Weld defects caught before the inspector arrives
WarpSense is a clip-on sensor system that monitors five structural parameters in real time during the weld. A pass-or-flag verdict is delivered the moment the joint is finished.
Quality control runs on eyes, after the metal has cooled
Inspection happens after the metal has cooled
Today's quality control method: a trained inspector crawls into a ship's hull after the weld has cooled, camera in hand, and decides with their eyes. Zero data is captured between arc strike and inspection. By the time a defect is found, it's already inside finished metalwork.
The expert workforce is disappearing
Reliable self-correction required welders with over a decade of intuition. That generation is retiring. Yards are filling roles with junior welders who haven't developed that judgment. The old system assumed expertise that no longer exists at scale.
Zero data is captured between arc strike and inspection.
Four steps. No change to the welder's process.
Clip on
WarpSense attaches to any welding tool. No hardware swap, no process change.
Measure in real time
Five structural parameters captured continuously while the weld is being made.
Instant verdict
A pass-or-flag result the moment the joint is finished — before any inspector is needed.
See what X-ray misses
Targets internal cracks between metal layers — invisible to the naked eye and frequently missed even by X-ray.
The dashboard that turns sensor data into a verdict
Our quality-scoring dashboard takes raw weld measurements and resolves them into a single pass-or-flag read — the same surface an inspector would use. Open it and explore a worked session.
A live, working interface — not a static screenshot.
Built full-stack from data pipeline to inspector alerts. Walk a scored weld session end to end.
A measurable wedge in a US$156B industry
Global welding inspection services — 3–5% of the US$156B shipbuilding market, growing at 4.5% CAGR.
Quality-related spend and failure cost in Southeast Asia — the fastest-growing NDT sub-region at 11% CAGR.
12–15 yards across Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Beachhead
12–15 yards across Singapore, Malaysia & Indonesia · SGD 17–22M ARR.
Certification bodies
DNV and Bureau Veritas adoption triggers global portfolio roll-out.
Adjacent industries
Oil platforms, pressure vessels, and industrial fabrication.
A dataset moat that can only be built on the floor
Hardware-agnostic by design
Equipment manufacturers can't build this without undermining their own products. We can.
Camera systems are blind
Optical inspection misses sub-surface defects by design. WarpSense measures what cameras cannot see.
A dataset moat
The proprietary dataset required — real weld measurements matched to real inspection outcomes — does not exist anywhere. It can only be built through live deployment. Every weld session adds to an advantage no late entrant can purchase.
Field notes, not marketing copy
Three active production shipyards. Four named industry leaders across operations, inspection, project management, and commercial functions. Every conversation in person, on the floor.
“It takes more than ten years for a welder to develop the judgment to know what is acceptable by eye alone.”
“The current quality control method: eyes and a camera for documentation.”
“The highest-cost defect source is heat buildup between weld passes — invisible until the X-ray, and directly measurable in real time.”
Four founders, building on the floor
Ng Chen Meng
Owns customer relationships and the AI verdict engine. Personally initiated and manages three active shipyard relationships.
Zhuzhen
Built the quality dashboard: raw sensor data to quality verdict. Owns the full stack from data pipeline to inspector alerts.
Yuan Yi Ning
Led every customer interview in person. The validation here carries real names and real quotes because she was physically in every conversation.
Sidhaarth Satish
Building the ruggedised sensor device from scratch — five simultaneous parameters, designed to survive arc flash, heat, and confined spaces.
Raising SGD 150,000 to put sensors on live yards
A 12-month plan to move from concept to first paying contract. Forward-looking — every milestone below is a target, not a result.
- Hardware36.67%
- Software23.33%
- Deployment20%
- Operations & Legal13.33%
- Contingency6.67%
- 3 sensors deployed across 3 live yards
- First 1,000 real welds recorded
- IP filing submitted
- A*STAR research partnership initiated
- First paying contract live
- SGD 1,500 / station / month (80 stations ≈ SGD 1.44M ARR per yard)
- Certification-body conversation opened
- Series A materials ready
Talk to us
Whether you operate a yard, work in inspection, or are looking at the space — we want to hear from you.