Augury, an Industrial AI unicorn and leader in AI solutions for manufacturing, has expanded its presence in India with a new engineering hub in Bengaluru, strengthening its investment in technical talent and applied AI capabilities.

The hub follows the May launch of the Industrial AI Workforce, comprising role-based AI agents designed to help reliability, maintenance and operations teams run manufacturing plants more reliably and efficiently. It complements Augury’s existing hubs in the United States and Israel, expanding its global footprint and strengthening India’s role in its engineering and technology organisation.

As the Bengaluru hub scales, Augury is making significant investments in India-based R&D. The expansion builds on its US$75 million funding round in 2025, which supports product development and global expansion. The hub will advance agentic capabilities within the Industrial AI Workforce. Augury has partnered with SecondHQ, a new-age GCC company, to establish the centre.

“India is an important part of Augury’s long-term investment in engineering and Industrial AI,” said Anoop Mohan, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Augury. “We’re building a team that combines deep technical expertise with the industrial context needed to turn AI into practical outcomes on the factory floor. Expanding our presence in Bengaluru gives us access to exceptional talent while strengthening our ability to innovate and serve manufacturers around the world.”

Backed by over 15 years of machine monitoring, Augury’s Industrial AI platform combines machine data, operational context and tribal knowledge into a human-readable industrial context graph, enabling AI agents to take grounded, trusted action on the plant floor. The company works with more than 800 plants across six continents, including organisations in food and beverage, consumer packaged goods and other asset-intensive industries.

“In Industrial AI, an agent is only as good as an operator's willingness to trust it on the shop floor, and that trust is built by capturing the unwritten knowledge of experienced plant teams,” said Ganesh Iyer, Senior Director of Engineering and India Site Leader, Augury. “Our Bengaluru site is built on that exact discipline. We are bringing together exceptional engineering talent and deep industrial domain experts to build agents, operators can rely on every day.”

Dilip Sawhney, Managing Director, Rockwell Automation India, said, “Rockwell Automation and Augury are strategic technology partners, and we welcome Augury’s decision to establish its engineering centre in Bengaluru. The expansion brings our teams in India closer together and creates new opportunities for collaboration as we connect industrial AI insights with maintenance execution. Together, we are helping manufacturers improve asset reliability, operational performance, and the speed at which they can turn insights into action.”

Sanjeev Gupta, CEO, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM), said, “Bengaluru has established itself as one of the world’s leading destinations for engineering and R&D, with the talent and technology ecosystem required to support global innovation. Augury’s decision to expand its engineering presence here reinforces Bengaluru’s growing role in building advanced technology for global markets. We congratulate Augury and SecondHQ on this milestone and we look forward to supporting their global growth from Bengaluru.”

Abhilash Raghavan, CEO, SecondHQ, said, “Augury’s Bengaluru center is a testament to how India is evolving from a talent destination into a strategic hub for engineering, AI and innovation. With Industrial AI reshaping how manufacturers operate, Augury has a significant opportunity to build global capabilities from India.”