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by Tulip InterfacesUS

ScalingStage 5 of 5

Used in factories making electronics, medicines and other products.

Updated 15 Jan 2026Checked 25 Sep0 updates this week

Milestones

Next · AI features for factory-floor workers
  1. Strategic alliance with Mitsubishi Electric2025Complete.
  2. AI features for factory-floor workersNowCurrent milestone.

Most important updates

  • 15 Jan 2026
  • 22 Dec 2025
  • 20 May 2022

Current obstacles

  • Old systemsFactories run decades-old machines and software; getting clean data out of them is the main barrier.

Physics limits

  • Cloud software can't run the machinesA round trip over the internet takes tens of milliseconds and can stall unpredictably. Machine control needs guaranteed millisecond timing, so it must stay on local controllers.
  • Data is only as good as its sensors and inputsApps see only what is measured or typed. Unsensed steps and manual entries leave gaps and errors that no analysis can recover.
  • AI answers can be confidently wrongLanguage models generate plausible text, not guaranteed facts. On a factory floor their suggestions must be checked against the plant's own records before anyone acts.

How it works

3 parts
A worker at Mack Molding scans a tool while a Tulip app on the station screen shows the step-by-step instructions and records the check
A worker at Mack Molding scans a tool while a Tulip app on the station screen shows the step-by-step instructions and records the checkCourtesy of Tulip · Press kit, editorial use (opens tulip.co)
Apps

No-code app builder

Engineers drag widgets and logic into apps for work instructions, checklists and quality forms, without writing code.

Devices

Connects machines and tools

Edge devices link apps to machines, scales, scanners and sensors, so data is logged automatically instead of on paper.

Records

Every step time-stamped

Each step a worker completes is recorded, building a history for quality checks, audits and finding bottlenecks.

Update log

3 updates

Thu 15 Jan

  • Minor: PressFunding

Mon 22 Dec 2025

  • Minor: PressPartnership

Fri 20 May 2022

  • Minor: PressCommercial

About Tulip Interfaces

The team behind Tulip platform

Tulip Interfaces

No-code apps for factory workers

Tulip, an MIT Media Lab spinout founded in 2014, makes a cloud platform where factory engineers build apps linking workers, machines and sensors without coding. A $120M raise in January 2026 valued it above $1.3B.

  • Became a unicorn with a $120M Series D led by Mitsubishi Electric (Jan 2026).
  • Its apps replace paper instructions and rigid old factory software.
  • Adding AI assistants for factory-floor workers.

tulip.co (opens tulip.co)Company profile →

Founded
201412 yrs
Headquarters
United States
Status
Private
Valuation
$1.3BprivateJan 2026
Raised
$120M1 round
Last round
Series D · $120M15 Jan 2026$1.3B post
Works in
ManufacturingFactory software
Coverage
1 program · 3 updateslatest 15 Jan 2026checked 25 Sep
Lead investors
Mitsubishi Electric
Partners
Mitsubishi Electric (opens tulip.co)
People
Natan LinderCo-founder & CEO
Primer