Vention’s AI Operator brings zero-shot automation to 25K factory machines

Vention announced major platform expansions at its 6th annual Demo Day, including the global rollout of AI Operator and new developer tools that advance its Zero-Shot Automation vision. The Montreal-based automation provider’s latest capabilities allow manufacturers to deploy intelligent automation without traditional hardware integration or complex programming, targeting faster deployment from design to production.

What you should know: Vention’s platform now serves more than 25,000 machines across 4,000 factories worldwide, demonstrating proven performance in applications like palletizing, welding, and machine tending.

• The company has evolved from a fast machine-design platform into a software-defined automation environment that unifies hardware, software, and AI in one seamless experience.
• AI Operator, first previewed at NVIDIA GTC San Jose earlier in 2025, is now available globally with factory-floor deployments expanding through early 2026.

AI Operator brings advanced capabilities to factory floors: The next-generation automation offering delivers AI models directly to manufacturing environments for unstructured applications like bin picking.

• Powered by Vention’s MachineMotion AI controller and built on NVIDIA AI infrastructure and Isaac libraries, it provides the compute power needed for advanced industrial AI applications.
• The system enables perception, grasping, and collision-free motion directly at the edge, accelerating manufacturers’ path toward Zero-Shot Automation.

In plain English: Think of AI Operator as giving factory robots the ability to “see” and handle unpredictable tasks—like sorting through a bin of randomly placed parts—without needing to be pre-programmed for every possible scenario.

New Developer Toolkit opens platform access: Vention introduced tools that expand platform accessibility for developers and roboticists through multiple pathways.

• The toolkit includes a Command Line Interface (CLI), bundled project templates, and ready-to-use libraries for state machines, device communication, data storage, and operator HMIs.
• Developers can now build locally or in the cloud using their preferred workflow, significantly expanding creation possibilities on the Vention platform.

Enhanced simulation and monitoring capabilities: Three new features strengthen the platform’s design and operational oversight functions.

• Simulation Checker delivers real-world accuracy before code is written, with gravity, collisions, and motion behaving exactly as they would on the factory floor.
• RemoteView video recording logs full operational history including status updates and alerts, helping teams trace issues like operator errors or equipment collisions to accelerate troubleshooting.
• Vention Projects provides a structured, centralized workflow for defining automation scope and requirements, reducing manual documentation and communication gaps.

What they’re saying: Company and industry leaders emphasized the significance of making advanced AI accessible to manufacturing teams.

• “Our mission has always been to make automation accessible to everyone,” said Etienne Lacroix, Vention’s founder and CEO. “With Zero-Shot Automation, we’re building the stack of the future for industrial automation, where hardware and software are fully unified and AI runs seamlessly from the cloud to the edge.”
• “With Vention’s AI Operator, it’s now possible to deploy robotics for applications that require continuous updates and greater flexibility,” noted Amit Goel, head of robotics & edge computing at NVIDIA. “All of these capabilities are now accessible to technicians on the line.”

Why this matters: The announcements position Vention at the forefront of democratizing industrial AI, making sophisticated automation capabilities accessible to manufacturers without requiring extensive technical expertise or traditional integration complexity.