The Challenge: The Slow and Costly Battle for Quality
In sectors such as food, cosmetics, and chemicals, quality control has historically been a complex, slow, and expensive task.
Traditional methods require sending samples to external laboratories, destructive testing, and long waiting times.
This not only delays decision-making, but also limits the ability to detect fraud or deviations in real time.
The question became unavoidable:
How can we achieve laboratory-grade precision instantly, accessibly, and directly on the production floor?
Our Solution: Xpectra — The Chemometrics Laboratory on Your Laptop
AI Talentum tackled this challenge with Xpectra, an innovative platform that democratises chemometric analysis through low-cost NIR technology.
Xpectra combines two key components:
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Smart local software, enabling real-time validation of spectral capture.
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A cloud platform, powered by a robust Artificial Intelligence (AI) engine capable of interpreting complex data and building advanced predictive models.
The outcome:
Every spectrum becomes a clear and actionable business decision — without requiring expertise in chemometrics.
Measurable Impact: Efficiency, Savings and Trust in Every Measurement
The deployment of Xpectra is transforming how companies understand and manage quality.
Among the most notable benefits:
| Impact | Outcome |
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| Cost reduction | Up to 70% savings in external laboratory expenses |
| Process optimisation | 90% reduction in destructive sampling |
| Operational speed | Results in minutes instead of days |
| Enhanced safety | 30% improvement in detecting subtle adulterations |
These results demonstrate how AI in production not only boosts efficiency but also strengthens trust and traceability across industrial processes.
Strategic Validation: Collaboration and Scientific Credibility
Xpectra’s success is not theoretical — it is proven in real environments.
The solution has been validated in innovation projects such as Sof-IA, and in collaboration with leading knowledge centres like AZTI, as well as technology manufacturers including Goyalab and Profiler.
“Xpectra has changed the rules of the game. The ability to build predictive models with the power of AI, yet without the traditional complexity, enables faster, more accurate and more efficient operations.”
— Dr. Idoia Olabarrieta, Senior Researcher in Efficient and Sustainable Processes of the Food Chain 4.0, Productive Efficiency and Food Processing Technologies at AZTI.
Conclusion: A new era of quality control
Xpectra marks the beginning of a new era, where artificial intelligence becomes a practical and transformative tool rather than an abstract concept.
Through this solution, AI Talentum reaffirms its commitment to industrial digitalisation and applied innovation — helping companies turn every data point into insight, and every spectrum into a real opportunity for improvement.