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Overview

Reshaping industrial quality with AI, hardware, and software

Here’s a secret between you and me: even the world’s largest manufacturers, companies like Tesla and Toyota, waste billions of dollars every year making products with quality issues. Building high-quality things at scale is incredibly hard. It doesn’t just happen because you hire smart people or buy good machines. It requires seeing problems early, understanding them deeply, and acting in real time, something factories were never designed to do. At Overview.ai, we’re changing that. We build custom hardware, edge AI, and software systems that give manufacturers real visibility into how their products are actually being made. Our technology helps catch defects earlier, reduce waste, and fundamentally improve how factories operate. This work matters, not just for our customers, but for keeping American manufacturing competitive in a world that’s moving faster every year.
Active Founders
Austin Appel
Austin Appel
Founder
Austin Appel is the head of product and a co-founder at Overview, where he is responsible for leading product development and operations. With over 8 years of experience in manufacturing, he works with customers to ensure that customers can quickly adopt and use artificial intelligence-based computer vision systems. Previously, Austin spent four years at Tesla in manufacturing and R&D. Austin holds BS Degrees in Manufacturing Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University.
Russell Nibbelink
Russell Nibbelink
Founder
I am the head of engineering and a co-founder at Overview. Before joining Overview, I was a software engineer at Salesforce, where I worked on web-scale infrastructure projects, including the migration of Salesforce’s largest customers to upgraded hardware with no downtime. I studied EECS at UC Berkeley, where I was also the head teaching assistant in the field of High Performance Computing.
Christopher Van Dyke
Christopher Van Dyke
Founder
After 8 years at Tesla I founded Overview. Overview provides cameras and AI recognition algorithms to help manufacturers automate inspection steps, improve uptime, and reduce errors on their manufacturing lines. At Tesla, I built the team that designed the Gigafactory and launched the Supercharger network.
Jobs at Overview
Shanghai, Shanghai, CN / Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, CN / Taipei City, TW / HK / San Francisco, CA, US / Remote (CN; TW; US; HK)
$125K - $225K
0.10% - 0.25%
6+ years
San Francisco, CA, US
$125K - $225K
0.10% - 0.25%
1+ years
Detroit, MI, US / Columbus, OH, US / Atlanta, GA, US / Charlotte, NC, US / Indianapolis, IN, US / Cincinnati, OH, US / Remote (Detroit, MI, US; Columbus, OH, US; Atlanta, GA, US; Charlotte, NC, US; Indianapolis, IN, US; Cincinnati, OH, US)
$100K - $160K
3+ years
Chicago, IL, US / Atlanta, GA, US / Remote (Chicago, IL, US; Atlanta, GA, US)
$150K - $220K
0.10% - 0.25%
6+ years
Overview
Founded:2019
Batch:Winter 2019
Team Size:40
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Primary Partner:Brad Flora