Retrocausal

01/06/2025

When you watch a long video and only get to see a few clips, it’s easy to miss important details and lose track of the overall sequence of events. Video LLMs suffer from this problem—sampling only a handful of frames from a long video—which means they often miss crucial context and can’t accurately process or describe what’s happening from start to finish.

We've developed a new approach that harnesses the power of a Bidirectional LSTM to significantly enhance the temporal reasoning ability of video LLMs. By encoding time-aware clip features and aggregating them into a single global representation, we’ve achieved state-of-the-art results in tasks like dense video captioning, temporal grounding, highlight detection, and action segmentation.

Check out our intro video for a quick overview and visit our arXiv link for the full details!

Project Page: https://retrocausal.ai/video-llms-for-temporal-reasoning-in-long-videos/

Full Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.02930

12/04/2024

Frontend Engineer

We are looking for a frontend engineer experienced in React / Vue to join our remote team.

At least one year of experience required.

Please send you CV to careers@retrocausal.ai

11/28/2024

Chef Andrey has whipped up a Turkey Production Line 🦃🍗 just in time for Thanksgiving—but with only four team members, he’s worried they might not hit peak productivity.

So, what did he do? He called in Kaizen Copilot!

With automatic time studies and some line-balancing magic, the solution cooked up a better way to keep those turkeys moving 🛠️➡️🍽️. Check out how Kaizen Copilot helped Andrey’s team avoid a Thanksgiving bottleneck!

Wishing you a Happy (and efficiently delicious) Thanksgiving from all of us at Retrocausal!

08/28/2024

Unlock the Power of Generative AI in Manufacturing Assembly

Kaizen Copilot leverages cutting-edge AI to automatically measure shopfloor processes, identify critical issues, propose actionable solutions, and document the entire journey. This allows your industrial engineers to focus on high-value tasks, driving efficiency and innovation.

In real-world deployments, Kaizen Copilot has enabled:

23% increase in capacity for automotive part assembly
65% reduction in rework on HVAC main assembly
48% decrease in lead time on a medical equipment line
90% faster line rebalancing for an automotive OEM
80% lower ergonomic risk on semi-trailer assembly

08/27/2024

Digital Marketing Manager

Role Overview

The Digital Marketing will be responsible for managing and executing digital marketing strategies that enhance our brand's visibility and drive customer engagement. This role requires a blend of creativity, analytical thinking, and technical expertise, with a strong focus on SEO, PPC, content creation, and social media strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• SEO Management: Develop and implement comprehensive SEO strategies to improve organic search rankings, increase website traffic, and enhance user experience.
• PPC Campaigns: Manage and optimize pay-per-click campaigns across various platforms, including Google Ads and social media, to maximize ROI.
• Content Strategy: Create, manage, and execute a content strategy that aligns with business goals, including blog posts, website copy, whitepapers, case studies, and more.
• Website Management: Oversee the website's content, ensuring it is up-to-date, relevant, and optimized for search engines.
• Social Media Strategy: Develop and implement a social media strategy to grow our online presence, engage with our audience, and drive traffic to our website.
• Analytics and Reporting: Monitor, analyze, and report on the performance of all digital marketing campaigns, using tools like Google Analytics, SEMrush, and others.
• Collaboration: Work closely with the sales, product, and engineering teams to ensure marketing efforts are aligned with company goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field.
• 2-3 years of experience in digital marketing, with a strong focus on SEO, PPC, content strategy, and social media management.
• Proficiency in digital marketing tools such as Google Analytics, Google Ads, SEMrush, Moz, HubSpot and social media platforms.
• Strong understanding of current SEO best practices and algorithm updates.
• Experience with content management systems (CMS) like WordPress.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in the B2B, technology or manufacturing sector.
• Knowledge of marketing automation tools like HubSpot or Marketo.
• Graphic design skills and familiarity with tools like Canva, Veed, or Adobe Creative Suite.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
• Career growth and development opportunities.
• A collaborative and supportive team culture.

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If you are passionate about digital marketing and want to be part of a company driving the future of manufacturing, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to join our team at Retrocausal!

To Apply: Please send your resume and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience and why you're a great fit for this role to careers@retrocausal.ai

08/04/2024

Our work on self-supervised machine learning for building models of diverse human activities in a privacy-preserving manner has passed peer-review and will be presented at the ECCV 2024 conference in Milan, Italy.

The European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) is a flagship AI conference, and has been organized once every two years, since 1990.

You can listen to a summary of the work and the results that we will be presenting at the conference. Further you can read the pre-print version of the full paper at the following link:

https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.19480

06/25/2024

Digital Work Instructions are great, but what's even better is having instructions that don't get in the way of the operator and slow them down by expecting them to interact with a screen or tap on a desk.

hashtag acts like a second pair of trained eyes. It guides the operator through processes at their own pace and alerts them—potentially stopping the line—to fix mistakes as soon as they occur.

Contact us to discover how easily you can set up Assembly Copilot using commodity hardware.

06/02/2024

Our solutions are hosted by our channel partners at various Industry 4.0 excellence centers in Chicago, Dublin (Ireland), Limerick (Ireland), Wichita, and Tel Aviv.

In addition, we have set up dedicated Experience Centers near our headquarters in Redmond, WA, and in Dallas, TX.

Today, I came in early morning and recorded a quick tour of the Redmond center. Please reach out if you'd like to try out some of our demos!

05/15/2024

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

We are urgently looking for an SQA Engineer for our Asia operation (remote). Please share your resume at careers@retrocausal.ai.

Education and Experience:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

- Proven experience (typically 2+ years) as a QA Engineer or similar role.

Technical Skills:

- Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.

- Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases.

- Proficiency in using QA testing tools and software (e.g., Selenium, JIRA, TestRail).

- Familiarity with programming languages (Python is a must) and scripting.

- Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks.

Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills:

- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.

- Strong problem-solving abilities, with a focus on delivering quality software.

Communication and Collaboration:

- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.

Additional Qualifications:

- Knowledge of SQL and scripting.

- Understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

- Certification in Quality Assurance (e.g., ISTQB) is preferred but not required.

Personal Attributes:

- High level of initiative and self-motivation.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

- Strong organizational and time management skills.

04/08/2024

We got to learn from the achievements of Frontline operators and IEs who presented their Ergonomics-focused Kaizens at the Ergo Cup 2024 finals in Louisville, KY last month!

Check out our favorite picks from the line up, together with Kaizen Copilot's rapid assessments of their respective improvements.

Kaizen Copilot comes with a rich prescriptive ergonomics suite that helps EHS teams and general shopfloor staff alike perform safety assessments and get improvement recommendations.

But we don't want you to use five different software tools to manage and improve process designs. That's why Kaizen Copilot also offers AI-powered time and motion studies, process improvement recommendations, automatic line balancing, P-FMEAs, and Predetermined Motion Time Systems like MODAPTS, MTM, and MOST.

We celebrated and learned from the achievements of Frontline operators and IEs who presented their Ergonomics-focused Kaizens at the Ergo Cup 2024 finals in ...

04/02/2024

Thrilled to announce that Retrocausal has been selected as one of the top four manufacturing technology companies featured in CB Insights' prestigious AI 100 list for 2024! 🚀

We're honored to be recognized among such groundbreaking innovators who are pushing the boundaries of AI architectures and precision manufacturing. Explore our journey alongside other game-changers in the 2024 lineup! 🎉

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03/13/2024

WordPress Intern

We are urgently looking for an intern with experience in WordPress and frontend development. The role is well-paid and remote.

Please drop your CV with the title, "WordPress Intern" to careers@retrocausal.ai.