Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts
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Three former SpaceX engineers launched a startup called 1872 in Cincinnati, Ohio, building an AI-driven robotic factory to automate steel manufacturing. Targeting a growing skilled labor shortage, which the American Welding Society estimates will reach 320,500 missing welding professionals by 2029, the company is starting with steel skids used in AI data centers and nuclear reactors. Backed by $15 million in seed funding, 1872 aims to reach mostly automated operations by 2027.
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