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February 8, 2024

“You couldn’t build a company like this in Silicon Valley.” OpenAI alum raises $21m for German autonomous factories

The startup is attempting to remove supply chain bottlenecks that manufacturers typically face


Daedalus's factory in Karlsruhe, Germany

Karlsruhe-based Daedalus has raised $21m in Series A funding to build autonomous factories that manufacture precision parts, for anything from medical devices and rollercoaster wheels to rocket engines. 

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Daedalus's factory in Karlsruhe, which is in the process of being built
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The idea is for the factory to automate the entire manufacturing process of precision parts: from quoting to delivery
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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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