# Machina Labs: company

Canonical ID: `47f25431-45bc-4fea-ad68-e603b184598d`

## Key facts

- **Founded:** 2019, Los Angeles, California
- **Founders:** Edward Mehr (CEO, ex-SpaceX), Lazarus Fetting (CTO)
- **Product:** Robotic forming cell - AI-driven robots hammer and shape sheet metal into complex parts without traditional dies or molds
- **Funding:** Series A $16M; Series B $32M; total ~$48M
- **Customers:** Aerospace, automotive, defense manufacturing - rapid prototyping and low-volume production
- **Differentiation:** No tooling/dies required; rapid iteration from CAD to formed part; reduces lead time from months to days

- **Slug:** machina-labs
- **Founded:** 2019
- **HQ:** Los Angeles, CA

## Models

- [Machina Forming Cell](/models/machina-labs-forming-cell.md) (service) (id: `49df3ed5-73ae-47e6-8e08-9f49952248a4`)

## Current leadership (4)

- [Edward Mehr](/people/edward-mehr.md) Co-founder & CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Alex Liao](/people/alex-liao.md) Co-founder & CTO (secondary-verified)
- [Edward Mehr](/people/edward-mehr.md) ceo (secondary-verified)
- [Lazarus Fetting](/people/lazarus-fetting.md) cto (secondary-verified)

## Founders (2)

- [Edward Mehr](/people/edward-mehr.md) (cofounder)
- [Alex Liao](/people/alex-liao.md) (cofounder)

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