Agilent Acquires Sigsense, Creator of AI-Enabled Lab Operations Technology
Technology helps high-throughput labs operate more efficiently
Sigsense technology is already available to Agilent customers through CrossLab Connect, a suite of digital applications—inventory management, service management, asset monitoring, smart alerts, and asset lifecycle analytics—that improve lab performance.
Integrated into the Agilent CrossLab Connect asset monitoring solution, Sigsense’s algorithm tracks instrument utilization and status across all scientific assets, regardless of vendor or manufacturer. The operational insights collected from the technology alert lab managers of assets that are underperforming and how to optimize them.
“We are excited to welcome the Sigsense team to Agilent. They are an innovator in leveraging artificial intelligence for lab operations,” said
Asset monitoring is particularly important for commercial labs with large instrument fleets, intense testing schedules, and quick turnaround times.
CrossLab Connect monitors a wide range of instruments, including chromatography, mass spectrometry, spectroscopy, liquid handlers and plate readers, flow cytometry, centrifuges, NMR, sequencers, PCR, and more.
With this transaction, Sigsense employees, IP, and assets are now part of the
About CrossLab Connect
CrossLab Connect is a digital suite of laboratory applications and sensor technologies that accelerate laboratory performance with wide-ranging visibility and control over a lab’s instrument fleet. The comprehensive view of operations provided by CrossLab Connect improves lab planning and optimizes operational spend, while reducing workflow disruption.
Additional CrossLab Connect Resources
- CrossLab Connect Digital Applications
- Learn how CrossLab Asset Monitoring can inform lab investment decisions (video)
- Request a demo of CrossLab Connect
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