Foundry Robotics Raises $100M Series A for US Factory

Foundry Robotics raises $100M in a Series A round to build critical hardware in America. Khosla Ventures backed the startup again, and Marlinspike Partners led the oversubscribed round. The money will help open a new 130,000-square-foot AI-powered factory in Emeryville, California.

The company says its goal is simple: help America defend, compete and innovate by making key hardware at home. In its own words, the next era of American manufacturing starts here, and it is time to build.

Foundry Robotics Raises $100M: What the Series A Means

The $100 million Series A is big for a company that is only about a year old. It ranks in the top 3% of US deep-tech Series A rounds. Earlier, Foundry had raised roughly $14 million, so this round is a huge jump.

Marlinspike Partners led the deal. Returning backers Khosla Ventures and Red Glass Ventures joined again, along with existing investors Hanabi and Zero Shot Fund. Three new firms came in too: SE Ventures, Wing VC and Axiom Ventures.

The new money will pay for the Emeryville factory, more AI model work, and bigger robotics, engineering and operations teams. The new site grows Foundry’s factory space about twenty times.

What Is Foundry Robotics? The “Everything Factory” Explained

Most robotics startups sell robots or software. Foundry Robotics does something different. It owns and runs the factories itself and builds products for other companies. People call this model manufacturing-as-a-service.

Inside the factory, AI-powered robotic cells do the assembly work. A system called FoundryOS connects the robots, the factory floor and the cloud. Every production run sends data back to the AI models, so the system gets better over time.

Old factory automation is narrow and costly. It usually fits one product, and changing a line can take months and millions of dollars. Early investor Garuda Ventures described Foundry’s idea as an “everything factory”: one modular plant that can switch between many different products without a long, costly retool. Foundry says it can move a product from design to production in weeks.

What Will Foundry Build in Its Emeryville AI Factory?

The company focuses on complex electromechanical products. Its list includes:

• Drones and ground robots
• Satellites
• Wire harnesses
• Underwater vehicles
• Autonomous vehicle subassemblies
• Data center hardware

Foundry is already shipping to paying customers in energy, telecom, autonomous vehicles and defense. That matters because the US has a production gap in some of these areas. Duane Fotheringham, president of HII Unmanned Systems, said that production capacity is a national limit on getting unmanned systems to the fleet. Marlinspike managing partner Mislav Tolusic added that manufacturers urgently need more assembly capacity at home, and he believes Foundry is signing customers quickly.

Meet the Foundry Robotics Founders

Adarsh Kulkarni: Founder and CEO

Adarsh Kulkarni started Foundry Robotics in 2025. He has spent his career around robots. He was employee number four at Ghost Robotics, a company that builds four-legged robots for the US military. He later joined Scale AI and became its first Head of Robotics. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania, according to public profiles. Kulkarni argues that the factories that bring back US manufacturing must be redesigned from scratch, not simply patched up.

Emmanuel Lamacchia: Co-Founder

Emmanuel Lamacchia brings deep factory experience. At Tesla, he ran the Model Y program, which built about 1.5 million cars a year. He knows how hard it is to run a big production line.

The Rest of the Team

The team also includes Anup Karmakar, a former Tesla software leader, and military veterans who worked at Raytheon and Northrop Grumman. In short, this group has shipped hardware at scale before.

Foundry Robotics Timeline: From Startup to $100M

• 2025Adarsh Kulkarni founds Foundry Robotics to build the “Everything Factory.”
• Early 2026Foundry announces a seed round of about $13.5 million, led by Khosla Ventures and Garuda Ventures.
• October 28, 2026Foundry Robotics raises a $100 million Series A led by Marlinspike Partners and unveils its 130,000-square-foot Emeryville factory.

Why the Race to Rebuild American Manufacturing Is Heating Up

Foundry is not alone. Arda Industries launched this month with $232 million, and Maven Robotics raised a $100 million Series A in September. Investors clearly see a shift toward AI-driven, US-based production, especially for defense and other national priorities.

Still, big claims need proof. An “autonomous factory” only counts if it delivers steady output at scale. With $100 million and a much larger factory, Foundry now has the chance to show it can.

This article reflects publicly announced details as of October 28, 2026.