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CloudNC, the technology company that created the leading AI software for precision machining, led by Theo Saville, Chris Emery, and the team, has raised $20 million in new investment capital. The funding is led by Nimble Ventures, a US-based venture investor, with participation from other investors including Calculus Venture Capital, Entrepreneurs First, and LM Ventures, Lockheed Martin’s venture capital fund. The investment will accelerate adoption of CloudNC’s AI solutions

Besxar, the exoindustrial company manufacturing advanced semiconductor materials, led by Ashley Pilipiszyn, has reported the results of Besxar Flight-1 “Mission Asimov.” On July 5, 2026, two Besxar-built “Clipper-class” canisters flew aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 first-stage booster and were recovered intact after the booster returned to land. The mission marked Besxar’s first flight carrying custom wafer cartridges, power, avionics and printed-circuit hardware designed and built

Hadrian, the advanced manufacturing company building highly automated factories for America, led by Chris Power and the team, has announced $1.37 billion in new equity financing co-led by WCM Investment Management, Washington Harbour Partners, Valor Equity Partners, 137 Ventures, and Baillie Gifford. JPMorganChase's Strategic Investment Group joined as anchor co-lead, investing through the firm's Security and Resiliency Initiative, a program dedicated to strengthening the ind

Limitless Labs, the world’s first Agentic Physical AI platform for CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing) in mechanical manufacturing, led by David Priev, Shahaf Finder, Assaf Peleg, and the team, has raised a $20 million Series A round co-led by Dell Technologies Capital and Square Peg, with participation from Grove Ventures, Meron Capital, and Kinetica. The AI agent integrates directly into existing CAD/CAM systems, enabling manufacturers to captur

Foundation Alloy, a foundation for the next industrial era, led by Jake Guglin, Erin McDevitt, Chris Schuh, and Tim Rupert, has announced $22 million in Series A financing to scale production on its MetalsFIRST™ platform, a fully integrated, solid-state metallurgy technology, to industrial volumes. The round was led by Voyager Ventures, with participation from Trust Ventures, Yamaha Motor Ventures, America’s Frontier Fund, Overlap Holdings, Material Impact, Engine Ventures, a

Divergent , a next-generation digital manufacturing company led by Lukas Czinger and Kevin Czinger, has secured a total of $290 million...

Led by Co-Founders Robin Tuluie(Chairman), Jacomo Corbo(CEO), and Nicolas Haag(Director of Simulation Engineering), PhysicsX has raised...