Today, I’m excited to launch the Advanced Manufacturing Company of America. We've raised $76M in initial funding from Caffeinated Capital, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, a16z, and others. The best time to build this business is right now, but the real work began decades ago.

“At Amca, our vision is to renew the entrepreneurial spirit and engineering legacy of this industry’s golden age.” No better founder to build this than Jai Malik. We at a16z are honored to back Amca, the Advanced Manufacturing Company of America. 🇺🇸🚀🫡

This is the future of building in America — young minds with fresh ambition innovating upon the businesses made in America for the last 100 years. Proud to have Story Co produce this! It's an emotional and important story.

This is only possible in America

This is the American spirit we knew as kids and I’m thrilled to see it revived. Beautifully portrayed Jason Carman and best wishes to Amca !

I forgot to mention something important: we're hiring. If you have an engineering background and want to run a factory or design new aerospace products, my DMs are open. We are not solving easy problems, but you are a part of the future at Amca.

make aerospace beautiful again

make aerospace beautiful again, pt 2

Redesigning a factory from the 60s is hard but important work

American manufacturing is built on small companies with big personalities. This is the story of Candy Suits, a Beverly Hills model and Icelandic weather presenter turned defense CEO. She’s been manufacturing cockpit panels for fighter jets since the 1980s.

the American industrial base is full of stories like this. these stories - stories of people, and of companies, and of projects, and of outcomes - are what we are fighting not only to preserve, but grow and transform. Worth a watch:

I’ve been watching this again and again, not just because Candy is extraordinary, but because Jai Malik and team are on to the quiet part: these stories aren’t just about building the defense industrial base. They’re about family businesses, and how we used to collectively

aircraft are the most elegant expression of power of our technological civilization. on a everyman's salary, one can bestride the world