights Game Changers
Included as one of 36 startups that could change the world
2019: Gartner Cool Vendor
Named a “Cool Vendor” in Gartner’s October 2019 Cool Vendors in Enterprise AI Governance and Ethical Response report.