TG0 Raises £6.5M Across Two Rounds to Bring AI-Powered Touch Sensing to Automotive and Consumer Electronics

December 17, 2024

TG0, a London-based hardware technology company founded in 2015 by CEO Ming Kong and CTO Dr Liucheng Guo, has raised £6.5 million across two funding rounds in the second half of 2024. A £2 million round led by NetMind.AI closed in September, followed by a £4.5 million Series B also led by NetMind.AI with additional participation from WP Health in December. The combined capital will be used to expand TG0’s global team and enhance capabilities across the full client journey — from product design through to mass manufacturing — as the company accelerates its position as a leader in AI-powered human-machine interface technology.

The interface between humans and physical devices is one of the most persistent constraints on product design. Touchscreens brought flat, glasslike interaction surfaces to consumer electronics but are poorly suited to many physical contexts: a car dashboard that demands eyes-forward driving, a gaming controller that requires ergonomic grip, a medical device that must be operated while wearing gloves, or a prosthetic that needs to sense pressure without rigid components. The dominant solutions — mechanical buttons, capacitive touchscreens, and RFID-based interfaces — each impose form-factor and functional limitations on the products they are embedded in. TG0 was founded on the premise that the sensing surface itself could be reinvented.

The company has developed a patented platform of flexible, touch-sensitive, and pressure-mapping materials that can be integrated directly into the surfaces of physical products. These tactile control systems detect not just touch but pressure and vibration in three dimensions, enabling gestures such as swiping, squeezing, and force sensing on curved, soft, or irregularly shaped surfaces. The materials are thin, lightweight, and manufacturable at scale, allowing product designers to embed sensing capability into controllers, steering wheels, door handles, wearables, prosthetics, and sports equipment without adding bulk or complexity. An AI layer processes the tactile data in real time, enabling contextual, adaptive responses to user input.

TG0’s commercial traction spans multiple industries. In gaming, the company has partnered with Zwift Ride and Somnium Space, including for a VR controller that uses finger-sensing technology. In automotive, collaborations with Novares, Italdesign, JoysonQuin, and Airbus demonstrate deployment in both production and design contexts. The company’s technology is also being applied in medtech to prosthetics, rehabilitation devices, and pressure-mapping medical tools. Clients across the portfolio include globally recognised names in aerospace, automotive, and consumer electronics.

NetMind.AI — a London-based AI company building distributed computing infrastructure and AGI-focused platforms — led both rounds, reflecting a strategic alignment: TG0’s hardware can run AI inference at the edge, powered by NetMind’s computing platform. NetMind CEO Kai Zou described TG0’s approach as a fundamental shift in how digital interfaces are conceived, and highlighted the potential to accelerate truly intuitive digital experiences by combining TG0’s sensing technology with NetMind’s AI capabilities. The combined £6.5M from the two rounds positions TG0 to move from bespoke project work toward scaled, repeatable commercial deployments across its core verticals.

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