Machina Labs

Machina Labs builds and operates software-defined factories for aerospace- and defence-grade metal structures. Its RoboCraftsman cells combine robotic forming, scanning, machining, welding and assembly; a $124 million Series C is funding a 200,000-square-foot U.S. factory designed for up to 50 cells.

Facts

Segment: Industrial Robotics
Country: United States
Founded: 2019
Website: https://machinalabs.ai

Market context

Machina Labs is one of the clearest robotics-enabled manufacturing companies moving from flexible production cells into large-scale industrial infrastructure.

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Products

RoboCraftsman

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Funding

2026-02-04 - Series C - $124M - Machina Labs raises $124M Series C and plans first large-scale intelligent factory - Machina Labs closed a $124 million Series C to develop a 200,000-square-foot intelligent factory designed for up to 50 RoboCraftsman cells and thousands of annual structural assemblies. - source: machinalabs.ai
2023-10-06 - Series B - $32M - Machina Labs raises $32M Series B for robotic manufacturing - Machina Labs closed a $32 million Series B co-led by NVentures and Innovation Endeavors to meet customer demand and expand its robotic manufacturing research and systems. - source: machinalabs.ai
2021-11-17 - Series A - $14M - Machina Labs raises $14M Series A and emerges from stealth - Machina Labs raised a $14 million Series A led by Innovation Endeavors, bringing total funding to $16.3 million as it opened its robotic manufacturing platform to commercial partners. - source: techcrunch.com

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Investors

Innovation Endeavors - Lead - Angel / Individual - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-11-17 - latest 2023-10-06
Balerion Space Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-04
Congruent Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-11-17

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4 commercial events; 4 contract awards; latest event 2026-07-15

2026-07-15 - Contract award - Machina wins Lockheed Martin qualification contract for JASSM assembly - source: machinalabs.ai
2025-09-17 - Contract award - Machina Labs wins AFRL and ARM Institute contract for automated airframe tooling - source: machinalabs.ai
2025-04-07 - Contract award - U.S. Air Force orders second RoboCraftsman for aircraft sustainment - source: machinalabs.ai

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Supply

NASA - Outbound - Robotic Manufacturing - Machina fabricated a tool-free toroidal tank structure for NASA from digital geometry using RoboCraftsman - source: machinalabs.ai
United States Air Force - Outbound - Robotic Manufacturing - The U.S. Air Force purchased a second RoboCraftsman platform for aircraft sustainment work - source: machinalabs.ai
Lockheed Martin - Outbound - Manufacturing - Machina is qualifying a RoboFormed assembly for Lockheed Martin's JASSM programme and plans production support through Factory 3 - source: machinalabs.ai

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Timeline

2026-07-15 - Contract Award - Machina wins Lockheed Martin qualification contract for JASSM assembly - The assembly is the first product from a Machina Factory to enter qualification for a defence missile system. Machina produced it in Los Angeles using RoboForming and precision laser welding. Factory 3 is under development as a 200,000-square-foot site… - source: machinalabs.ai
2026-07-07 - Org Change - Machina Labs launches defence manufacturing subsidiary Machina Bellator - Bellator covers missiles, hypersonic systems, UAVs and aircraft-sustainment applications. The subsidiary brings defence contracting, certification and compliance work under one operating structure. Machina said Factory 3 is designed for more than 50… - source: machinalabs.ai
2026-06-17 - Demonstration - Machina Labs and nTop demonstrate tool-free UAV airframe workflow - The teams evaluated 11 structural variants and 15 CFD cases before committing the design to metal. Machina produced the airframe through robotic forming, joining and assembly without dedicated hard tooling. The programme is continuing toward a roughly… - source: machinalabs.ai

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Team

Edward Mehr - Founder and CEO - Leads Machina’s product and factory scale-up from robotic forming into production manufacturing.
John Borrego - President, Machina Bellator - Directs missile, hypersonics and aerospace manufacturing programmes through Machina’s defence subsidiary.
Ronen Lebi - Chief Business Officer - Leads strategy, sales and growth across defence, aerospace and industrial markets.

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Relations

nTop - Computational Design Partner - Machina and nTop connected parametric design with tool-free robotic production for a Class 3 UAV airframe demonstrator.
Toyota Motor Corporation - Automotive Manufacturing Pilot Partner - Machina and Toyota Motor North America began a pilot for customised automotive body-panel production using RoboForming.
University of Dayton Research Institute - Robocraftsman Host Site - A second RoboCraftsman was assigned to the University of Dayton Research Institute for aircraft-part training and qualification.

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