Deus Ex Machina

The Future of
Autonomous Systems

WHO WE ARE

We are a group of the most elite hardware and software engineers in the world committed to solving the West's most mission critical problem.

We are structured less like a traditional corporation and more like a network of high-performance engineering competition teams: tight-knit, technically obsessed, and relentlessly focused on winning. Each team operates with autonomy, deep technical leadership, and a shared commitment to the mission: restoring America's ability to build at world-leading speed and scale.

WHAT WE BUILD

We create systems that give our industrial base a decisive advantage.

We deploy elite engineering teams directly into factories: small, specialized units who work on the shop floor to design autonomous systems and deliver measurable gains in output, quality, and lead time. Every deployment compounds into a growing data collection, making each subsequent project faster and more capable. By meeting the problems where they live, we help manufacturers achieve competitive advantages that last long after we leave.

WHY WE BUILD

We need a Deus Ex Machina.

The skilled workforce that built our industrial base is retiring at an accelerating pace, and without decisive action, our production capacity will contract sharply. At the same time, global competitors are expanding their manufacturing scale and sophistication at a speed we are not currently matching. If we lose the ability to produce what we need, when we need it, we concede control over our economic and national security to others. In an era defined by geopolitical competition, that is a position we cannot afford to occupy. Incremental improvements will not be enough. The gap will only close with a unintuitive advantage that fundamentally changes the trajectory: a Deus Ex Machina. Everyone assumes the only way to compete is to make labor cheaper, but we believe the answer is the opposite: embrace our high-cost, high-talent workforce and run factories with a handful of world-class engineers, not armies of low-skill labor. Each success compounds, improving supply chains from the ground up.

Connect With Us

Get in Touch

Email

founders@cruciblerobotics.com

Phone

+1 (816) 305-5627

Address

San Francisco, CA

Career Inquiries

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