WeSort.AI X.Sort & Vision.Sort

WeSort.AI GmbH is a Würzburg, Germany company founded in 2021 that makes AI-based sorting systems for waste and recycling. It addresses fires caused by misdisposed batteries in recycling plants and the recovery of raw materials from mixed waste.

The systems combine X-ray sensors, optical cameras and AI. X.Sort detects hazardous items such as batteries and gas cartridges, Vision.Sort recovers valuable materials by colour, shape and structure, and WeSort.Cloud with Vision.Insights provide data analysis. Customers named on the site include KORN Recycling, PreZero, Electrocycling and Lobbe.

• X.Sort: X-ray detection of hazardous materials such as batteries and gas cartridges.
• Vision.Sort: camera-based recovery of valuable materials by colour, shape and structure.
• Vision.Insights: analysis of sorting data.
• WeSort.Cloud: cloud connection for plant data.
• Multi-stream use: light packaging, commercial and bulky waste, waste wood, e-scrap and construction rubble.

Detecting batteries in municipal solid waste lines at Vietnamese waste-to-resource plants. Recovering metals and plastics at e-waste recycling facilities. Protecting packaging recycling lines that handle mixed commercial waste.

Detects batteries and gas cartridges to protect plants from fires; a news report cites up to 90% lower fire risk as a company claim. Recovers valuable and critical raw materials from mixed streams. Works across light packaging, commercial waste, e-scrap, waste wood and construction rubble. Data tools support plant monitoring.

Lithium battery fires are a growing risk at recycling plants, and demand for recovered critical raw materials is rising. Vietnam is building out recycling and extended producer responsibility systems, which increases the need for safer and more automated sorting lines.

Wurzburg, Germany; founded 2021 (per startuprise news). EUR 10 million round reported March 2026. Site lists German founder awards from 2024 and membership of the bvse association.