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AI Manufacturing Software Geelong: HarborSpark 2.0 Launched
Geelong's Corio Bay AI launches HarborSpark 2.0, an AI coding platform designed for local manufacturers and port operations without overseas data transfer.
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Corio Bay AI released HarborSpark 2.0 on July 8 at its office on Little Malop Street in central Geelong.
The update arrives as larger players push AI coding tools into industrial markets. Local firms that build components for port equipment and vehicle assembly need systems that handle specific supply-chain data without sending it overseas. Corio Bay AI built its platform around those exact requirements after testing with three Geelong factories earlier this year.
Work tied to two Geelong sites
Engineers at the company’s 45 Little Malop Street location now share a test lab with staff from the Geelong Manufacturing Council inside the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre. The arrangement lets developers run code directly on machinery sensors installed at the Port of Geelong’s container terminal. One recent trial cut error rates in automated crane scheduling by 18 percent during a two-week run in June.
Deakin University’s Waurn Ponds campus supplies the data sets used to train the model. Students in the engineering co-op program log hours at both the Little Malop Street office and the port terminal, giving the company fresh examples of local production code each semester.
Numbers behind the July launch
HarborSpark 2.0 carries a $299 annual seat price for the first 50 users at each client site. The company reports 62 paid seats active across four Geelong manufacturers as of July 9. Its seed round closed at $2.5 million in April, with the funds earmarked for server capacity at a new rack inside the Geelong Tech Park data facility.
Firms that sign before August 15 receive on-site training for two staff members at no extra cost. The next scheduled workshop sits for July 22 at the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre meeting room.