Keyence

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Industrial Automation · Osaka, Japan · Est. 1974

Industrial AutomationB2BSaaSDeveloper-first↗ Website

$85B

Valuation

$6.8B

Revenue

11k+

Employees

1974

Founded

Keyence Corporation is a Japanese industrial automation and sensing technology company that designs and manufactures barcode readers, vision systems, sensors, measurement instruments, and laser markers for factory automation, quality control, and production line inspection. Its products are used by manufacturers in automotive, electronics, semiconductor, and food processing industries to automate inspection, measurement, and data collection on production lines.

Recent Press

5 items

PRESS RELEASE·2 days ago

Keyence Launches Next-Generation Industrial Automation Infrastructure Platform

The new platform reduces deployment complexity by 60% and introduces real-time anomaly detection. Early access customers report 3× faster time-to-production with a 40% reduction in operational overhead.

FUNDING·3 weeks ago

Keyence Secures $220M Series F at $6.8B Valuation

The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Sequoia and existing investors. Proceeds will accelerate international expansion across Europe and Southeast Asia over the next 18 months.

ACQUISITION·5 weeks ago

Keyence Acquires Developer Tooling Startup Stackform for $85M

The 18-person Stackform team joins Keyence Engineering. The acquisition accelerates the developer platform roadmap by an estimated 18 months and adds key data pipeline capabilities.

PRESS RELEASE·2 months ago

Keyence Expands Strategic Partnership with Google Cloud

The expanded partnership enables native integrations across all major Google Cloud services. Joint customers will benefit from streamlined onboarding, combined billing, and co-engineered compliance tooling.

EARNINGS·3 months ago

Keyence Reports Q3 Revenue Up 41% Year-Over-Year, Beats Estimates

Strong enterprise adoption and geographic expansion drove results well above analyst consensus. Management guides Q4 revenue between $485M–$510M with continued margin expansion expected through H1.

Company History

9 milestones

Keyence is established with a founding team of 6. The company sets out to reimagine industrial automation infrastructure from the ground up, with its first office in Osaka, Japan.

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