Forge Automation (YC W25) — Software enabled CNC parts supplier
Forge Automation runs software enabled factories that deliver custom metal parts in four days or less. Instead of mechanical engineers having to wait two to three weeks for their low volume CNC parts, they can simply upload a CAD model on our platform and we will ship it out in four days or less.
Forge Automation is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2025 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Software Enabled CNC Parts Supplier. The founders listed are Timothy Seto (Founder/CEO), Walter Raftus (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, January 12, 2025).
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Forge Automation runs software enabled factories that deliver custom metal parts in four days or less. Instead of mechanical engineers having to wait two to three weeks for their low volume CNC parts, they can simply upload a CAD model on our platform and we will ship it out in four days or less. We aim to give mechanical engineers the "Amazon experience" for custom metal parts.
Timothy Seto
Founder/CEO
Walter Raftus
Founder/CTO
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One of 169 companies held here in Industrials › Manufacturing and Robotics.
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