Baolian Intelligence Raises Series A to Set New Quality Benchmarks for High-End Manufacturing with Nanometer-Scale Measurement Tech
Breaking Through the "Chokepoint" in Precision Measurement
Recently, nanometer-scale ultra-high-precision laser measurement system developer Baolian Intelligence announced the completion of its Series A funding round. The round was jointly led by Pine VC and Wuxi Venture Capital.
The proceeds will be primarily directed toward deep R&D of underlying nanometer-scale measurement technologies including optical interferometry and confocal microscopy, as well as accelerating the scaled market expansion and ecosystem development of core standardized products such as high-precision film thickness gauges and 3D profilometers across frontier manufacturing sectors including AI compute chips, advanced packaging, optical communications, new energy, and high-end consumer electronics.
Targeting the Industrial Core: Breaking Through the "Bottleneck" of Precision Measurement
As process nodes in semiconductor, AI compute hardware, optical communications, and high-end consumer electronics industries continue advancing toward the nanometer scale, the precision measurement and defect inspection of "transparent, ultra-thin, micro-scale" materials and structures within these sectors face extraordinarily demanding requirements. This critical quality control link has long relied on imported equipment, becoming a bottleneck constraining the upgrading of related industries and supply chain security in China.
Baolian Intelligence is precisely focused on tackling this precision measurement challenge. Through its fully self-developed, full-stack nanometer-scale laser measurement technology, the company has successfully qualified into the supply chains of global top-tier manufacturers including Apple. Its technology effectively solves the rapid precision inspection problem of three-dimensional defects in "transparent, thin, micro" structures, covering the full consumer electronics product line (including iPhone, iPad, MacBook, Apple Watch, AirPods, etc.), and has achieved substitution for international equipment in certain core process steps. Currently, Baolian Intelligence has become a core measurement equipment supplier for dozens of leading semiconductor, new energy, and high-end electronics manufacturing enterprises domestically.
From Process Know-How to Standardized Products: Building Reusable Quality Foundations
Baolian Intelligence's core competitive advantage stems from its full-stack self-developed technology system spanning "optics, mechanics, electronics, algorithms, and software." The company not only independently develops nanometer-scale sensors based on optical interferometry, laser triangulation, and other principles, but also deeply integrates them into its proprietary standardized intelligent equipment platform.
Company founder and CEO Wei Wang has noted that algorithm development lacking deep understanding of manufacturing processes is difficult to scale. Based on profound insights into cutting-edge processes, Baolian Intelligence is systematically productizing the measurement know-how accumulated from serving global top-tier customers. By building a rapid-development data middle platform, the company crystallizes common measurement requirements across different industrial scenarios into reusable solutions, integrating them into standardized products such as high-precision film thickness gauges and 3D profilometers. This model provides the industry with stable, reliable measurement benchmarks, significantly lowering the barrier to applying nanometer-scale precision measurement, and helping build unified cross-vendor quality evaluation systems.
Empowering Critical Industrial Links, Validating Core Technology Value
Baolian Intelligence's standardized measurement solutions have been widely applied and value-validated in key domains that will determine future industrial competitiveness.
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In compute chips, advanced packaging, and optical communications: Its high-precision film thickness gauge enables nanometer-scale thickness measurement of AI chip wafer thin films, optical communication laser chip epitaxial layers, and other structures, detecting extremely subtle thickness variations; the 3D profilometer can precisely measure the three-dimensional morphology of IC substrate solder masks, micro-bumps, and optical communication chip coupling end faces. These nanometer-precision measurements directly impact chip packaging yield, optical module transmission efficiency, and ultimate performance.
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In new energy and high-end consumer electronics: Facing increasingly stringent requirements for materials and devices in power batteries, ultra-thin foldable screens, and other applications, Baolian's measurement solutions provide indispensable core data support for materials R&D screening and process control.
Baolian Intelligence's team deeply integrates top technical talent in precision optics, measurement algorithms, and high-end equipment integration with experts possessing extensive large-scale industrialization experience. This composite team with deep fusion of technology and industry ensures that the company can not only tackle frontier technical challenges, but also — from a systems engineering perspective — develop standardized products that satisfy the rigorous demands of long-term stable, reliable operation in industrial field conditions.
Baolian Intelligence founder and CEO Wei Wang stated that this funding round represents full affirmation of the company's technical path and industrial value. Going forward, Baolian Intelligence will continue deepening its focus on nanometer-scale precision measurement, dedicated to transforming the world's most advanced process knowledge into standardized intelligent measurement products and solutions, deepening cooperation with global high-end manufacturing leaders, with the vision of becoming a world-leading nanometer-scale precision measurement solution provider, and continuously powering the upgrade of global advanced manufacturing with core measurement technology.
