About
Small by design.
We take on one or two industries at a time and put everything into inspection problems no one else has solved.
What we’ve built since 2017.
- 2017JigLabs founded.
- 2018Built the bird recognition AI behind iBird Photo Sleuth on the App Store.
- 2018Won Bayer’s Grants4Tech Digital4Eyes machine vision challenge (opens in a new tab).
- 2019Began building non-contact egg crack detection.
- 2020SANOVO licenses the egg technology worldwide.
- 2021Began building the ammunition inspection system.
- 2022Licensed and installed our ammunition inspection system at a leading ammunition manufacturer.
- 2025Their in-house team takes over the ammunition system.
- 2025Collected the first shingle images.
- 2026Shingle pilot begins.
- 2026Shingle system making live calls on color, surface defects, sheet walk and laminate adhesive bead.
We find the subtlest defects. Even our own.
Brad Halonen
Co-founder · Minnesota
DEFECT: Terrible back seat driver. Worse in the front seat. CONFIDENCE 0.98. SEVERITY: CRITICAL.
Jani Räty
Software Developer · Finland
DEFECT: Wears a hairnet and a beard net. Expenses both. CONFIDENCE 0.97. SEVERITY: COSMETIC.
Ryan Pulkrabek
AI Developer · Finland
DEFECT: Then: chewed red Lego bricks. Now: chews 6 mm galvanized steel cable. CONFIDENCE 0.94. SEVERITY: COSMETIC.
Trevor Danielson
Growth & Strategy · Hawaii
DEFECT: Earned $3.18 in acting royalties last month. Still claims to be “close.” CONFIDENCE 0.99. SEVERITY: CRITICAL.
Ethan Manninen
Data Engineer · Minnesota
DEFECT: Last logged in near a bear cave at 48.74°N 113.72°W in late July. CONFIDENCE 0.91. SEVERITY: COSMETIC.
Caleb Smock
Data Engineer · Minnesota
DEFECT: High school basketball star. Loses to his grandma in bowling. CONFIDENCE 0.95. SEVERITY: COSMETIC.
Want a team focused on your hardest problem?
We’ll tell you whether we can solve it and what it would take.