Forge Automation
Software-enabled CNC job shop turning around custom metal parts in 4 days
The product
Forge Automation runs software-enabled factories that produce custom CNC machined parts in under a week. Customers upload CAD, the platform handles quoting, scheduling, and machine programming. YC W25.
The thesis
Brings instant-quote, fast-turn CNC machining to North American hardware teams who would otherwise wait weeks for a traditional job shop or send work overseas — a direct on-shoring play for prototyping and low-volume production.
How it runs
Runs software-enabled CNC factories in Canada: customers upload a CAD model, configure manufacturing requirements, receive an instant quote, check out online, and Forge manufactures and ships the custom part. Standard orders are made within four days.
How it earns
Earns direct manufacturing revenue from custom, low-volume CNC orders placed through its online quoting workflow; it also offers reserved-machine access with a production-time service commitment.
Why it wins
Combines an online CAD-to-checkout workflow with owned 3- and 4-axis milling capacity, stocked materials, and in-house or vetted finishing to compress quoting and production lead times.
Evidence ledger
- website · 2026-04-27
Forge Automation identifies as a reindustrialization company.
https://www.forgejobshop.com - web · 2026-09-27
The current public site remains consistent with the dossier's fast-turn, software-enabled CNC job-shop model. No material post-cutoff financing, facility, customer, leadership, certification, or operating milestone is disclosed.
https://www.forgejobshop.com/ - web · 2026-09-27
Reserved Machines remains a capacity reservation and service-level offering consistent with the existing dossier.
https://www.forgejobshop.com/docs/reserve - web · 2026-10-08
Forge is active, based in Toronto, and part of Y Combinator's W25 batch. Y Combinator characterizes Forge as a software-enabled CNC parts supplier.
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/forge-automation/jobs
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