TLDR: Lausanne-based Reshape Systems, a CERN spin-off, has successfully closed an oversubscribed €856k pre-seed funding round. This capital will be used to expand their team and scale their AI-powered platform, which automates risk analysis for complex industrial systems, ensuring compliance and enhancing safety in high-stakes environments like automotive, aerospace, nuclear, and manufacturing.
Reshape Systems SA, a spin-off from the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) located in Lausanne, has announced the successful completion of an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round, raising €856,000. This significant investment aims to address critical challenges in risk analysis for complex industrial systems.
The funding round saw participation from several key investors, with Backbone Ventures leading the round. Other notable participants included Heartfelt, GF BRYCK Ventures (a joint initiative by Gründerfonds Ruhr and BRYCK), Kyle Kosic (xAI Co-founder, now at OpenAI), and N&V Capital.
Dr. Andrea Apollonio, Co-founder and CEO of Reshape Systems, commented on the investment, stating, “This investment represents a pivotal point in Reshape Systems’ growth, allowing us to expand our team and scale up the development and adoption of our risk analysis platform.” Dr. Apollonio brings extensive expertise to the company, holding a PhD specializing in risk analysis methods for particle accelerators and having held various leadership roles at CERN over the past decade.
Founded in 2024, Reshape Systems specializes in advanced AI-powered solutions designed for the risk analysis of intricate industrial systems. Leveraging its origins as a CERN spin-off, the company combines deep research foundations with practical industry expertise to deliver ‘state-of-the-art, transparent, and explainable AI’ to critical sectors.
The company’s platform functions as a risk-analysis co-pilot. Users provide project documentation, such as functional or technical specifications and technical drawings, to gain access to the platform. This tool is designed to support project management throughout all stages of a project’s lifecycle, from initial concept to operational deployment. The platform automates widely used industry risk analysis methods and ensures adherence to applicable safety standards. It offers automated risk analysis with direct integration into existing company workflows and tools, provides an intuitive user interface for navigating complex projects with thousands of risks, allows for one-click updates when project information changes, and generates standardized risk analysis reports.
Dr. Thomas Cartier-Michaud, Co-founder and CTO of Reshape Systems, emphasized the importance of trust and transparency in their solutions. “In high-stakes industrial environments – such as automotive, aerospace, nuclear, and manufacturing – trust and transparency are essential. We are committed to providing explainable, user-supervised AI solutions that give decision-makers the confidence to safely innovate, reduce risk, and ensure operational continuity,” said Dr. Cartier-Michaud, who holds a PhD in plasma physics and is an AI expert with R&D experience from major research institutions and the HealthTech startup sector.
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Reshape Systems highlights that modern companies face increasing pressure to deliver complex products rapidly, amidst challenges like supply chain disruptions and high staff turnover. These factors, according to Reshape Systems, intensify the complexities of risk analysis and certification processes. By integrating the latest AI technologies and drawing on their expertise in designing safety-critical systems from CERN, Reshape Systems aims to meet these evolving industry demands. The company’s platform is reported to help businesses reduce engineering costs, improve knowledge management, and accelerate time-to-market for new products, all while upholding the highest safety and reliability standards.
