2025 · Sep
Forge opens its San Francisco facility
Shortly after Y Combinator, Forge set up its operations in the Bay Area and began running welding and scanning out of its own facility.
// about
A small team reinventing how factories get built.
Forge Robotics was founded in 2025 in San Francisco, building fully modular autonomous factories. We're backed by Y Combinator (F25) and operate out of our own facility in the Bay Area.
// investors
Backed by the best in deep tech.
Forge Robotics is backed by Y Combinator and a group of operators and angels from the robotics, manufacturing, and AI worlds.
+ angels from robotics & AI
// new investors
Interested in investing?
Send us a quick note and we'll share our intro deck.
// team
Founder
Senior Engineers
Conor Pickering
Dept. Head of ML · Software Robotics Team Lead
// careers
Come build the factory of the future.
No open roles right now
We're not hiring at the moment. Check back soon.
We're a small team in San Francisco and we're growing carefully. New roles will be posted here as they open up.
// news
Latest from Forge
2025 · Sep
$500K pre-seed led by Y Combinator (F25)
Forge Robotics joined the F25 batch with a $500K pre-seed to accelerate the rollout of modular autonomous factories.
2025 · Jun
Forge Robotics is founded
The company is founded in Galway, Ireland.
// faq
Frequently asked
A modular autonomous factory is a production line made up of self-contained, self-operating modules (welding, scanning, engraving, etc.) that can be reconfigured in software and relocated physically. Instead of building a new line for each product, you compose one from modules that run themselves.
Our first hardware product, the Welding Module, is on a waitlist. Today, most customers engage us through production contracts where we run the modules and ship finished parts.
1385 Fairfax Ave, STE B, San Francisco, CA 94124, US. Our factory and engineering team are based here in the Bay Area.
Manufacturers of metal goods (automotive suppliers, contract fabricators, industrial equipment OEMs) who need welding, engraving, or scanning with tight quality requirements.
For partnerships or customer inquiries, use the form on the Resources page. For investor inquiries, use the form on this page. Or email robert@forge-robotics.com directly.