Numurus

Imagine a world where anyone, from seasoned developers to students, can rapidly create intelligent machines.

Numurus is working to make this vision a reality. Its flagship product, the Numurus Edge Platform Interface (NEPI), is a powerful, low-code operating system that serves as the foundation for building sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications. Think of it as “Windows for robots” — a reference to Microsoft’s popular operating system.

By simplifying the development process, Numurus helps businesses accelerate time-to-market for their AI-driven products and services. The company offers a full suite of solutions, including its core software, hardware, support, and design services.

Numurus aims to solve a major problem in the AI industry. That’s the lack of comprehensive software solutions for developers.

Manufacturers of AI chips are struggling to capitalize on the full potential of their hardware due to this software shortage. The result is limited market reach, prolonged development cycles, and increased customer-support burdens.

Numurus addresses these problems with NEPI, its operating system designed specifically for AI and automation hardware. By providing a standard, user-friendly platform, NEPI enables hardware manufacturers to:

Expand their market — reach a broader developer audience, from experienced engineers to those with limited software expertise.

Accelerate development — reduce time-to-market by offering pre-built software components and tools.

Enhance customer satisfaction — minimize support inquiries through a comprehensive software solution.

With its software, Numurus is targeting three huge markets. First is the soon-to-be $270 billion market for Edge AI, which encompasses AI algorithms and models on devices located at the “edge” of a network, closer to the data source, rather than relying solely on centralized cloud servers.

The second is the projected $83 billion market for industrial AI applications. And the third is the projected $65 billion robotics market.

Numurus has launched a beta version of its software, and has partnerships with industry leaders like Nvidia. It’s also in talks with other graphics-processing unit (GPU) providers to pre-install NEPI on their products.

Numurus has generated more than four million dollars in revenue and raised $2.5 million from investors. It’s also received a $2.5 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the innovative government think-tank that developed historic products like GPS and the internet. The company has two patents pending.

Team Background

Jason Seawall - CEO and Board Member

Jason has more than twenty years of experience in robotics and “smart” sensing.

He began his career as an engineering scientist at the University of Texas, where he received his Master’s degree in Engineering after obtaining a Bachelor’s in Engineering from Virginia Tech. While at UT, he worked on robotic and mechatronic systems.

From there, he worked as an ocean engineer with Applied Physics Lab in Seattle, Washington, before starting a company called BlueView, a company that developed sonar technology. BlueView was eventually acquired by Teledyne (NYSE: TDY), where Jason continued to serve as Chief Operating Officer and then Vice President of Technology.

More recently, he was Vice President of Innovation with Teledyne Marine, a division of Teledyne. He held this position until 2017 when he left to start Numurus.

Ryan Mackey - Board Member

Ryan has experience launching and scaling startups.

His previous work was in the food & beverage sector, where he spent almost twenty-five years as President and CEO of Orca Bay Foods, a Seattle-based food & beverage manufacturing company. He also founded Passport Foods, a food & beverage business.

He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from The University of Montana.

Grey Seawall - Operations Manager

Grey has served as Operations Manager with Numurus since 2022, where she works with her father, Jason. She held this role after working as the company’s administrative assistant.

She studied at the University of Washington.

Co-Investors