Akanksha Jagwani & Avni Agrawal

Akanksha Jagwani & Avni Agrawal, the duo behind SixSense - a Singapore - based tech startup using AI to improve how computer chips are made.

Founded in 2018, SixSense helps detect and predict tiny defects in computer chips, cutting manual inspection work by up to 90%. The company just raised $8.5M in Series A funding.

Akanksha Jagwani is the company’s CEO. She studied Mechanical Engineering at IIT Gandhinagar, where she made the Dean’s List. Her early career included engineering roles at Altair and leadership positions at startups like Embibe and Headout, where she built automation tools.

Avni Agrawal is SixSense’s CTO. A Computer Science graduate from Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology. She previously worked at The D. E. Shaw Group and Visa, building large-scale analytics systems (some later patented as trade secrets.)

Jagwani and Agrawal started SixSense after noticing a big gap in chip manufacturing: most factories were still carrying out quality checks manually. This meant defects were often missed, slowing things down and hurting quality.

The two created an easy-to-use AI platform that helps factory engineers spot and sort defects using images from the production line - no coding needed.

The platform is now used by major chipmakers like GlobalFoundries and JCET Group, and has scanned over 100 million chips. Factories using SixSense have seen production move up to 30% faster and with fewer mistakes.

Akanksha Jagwani and Avni Agrawal are making a difference in manufacturing by bringing engineer-friendly AI to the factory floor.