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Adaptive fixturing · Concept stage · Columbus, Ohio

Software-defined
mechanical matter.

Cells that reshape on command, lock mechanically, and hold at zero power. Our first product — the Adaptive Support Platform — becomes the fixture for any part on your line.

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CONCEPT · ADDRESSABLE ARRAY
FIG. 01 — PROGRAMMABLE CELL ARRAY
0 WPower to hold locked *
No airNo pumps · no lines
500 → 10Fixtures per line

The insight

Shape change itself can do the work. A surface of software-addressed mechanical cells conforms to any part — locks, holds, releases, and reshapes for the next one. A shelf of 500 custom fixtures becomes a handful of programmable beds.

The problem

High-mix factories drown in dedicated tooling.

1 PART = 1 FIXTURE
1 : 1

Every part needs a fixture engineered and machined for that geometry alone.

100s

Fixtures per plant — designed, built, stored, maintained, and redesigned.

Every rev

A part revision means new tooling and changeover downtime.

≈ $7.5B

Global jigs & fixtures spend (2024), growing ~5% annually.

Reports and Data (jigs & fixtures market, 2024).

The product

The Adaptive Support Platform.

ONE CYCLE · NO AIR · NO PER-PART TOOLING
  1. 01Load part CAD
  2. 02Cells conform in parallel
  3. 03Snap over-center · lock
  4. 04Hold at 0 W — inspect
  5. 05Unlock · reshape in seconds

Conforming support bed

Software-addressed cells conform in parallel to a part's geometry, then snap over-center and lock — no compressed air, no machining.

CONCEPT VIZ

The bistable cell

The single primitive that scales from fixtures to grippers to deployables.

1 PRIMITIVE

Over-center snap

The shell snaps between stable states; the geometry holds the locked position at 0 W.

0°–180°

Shown: CMM checking-fixture concept. Phase I delivers the instrumented cell — product performance figures are design targets until then.

How it works

One primitive: the bistable cell.

NO MOTORS PER PIN · NO PRINTED HINGES
01

Rigid skeleton, hard stops

A spring-steel bistable shell snaps over-center. Service loads react through the hard stops — never through the flexure.

02

Zero power to hold

Once snapped, the geometry itself holds the locked position. No current, no compressed air, no heat while holding.

03

Force closure

Support pins below, retention fingers above. The part cannot lift or slide — no motors per pin, no printed hinges.

04

Sealed & durable

Silicone-overmolded flexures form a sealed skin, targeting a million-cycle fatigue class (design target for Phase I).

Market

Beachhead → expansion → platform.

ENTER WHERE SUPPORT > CLAMPING FORCE
Beachhead

Inspection & metrology fixturing

Industrial metrology ≈ $13.3B, with CMMs ~48% of it — plus electronics board support, where pneumatic pin arrays already sell today.

Expansion

High-mix & defense manufacturing

Jigs & fixtures ≈ $7.5B (2024) → $12.3B by 2034. Software-defined factories need software-defined tooling: 500 fixtures become 10.

Platform ceiling

Everything the cell can become

Adaptive tooling, power-off-safe grippers, aerospace deployment mechanisms — the same primitive, new products.

Grand View Research (industrial metrology, 2024) · Reports and Data (jigs & fixtures) · MarketsandMarkets (CMM share).

Why now · why us

The pieces just converged.

We proved the addressable-cell design DNA with Nanoshape 1, our shape display. The inverse design of shape-morphing cell arrays was solved at thousands of cells in the 2026 literature — the remaining risk is integration, not physics. And factories already buy this category: we make it electric, software-defined, and power-free while holding.

ONE PRIMITIVE · MANY PRODUCTS
FIG. 07 — CELL → PLATFORM

Roadmap

Prove the cell. Then the bed. Then the business.

MAKE-OR-BREAK: MICRON-CLASS HOLD @ 0 W
  1. Phase I

    Prove the primitive

    Instrumented cell + small array. Gates: hold-stiffness under load, zero-power hold force, 10⁶ cycles, sim-to-hardware match.

  2. Phase II

    Pilot

    Benchtop fixture pilot with a named manufacturer — a measured pneumatic-vs-ours comparison.

  3. Eval kits

    First purchase orders

    Datasheet + kit shipped to manufacturing engineers. They bolt it on and test in a day.

  4. Production

    The adaptive support bed

    The platform molded at scale via an LSR overmold path.

Traction & partnerships

The machine is already in motion.

RESEARCH · PARTNERSHIPS · MOMENTUM
  • In discussion

    University STTR partnership — fabrication + mechanical test, faculty co-PI search underway

  • Pitch submitted

    NSF SBIR/STTR — non-dilutive R&D, pacing to the Nov 4, 2026 window

  • Exploring

    Defense industrial base channel — DoD supply-base programs

Team

Four founders. Veteran advisors.

COLUMBUS, OHIO

Chris Vogt

CEO & Co-founder

2× founder. Leads the company and its government channel — defense and aerospace relationships and program-office outreach.

Nick Saris

Co-CEO & Co-founder

2× founder. Leads strategy, capital, and commercialization — built the STTR/NSF pipeline, university partnership, and market-entry plan.

Caleb Moores

CTO & Co-founder

Deep programming and AI background. Owns cell architecture and simulation.

Anthony Bacopoulos

Chief Software Officer & Co-founder

AI founder. Owns the control software and the CAD-to-shape pipeline.

Sam Smith

Engineering Advisor

Mechanical engineer. CTO of Origami Space. Techstars alum with SBIR experience.

Dr. Sisira Gamage

MEMS Advisor

Microelectromechanical-systems scientist; former MEMS engineer at GE. PhD, University of Cincinnati.

For manufacturers

Put the platform on your line.

If you run inspection, metrology, or high-mix assembly and live with a wall of dedicated fixtures, let's talk. We're booking briefings with manufacturing and quality teams to scope the Adaptive Support Platform against your parts — and to select the first pilot benches.

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* Zero-power hold and all product specifications are design targets validated in Phase I. Shape is the next interface. · Columbus, Ohio · nanoshape.ai