The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Machina Labs: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $186.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryIndustrial Robots
Appears inManufacturing robots
Overview
American AI-driven manufacturing company combining robotics and AI for Rapid sheet metal forming and advanced composite manufacturing. $124M Series C to scale robotic manufacturing for defense and mobility.
Reality check
Technology (company-claimed)
AI-driven robotic forming of sheet metal and composite parts for mobility and defense.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
CEO (reported, unconfirmed)
Funding (reported, unconfirmed)
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Machina Labs on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Machina Labs's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Machina Labs deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Edward Mehr Co-founder & CEOsince 2019-01-01secondary-verified
- Lazarus Fetting ctosince 2019-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Edward Mehrcofounderfounded 2019-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Machina Labs.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Machina Labs2 deployments
Recent coverage
Machina Labs in third-party press
Peers
218 peers across 2 segments. Every Machina Labs competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
service(144)
113 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 831.3520919269878) · leader Bond at 1957%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- A&K Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aescapedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allen Control Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amazondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amity Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
industrial robot(74)
33 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2051.61304640928) · leader Mind Robotics at 3415%
- ABB Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AMP Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ASUSdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATOMSdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Acuminodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allonicdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (4)
Registry pages whose text names Machina Labs.
Deployments (2)
Machina Forming Cell at Pasadena, Machina Forming Cell at Dayton
People (2)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $186.0M
- Employees
- 101
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (3)
Machina Labs’s 3 disclosed rounds, $170M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series C2026-02-04
$124M(reported)
Investors: Lockheed Martin Ventures, Balerion Space Ventures
- Series B2023-10-01
$32M(reported)
Investors: NVentures (NVIDIA) (co_lead), Innovation Endeavors (co_lead)
- Series A2021-11-01
$14M(reported)
Investors: Innovation Endeavors (lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Machina Labs’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2026-02-04Series C raising $124000000
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2023-10-01Series B raising $32000000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2021-11-01Series A raising $14000000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2021-01-01Series A raising $16000000
Key hireAlex Liao joins as Co-founder & CTO
2019-01-01Alex Liao appointed Co-founder & CTO (current)
Key hireLazarus Fetting joins as cto
2019-01-01Lazarus Fetting appointed cto (current)
Key hireEdward Mehr joins as ceo
2019-01-01Edward Mehr appointed ceo (current)
Key hireEdward Mehr joins as Co-founder & CEO
2019-01-01Edward Mehr appointed Co-founder & CEO (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Machina Labs Ep. 1 | The Rise of RoboForming
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 7, 2026
Portable Manufacturing with the Machina Labs RoboCraftsman Platform
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Machina Forming Cell at Pasadena
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Machina Forming Cell at Dayton
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Machina Labs.Peer companies
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye4 models
- ABB3 models
- KUKA AG3 models
- Ambi Robotics2 models
- Beckhoff Automation2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Machina Labs from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
2026 CFO of the Year Awards: EMERGING LEADER OF THE YEAR HONOREE
MATTEO BASTREGHI Head of Finance Machina Labs Matteo Bastreghi is the only finance professional at Machina Labs, meaning he owns all financial operations for the company. His work…
Robot Talk Episode 160 – Robotic blacksmiths, with Edward Mehr
Claire chatted to Edward Mehr from Machina Labs about their RoboCraftsman that shapes complex metal parts for the aerospace, defence, and automotive industries. Edward Mehr is an…
Machina Labs Raises $124 Million to Scale Manufacturing Infrastructure for Defense and Advanced Mobility
Machina Labs closed a $124M Series C financing round to build its first large-scale Intelligent Factory for defense and aerospace manufacturing, with customers including the U.S.…
Machina Labs brings in $32M for robotic sheet metal forming
Machina Labs raised $32M Series B for AI-driven robotic sheet metal forming. CEO Edward Mayer leads the LA-based manufacturing startup.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/machina-labs.md
- RSS feed: /companies/machina-labs/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/47f25431-45bc-4fea-ad68-e603b184598d
- Revision history: /companies/machina-labs/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye4 models
- ABB3 models
- KUKA AG3 models
- Ambi Robotics2 models
- Beckhoff Automation2 models
Video
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We tour Machina Labs and sit down with co-founder and CEO Ed Mehr to explore how this former SpaceX engineer is using AI and robotics to revolutionize manufactu
Machina Labs Technologies and Sheet Metal Manufacturing Capabilities including Roboforming(tm), Trimming, Drilling, Scanning, and More
Machina Labs is unlocking the centuries-old manufacturing industry by combining the latest advances in robotics and AI to build the next generation of factories
Machina Labs' RoboCraftsman™ combines cutting-edge robotics, AI-driven process models, and precision controls to enable flexible, onsite sheet metal manufacturi
Manufacturing has been frozen in time for over a century, dependent on rigid tooling, long lead times, and massive factories that are templates of repetition.
Watch Machina Labs’ RoboCraftsman™ in action as it forms the skin for a hypersonic demonstrator using RoboForming, our AI-driven incremental sheet metal forming
In this clip from his holiday interview on TBPN, Machina Labs CEO Edward Mehr breaks down the fundamental shift happening in advanced manufacturing. “There’s t
Following Machina Labs’ $124 million Series C, CEO Edward Mehr joins TBPN to discuss how AI, robotics, and intelligent factories are reshaping manufacturing acr
The defense industrial base is under pressure to deliver, and current manufacturing systems are struggling to keep up. In this presentation from Apex Defense in
Why use simulation in advanced manufacturing? In Machina factories, every RoboCraftsman run generates real production data. That data helps our teams better und
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Machina Labs draws attention at the 69th percentile but verifies reality at the 47th percentile among industrial_robot robots. Hype Gap +22.2, 13th widest among industrial_robot robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Well-capitalized with $186M raised and recent funding activity. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 20, 2026