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Forgepoint, founded in 2025 in the US, builds Frank, an AI agent that acts as an inside sales rep for manufacturers, automating the RFQ-to-quote workflow (requirement parsing, cost-model pricing, quote generation and CRM/ERP sync) for foundries, metal fabricators, injection molders and machine shops.

Seed · $10M · 2026-10

Cloneable, founded in 2023 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, captures expert knowledge from workers and transforms it into AI agents capable of autonomously executing complex industrial and infrastructure processes.

Seed · $9M · 2026-04

Hadrian, founded in 2020 in Torrance, California, builds automated factories to manufacture precision parts for the aerospace and defense industries.

Series D+ · $2.0B · 2026-08 · Valuation $7.9B

Hemu Intelligence (legal entity: Hemu Artificial Intelligence Technology (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.) was founded in May 2026, incubated jointly by the Dongguan Institute of Next-Generation AI Industry Technology and mold manufacturer Duanpin Precision. Registered in Chengdu with its core incubation and operations in Dongguan (plus a Guangzhou branch), the company focuses on physical AI and manufacturing semantic computing for mold making, developing its own Uniwood large model to build an AI process brain covering quotation, mold design, DFM analysis, process scheduling, production and quality inspection, with plans to extend into hardware forming a "brain + carrier" product model.

Seed · 2026-09

Atira, founded in Munich, Germany in November 2024 by Florian Diegruber and August DuMont Schutte, builds an AI orchestration layer sitting between a manufacturer’s CRM and ERP systems to automate requirement extraction, bid/no-bid decisions and technical documentation generation for industrial sales engineering.

Seed · $18M · 2026-09

Polysense is a Belgian food manufacturing AI company founded in 2022, offering three products: Polysense Qualify for real-time machine vision quality inspection, Polysense AutoControl for automatic machine parameter adjustment, and Polysense Intelligence for data analytics. Customers include Agristo, Aviko, Darta, and Poppies Bakeries across Europe, the US, and the Middle East.

Seed · $13M · 2026-07

Bonx, founded in 2022 in Paris, provides AI-powered ERP and factory operations management software for mid-market manufacturers, featuring no-code configuration and deployment in six to twelve weeks.

Seed · $9M · 2025-07

Donecle, founded in 2015 in Toulouse, France, automates aircraft exterior inspections using autonomous drones and AI.

$24M · 2026-04

Maneva, founded in 2021 in Toronto, Canada and headquartered in Palo Alto, USA, runs computer vision on a factory's existing cameras to detect production inefficiencies, diagnose root causes, and trigger automated remediation across equipment, processes, and teams—helping manufacturers address the problem of delayed production line issue detection.

Series A · $38M · 2026-06