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Launchpad.build is a technology company.
Launchpad.build delivers advanced AI and robotics solutions for the manufacturing sector. Its core offering intelligently integrates human and robotic workforces, leveraging real-time computer vision and AI-driven control systems. This technology helps manufacturers streamline operations, address labor shortages, and reduce costs, especially in precise assembly. The company's systems aim to transcend conventional automation.
Founded in 2020 by Yoav Zingher, Bill Gross, and Ofer Ricklis, Launchpad emerged from recognizing persistent labor and efficiency challenges in manufacturing. The founders aimed to utilize advanced AI and robotics to optimize production and bolster local economies through resilient industrial capabilities. Yoav Zingher brought prior entrepreneurial experience from founding KiWiPower.
Launchpad.build serves manufacturing firms implementing sophisticated automation, providing tools to blend human expertise with robotic precision. The company envisions reimagining modern manufacturing, creating intelligent, adaptable systems that enhance overall productivity. This fosters economic growth and a dynamic, efficient industrial landscape.
Launchpad.build has raised $22.5M across 2 funding rounds.
Launchpad.build has raised $22.5M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Launchpad.build has raised $22.5M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $13.5M Grant / Series A in October 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2025 | $13.5M Grant | Steve Smoot, GUY Filippelli | Ericsson, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Adrian Gillespie, Anthony Kelly | Announced |
| Oct 1, 2025 | $9M Series A | — | Chrysalix Venture Capital, Lavrock Ventures, Lockheed Martin Ventures, SOSV | Announced |
Launchpad.build is a technology company founded in 2020 that develops AI-first robotics solutions to reimagine manufacturing, addressing labor shortages and cost pressures by enabling optimal human-robot integration.[1][2][3] Its core products—Digitool (a self-programming robotic system using real-time computer vision for flexible assembly) and Digisolv AI (an AI platform that automates CAD-to-execution workflows)—serve manufacturers, particularly in high-mix, low-volume environments, halving traditional automation time and costs while delivering up to 263% ROI for customers.[2][5][6] With deployments across US and European factories, recent $11M Series A funding (October 2025) from investors like Lavrock Ventures, Lockheed Martin Ventures, and Scottish National Investment Bank fuels expansion amid Deloitte-projected 1.9M US manufacturing job gaps by 2033.[3][4]
The company targets small-to-medium firms lacking in-house robotics expertise, solving rigid, expensive traditional automation by making adaptive systems accessible and scalable.[4][5]
Launchpad was founded in 2020 in Los Angeles, CA, by a team blending entrepreneurship, robotics, and engineering expertise to tackle global manufacturing gaps—500M assembly jobs but only 1.7M robots.[3][5] Key leaders include President Yoav Zingher (ex-founder of KiWiPower, sold to Engie; MBA from London Business School) and Head of Software Siobhan Duncan (robotics researcher from Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, ex-PA Consulting).[1] CEO Jon Quick drives the vision, emphasizing AI to cut automation costs in half.[2][5]
The idea emerged from recognizing prohibitive upfront costs and inflexibility in legacy robotics, prompting development of proprietary tech like Digitool. Early traction included a £2M Scottish Enterprise grant, US deployments, and a new Edinburgh R&D hub in 2024 for AI talent access, marking a pivotal transatlantic pivot.[4][5]
Launchpad rides the AI-robotics resurgence in manufacturing, fueled by labor crises (1.9M US unfilled jobs by 2033), reshoring trends, and 3.8M new US jobs projected through 2033.[2][3] Timing aligns with post-pandemic supply chain vulnerabilities and UK's Employment Rights Bill (noted December 2025), amplifying needs for flexible automation amid talent shortages.[2] Market forces like rising costs and Deloitte forecasts favor its model, influencing the ecosystem by democratizing robotics for non-experts, revitalizing local economies, and scaling via R&D grants/investors—positioning it as a bridge from human-heavy to AI-augmented factories.[3][4][5]
Launchpad's Series A positions it for aggressive US/Europe scaling, prioritizing Digitool/Digisolv enhancements and customer wins in adaptive manufacturing.[3][4] Trends like AI advancements, geopolitical reshoring, and sustainability mandates will propel growth, potentially expanding to new sectors like aerospace (via Lockheed ties). Its influence may evolve from niche innovator to sector standard-setter, halving automation barriers and powering economic revival—just as its tech transcends rigid robots to unlock manufacturing's next era.[2][3]
Launchpad.build has raised $22.5M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Launchpad.build's investors include Steve Smoot, Guy Filippelli, Ericsson, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Adrian Gillespie, Anthony Kelly, Chrysalix Venture Capital, Lavrock Ventures, SOSV.