Dirac Inc. Secures $10.7 Million in Funding, Partners with Siemens to Revolutionize Manufacturing Assembly

NEW YORK, NY – Dirac Inc., a New York-based technology startup, has successfully raised nearly $11 million in a funding round led by prominent venture capital firms Founders Fund and Coatue Management. This significant investment coincides with Dirac's announcement of a strategic partnership with industrial manufacturing giant Siemens, aimed at transforming the creation of assembly instructions for complex machinery through artificial intelligence.

The funding and partnership underscore a growing industry focus on reindustrialization and addressing manufacturing bottlenecks. Eric Jorgenson, an investor in Dirac Inc., expressed strong support for the company's progress, stating on social media, "Fil is a MACHINE," referring to Dirac's co-founder and CEO, Fil Aronshtein. Jorgenson further emphasized the importance of software in hardware development, adding, "Hardware cos require great software. This partnership is huge. We are very proud investors in @FilArons and @DiracInc."

Dirac's flagship product, BuildOS, is an AI-powered software tool designed to automate the generation of assembly instructions. Traditionally, this process is manual and time-consuming, often involving engineers manually compiling hundreds of screenshots from CAD files into lengthy documents. BuildOS aims to streamline this by using AI to determine the optimal assembly order and create interactive, animated 3D instructions.

The collaboration with Siemens involves integrating BuildOS with Siemens' Teamcenter, an engineering management software. This integration is expected to provide Dirac with broader access to Siemens' extensive customer base across various sectors, including aerospace, defense, automotive, and agriculture. The partnership highlights a shared vision to enhance efficiency and reduce errors in manufacturing, contributing to the broader movement of reshoring production and boosting domestic industrial capabilities.

Fil Aronshtein, who co-founded Dirac in 2023 with Peter Weiss, emphasized the critical need for such innovation. "The foundation of the West was built upon our capacity to build," Aronshtein noted, highlighting his observations of archaic infrastructure in manufacturing during his prior experience at Northrop Grumman. This investment reflects a belief among investors like Founders Fund's Trae Stephens and Coatue's Thomas Laffont that AI and software are key to making reindustrialization economically viable and competitive.