Advanced Metal Research

Machine intelligence for American Welding

Y CombinatorSpring 2026ActiveIndustrialsManufacturing and RoboticsHardwareRoboticsManufacturing

What they do

Problem

Manufacturers face a welding capability bottleneck due to skilled labor shortages and retiring welders, limiting scalable, consistent production quality.

Solution

American-made robotic welding cells using computer vision for real-time seam tracking and post-weld inspection to create a closed-loop system that learns from every weld.

Who it's for

Manufacturers and fabrication shops that perform production welding and need scalable, automated welding quality and throughput.

Founders

Angus Muffatti

Founder/CEO

+Last startup hit first $1m in 18 months & $10m val at last investment from largest aussie real estate group + 3 published ML & AI optimisation papers + Designed & built liquid bi-propellant rocket engines & test facility

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Julian Fried

Founder

Building robotic welding equipment | Prev. Welding foreman in Eastern PA 🇺🇸

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Stephen Lin

Founder

Founder at Advanced Metal Research. Previously at NASA working on spacewalks and planetary exploration. Built systems used by mission control for 19 spacewalks to date enabling real-time telemetry & monitoring of EVAs.

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