Great discussion today at @tectonicdefense & @payloadspace Space & Defense Investor Summit on what it takes to scale American manufacturing. Our CEO & Co-Founder @adarshkulkarni joined Chris @Kemp (Astra), Greg Barrow (@corridian_inc), and @p_kalogiannis (@SwarmAero ), moderated by Mislav Tolusic (@MarlinspikeVC). The future of American manufacturing depends on turning innovation into production capacity. Time to build.

From the factory floor to the @Nasdaq MarketSite Tower in Times Square. A proud moment seeing Foundry Robotics featured in the heart of New York City following our $100M Series A. Our name is on the screens but our focus always remains on the mission. Time to build.

“American factories have to be done differently: much more capex efficient, much more product flexible, much more demand responsive" said co-founder and CEO @adarshkulkarni. Adarsh spoke with @rocketalignment at @theinformation about how @FoundryRobotics is revolutionizing the manufacturing industry from the ground up.

Foundry has raised $100M to build autonomous factories for America's critical industries. Ten months in, our 130,000 sq ft Emeryville facility is shipping products to customers across energy, telecom, autonomous vehicles and defense. Thank you to our customers, team and an amazing group of investors led by @MarlinspikeVC with continued support from @khoslaventures . The next era of American manufacturing starts here.

Foundry has acquired @AveaRobotics. @aryind_ and @vikramvadrevu are deeply technical and customer-obsessed and working together (as an early customer) was easy. Data collection and inference at scale power our factories and that makes Avea a natural fit. Welcome aboard!

Our CEO @adarshkulkarni joined the "AI in the Physical World" panel at @AnthropicAI Founders House with @kalinowski007, @kevinmpeterson1 & Adrien Gaidon. His take: deployment is the whole game. Physical AI is improving fast, but it still doesn't understand manufacturing.

Foundry Robotics opening night ⚙️ 21 days before we were taking a sledgehammer to the wall and opening up the adjacent space. Now it’s a factory floor full of investors, partners, customers, researchers, operators, and future teammates. A lot more to come.

Last weekend, the Foundry team headed to Napa for our first offsite. Most days, we’re focused on rebuilding American manufacturing and building hard technology — but great companies are also built through trust, friendship, and shared experiences outside of work. 🍷⚙️

American manufacturing is one of the hardest problems of our generation. We're here to solve it. Today we announce $19M in seed funding, backed by @khoslaventures, @hanabicapital, @redglassvc, @ZeroShotFund, and all our other incredible investors. AI-first. Software-defined. Just getting started. We're hiring.