Sennos Lands $15 Million to Scale Intelligent Fermentation Technique

Fermentation is an ancient process, but this AI-powered North Carolina based startup is giving it a high-tech twist. Sennos is turning vats of bubbling microbes into smart, self-optimizing systems. 

Its bringing precision, speed, and scalability to one of humanity’s oldest production methods. Once known as Precision Fermentation, Sennos is harnessing AI to turn guesswork into data-driven control, transforming how everything from beer to biofuels is made.

Sennos’s approach is in the belief that fermentation can be intelligent. Rather than relying on manual sampling and intuition, the company installs a digital nervous system into every tank it touches. Their flagship platform, BrewIQ, gathers thousands of real-time data points during every batch tracking variables like sugar conversion, temperature, pressure, and pH levels and feeds that data to an AI engine trained to detect patterns, flag anomalies, and predict outcomes.

This is more than monitoring. The system helps brewers and fluidics operators understand what’s happening at a microbial level in the moment. It can predict when fermentation will finish, suggest adjustments to maintain product quality, and even anticipate issues before they occur. Over time, it learns. Every batch makes the system smarter, more efficient, and more accurate.

From Food to Fluidics

Sennos’s technology began with beer, but its potential is far broader. Fermentation is used in biotech, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, chemicals, and alternative protein production. Wherever microbes convert one substance into another, there’s a role for intelligent control and Sennos is positioning itself as the go-to operating system for that microbial economy.

In fact, the company now describes itself not just as a fermentation startup, but as a leader in AI-powered sensing, analytics, and automation for fluidics, which is a broader category that includes any system involving fluid processing, whether it’s brewing kombucha or synthesizing enzymes.

The Man Behind the Microbes

The company was founded in 2017 by Jared Resnick, a seasoned entrepreneur with roots in both the food industry and advanced software systems. Before Sennos, he co-founded Mimetics, which built tools for mapping biological networks and that deep understanding of biology and data now powers Sennos’s AI-driven approach.

Resnick’s vision was to bring the same level of real-time intelligence to fermentation that we expect from self-driving cars or precision agriculture. Under his leadership, Sennos has amassed the world’s largest real-time fermentation dataset, a resource that gives its AI a significant edge over competitors.

Fueling Growth with Fresh Capital

Sennos recently secured $15 million in funding to accelerate its growth, in a round led by TomEnterprise, the Stockholm-based firm founded by EQT’s former CEO Thomas von Koch and investor Jan Ståhlberg. The funding will support the expansion of Sennos’s sensor systems and AI capabilities, while pushing into new markets that rely on microbial production.

As the company put it,“By 2026, our goal is to support every stage of fluid and fermentation production.”That means more sensors, more integrations, and deeper insights all within a modular system that can be plugged into any existing setup.

Beyond the Brew: The M3 Platform

A key enabler of Sennos’s expansion is the M3 system, a modular, plug-and-play hardware suite that integrates seamlessly into fermentation tanks and fluid systems. With minimal disruption, producers can transform their analog operations into intelligent systems collecting data, running diagnostics, and applying AI recommendations in real time.

The beauty of the M3 platform is its flexibility. It’s designed to evolve with the needs of producers, adapting to new fluids, new environments, and new product categories all while making the underlying biology more transparent and manageable.

Microbial Manufacturing

Sennos sits at the intersection of biotechnology and artificial intelligence and that’s no accident. As the world leans into climate-conscious production, decentralized manufacturing, and sustainable food systems, microbial processes are becoming central to innovation. But these processes need to scale, and they need to be dependable.