Case Study: COVVI achieves scalable, secure AI‑driven prosthetics and remote updates with NetApp (Amazon FSx for ONTAP)

COVVI entrusts NetApp to manage the data behind the world-leading bionic hand

COVVI is a startup building a data‑powered bionic hand that returns dexterity and independence to people with upper‑limb loss. As the company scaled product development and remote services during the pandemic, engineers needed a single, secure, cloud‑based repository for large R&D files and sensitive user data—without investing in on‑premises infrastructure or deep enterprise storage expertise.

COVVI adopted Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, a fully managed cloud storage solution, and was up and running in minutes. The platform centralized R&D and anonymized user telemetry into a data lake for AI/ML, enabled Remote Assist for real‑time updates to users’ hands, and delivered enterprise security and on‑demand scalability. The result: faster innovation, hundreds of hands deployed worldwide, a partnership with the U.K. NHS, expansion plans for the U.S., and new commercial use cases such as robotic cleanup of hazardous waste.

Covvi

Simon Pollard

CEO