Westmag Emerges With $11M to Rebuild America’s Drone, Robotics Hardware Supply Chain

Westmag Raises $11M To Build American Drone Motors, Betting Scale Beats China On Price

Westmag emerged from stealth on Tuesday with $11 million in seed funding to manufacture drone motors and robot actuators in South San Francisco, aiming squarely at the one part of the American drone supply chain almost no one has tried to fix. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Founders Fund, Lux Capital, NFDG, and Menlo Ventures participating. The company name is short for Western Magnetics Company, and its pitch is direct: build th…

Westmag Emerges With $11M to Rebuild America’s Drone, Robotics Hardware Supply Chain

San Francisco-based Westmag has emerged from stealth with $11 million in seed funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz, to build American drone motors and robotic actuators at scale to meet industry demand. As investments in artificial intelligence, drones, and robotics continue to grow, investors and manufacturers like Westmag believe the industry’s biggest constraint may not be software innovation but the physical components, specifically electric …

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Building the Electric Stack by making motors and actuators next to drones and robots