ONE WARE

ONE WARE is a German deep-tech company, founded in 2024 by Leon Beier (CEO), Leo Wiegand (CRO), Hendrik Mennen (CTO), and Ali Durmaz (COO), that is engineering a new paradigm for artificial intelligence in industrial applications. The founding team combines expertise in software development, business, and economics to address the market's need for more efficient and accessible AI. Based in locations including Osnabrück and Brakel, the startup received early support from the founding centers of the Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe and the University of Paderborn.

The company operates on a B2B model, providing a software platform that automates the generation of specialized neural networks for edge computing applications. This technology targets clients in industrial manufacturing, mechanical engineering, and has potential applications in medical technology and aerospace. A key differentiator is the platform's ability to create custom AI models in seconds that are optimized for specific hardware, including older, resource-constrained industrial chips. This approach bypasses the need for extensive AI expertise or significant investment in high-performance hardware, lowering the barrier to entry for many small and medium-sized enterprises.

The core offering consists of two main products: ONE AI and ONE WARE Studio. ONE AI is the automated generator that builds and tailors neural networks for tasks like quality control and failure prediction, requiring only a small set of sample images to start the training process. It is designed to produce models that can be up to 488 times faster and 24 times more precise, even on decade-old hardware, as demonstrated in a collaboration with semiconductor giant Altera. ONE WARE Studio is an open-source development environment that simplifies the integration of these AI models into embedded systems, supporting multiple programming languages like C++, Python, and VHDL. Pilot customers, such as die-casting specialist HDO, have successfully used the platform for real-time visual quality control, implementing robust defect detection on challenging surfaces in a fraction of the time required by traditional methods. In June 2025, ONE WARE secured €2.5 million in a seed funding round led by Cusp Capital to scale its team, server infrastructure, and deepen strategic partnerships.

Keywords: automated AI models, edge computing, neural network generator, industrial AI, quality control automation, embedded systems, hardware optimization, deep-tech, failure prediction, FPGA AI