Build where
industry lives.

Created by a16z American Dynamism and Atlas Holdings.

Foundry brings a small number of exceptional technical founders onto the platform and deploys them into some of the largest industrial businesses via Atlas’ portfolio. Working directly with leadership teams, engineers, operators, and process owners, they begin with a consequential operating problem and build solutions in the industrial environment. Foundry believes that effective solutions must be designed on the factory floor.

When a founder builds a product that can become an enduring independent company, Atlas and a16z will support its creation and financing, with the founder at the helm. AI can unlock enormous value in the industrial world, and the best way to build it is from inside the factory.