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Augmented Reality is now live on Diagon! We recently released a feature that enables you to effortlessly view 3D models of equipment in any environment, using only your smartphone! Don't believe me? Check it out for yourself and let me know what you think! https://lnkd.in/g8SySqhH You’re looking at a cathode coating machine made by Korean manufacturer, People & Technology (PNT), used in the manufacturing of battery cells. These are large machines (about the size of a football field) used to coat the battery electrode before winding it into a cell.  We overlaid this machine on the streets of Silicon Valley - at 1/10 of it’s actual scale, but you can easily imagine how powerful of a tool this will be in a factory setting, giving you a sense of the size, scale, and requirements for utilities like water, electricity, and gas plumbing. Try this out today and let me know what you think! This is exactly what I had in mind when we set out to build the marketplace that would equip the factories of the future. If you think this is cool, just wait until you see what else we have in store. Tag a battery manufacturing friend that you think will appreciate this! Credits: 🏭: PNT Inc. 📹: Greg Smyth 💻: ryan dushane, Justin Adkins, Jake Rorrer, Clara Bradley, & Shridharan Muthu (best prod & dev team ever!)

Join us next week for a special election edition of Movers & Makers! We'll be discussing the upcoming presidential election and its potential impacts on manufacturing policy. Special guests, Emily Domenech and Michael Carr, will share insights from their experiences working with congressional leaders in both Democratic and Republican administrations. Emily served as former senior policy advisor to Speakers Mike Johnson and Kevin McCarthy. She has extensive knowledge on manufacturing policies that will likely inform the upcoming presidential platform. Michael served as former senior counsel to the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. He helped author the $25 billion Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan program and served on the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the US Department of Energy. This will be our first virtual event, so I hope to see you all there! Sign up today: https://lu.ma/7fzheifa When: Wednesday (10/16) at 12pm PST/3pm EST Huge thanks to my friends Teddy J. at Boundary Stone Partners and David Sesi at JLL for co-hosting!

Come check out the Diagon Supply Chain session at IMTS - International Manufacturing Technology Show today at 1:30. Greg Smyth, Shridharan Muthu, and myself will be discussing CAPEX procurement and the role that Diagon is playing to equip manufacturers with the tools they need to build innovative new products. West Building: Room 190 at 1:30pm. We hope to see you there!

Diagon will be presenting at the Supply Chain Forum next week at IMTS - International Manufacturing Technology Show! IMTS is the largest manufacturing conference in North America, with over 100,000 attendees, exhibitors, and partners. We couldn't be more excited to partner with them this year. Diagon is building a marketplace to help companies buy and sell manufacturing equipment. We partner with equipment suppliers to reach customers in the automotive, aerospace, and renewable energy industries. During our discussion we will discuss the complex procurement landscape, specifically as it relates to the procurement process for manufacturing capital expenditures (CAPEX). You won't want to miss it. Our session will be on Wed, Sep 11 at 1:30pm in the West Building (W190-A). Sign up for the session today using the link below. We look forward to seeing you there! Sign up for the Supply Chain Forum: https://lnkd.in/gJf9T9Ge Sell with Diagon: https://lnkd.in/guUHMqsz Huge thanks to IMTS, AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology, and CSCMP - Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals for hosting this awesome event!

Huge shout out to Jason Kalira and the The Westly Group on raising their $100m seed fund! I'm proud to share that Diagon was one of the first few deals out of this fund. I hope to have several other incredible founders join us in this portfolio. As an early stage founder, I can tell you definitively it ABSOLUTELY matters who you select as your investor. The firm matters! The right firm can open up doors with customers and industry partners that you might never be able to open on your own. The right firm can also draw upon their LP base to create opportunities that are mutually beneficial for all parties. The partner matters! It doesn't matter if you partner with a top-tier VC if your partner sucks. The right partner will consider themselves an extension of your team. They'll spend time with you to make sure you're tracking the right metrics and actually help you achieve them. If you're a founder building in the manufacturing, renewable energy, automotive, or mobility sectors I encourage you to check out this fund. Congrats Jason!!! 💵🎉🚀

Movers & Makers: American Dynamism event was a huge success! We brought together over 200 manufacturing & supply chain leaders (the largest such community in Silicon Valley) for an incredibly insightful discussion on the re-shoring and near-shoring of industrial manufacturing. Key Highlights 1. The Carrot & The Stick - Government incentive programs are incentivizing North American manufacturing. The Carrot: IRA, Chips Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) etc. The Stick: Tariffs on imported products like EVs, batteries, and semi-conductors. 2. Manufacturing Strategies Vary - Manufacturers consider the nature of their products and their consumer markets to make the best decisions on manufacturing strategies. Some manufacture in-house, others contract to well-equipped contract manufacturers, others near-shore. 3. Competition with Nations - The largest manufacturers (companies like Intel Corporation) compete with state-backed companies like Samsung and TSMC with the full weight of the Taiwanese and South Korean governments behind them. Billions of dollars of US government incentives are a drop in the bucket compared to entire governments that control interest rates, currencies, and monetary policy. Public Policy Expert Panel Greg M. (JLL), Jan Sramek (California Forever), Mookie Hojiwala (Embrava Group), Teddy J. (Boundary Stone Partners), Jack Slagle Manufacturing Expert Panel Will Drewery (Diagon), Mark Schwager (Monarch Tractor), Alexey Dubov (Mighty Buildings), Keith Flynn (Anduril Industries), Jerry Bautista, PhD (Intel Corporation) Huge thanks to Ashley Tarver, Arijit Chatterjee, and the Microsoft team for hosting us at your beautiful Silicon Valley campus! Shout outs: Greg Smyth (Diagon), Alan F. Bucio (Diagon), Shridharan Muthu (Diagon), David Sesi (JLL), Greg M. (JLL), Jason Kalira (The Westly Group), Megan Cain (The Westly Group), Rodolph Lapointe, Jose Cabrera (📸), Ashley Drewery (The Drewery Family 🙏🏾💙), and many more! Stay tuned for the next event. We've got some exciting surprises in store. 😉😎

Movers & Makers is gearing up to be one of the best manufacturing events of the year. Microsoft has agreed to host at their beautiful new campus in Silicon Valley on Thurs 5/30. The theme for this event is American Dynamism: Re-shoring [and Near-shoring] of Industrial Manufacturing. Leaders from across the industry will be sharing perspectives and lessons learned from their manufacturing journeys. We'll also discuss the new tariff regime that was recently announced by the Biden Administration. You won't want to miss it! Secure your spot using this link: https://lu.ma/qtiy1yod Manufacturers Anduril Industries Lunar Energy Moxion Power Mighty Buildings Tesla Rivian Lucid Motors Joby Aviation Antora Energy Mitra Chem Ample Aurora Startups Heliux Westwood Aerogel Rosotics Arkestro Solideon Diagon Investors The Westly Group Valia Ventures Foster Ventures Schematic Ventures Innovation Endeavors Porsche Ventures BMW i Ventures Autotech Ventures General Catalyst Sponsors Diagon JLL The Westly Group Microsoft We hope to see you there!