Haber: Building Smarter, More Efficient Factories with AI-Driven Automation | Decoding Manufacturing

About this episode

Vipin Raghavan discusses how Haber is leveraging AI to enhance manufacturing processes and the challenges of integrating technology into legacy systems.

Everyone’s talking about generative AI. Few talk about industrial AI: where the data meets the factory floor. In this episode of Decoding Manufacturing, Vipin Raghavan, Co-founder & CEO, Haber, explains how Haber is using AI to close the loop between lab and line, turning process data into real-time chemistry control and measurable profit impact. From automating dosing systems to building trust through prediction accuracy, Vipin breaks down what it takes to bring AI into legacy plants, why Haber prices by production output instead of licenses, and how vertical depth and reliability built a zero-churn business. He also talks about India’s manufacturing readiness, cultural differences in adoption, and what the road to autonomous factories really looks like. Chapters 00:00 – Intro: AI that augments, not replaces operators 02:57 – The three universal manufacturing challenges 07:25 – Why now: Connected factories and cheaper edge compute 09:59 – Trust before autonomy: Building accuracy first 13:52 – The pacemaker product and Haber’s zero churn 17:37 – Pricing by the tonne, not by the seat 21:46 – India vs West: Cultural adoption of industrial AI 24:36 – Building T-shaped talent 27:33 –…

People in this episode

Guest: Vipin Raghavan

Topics covered

• AI
• Manufacturing
• Automation
• Innovation
• Tech

Keywords

• industrial AI
• real-time chemistry control
• automation
• production output
• cultural adoption

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Haber

Places: India, West

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