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Advanced Metal Research

Machine intelligence for American Welding

America does not just need more welders. It needs welding knowledge that can scale. The American Welding Society projects 320,500 new welding professionals will be needed by 2029, with about 80,000 jobs to be filled annually from 2025 to 2029. More than 157,000 current welding professionals are approaching retirement. Welders are only a small share of the skilled-trades workforce, but welding accounts for an outsized share of projected capability demand. The market calls it a labor shortage. AMR sees a learning bottleneck. We are building American-made robotic welding cells that combine computer vision to provide real-time seam tracking and post-weld inspection to turn welding from a scarce manual process into a closed-loop manufacturing system that learns from every weld as it happens.
Active Founders
Angus Muffatti
Angus Muffatti
Founder/CEO
AI driven welding robots, aerospace engineer, prev founder
Julian Fried
Julian Fried
Founder
Building robotic welding equipment | Prev. Welding foreman in Eastern PA 🇺🇸
Stephen Lin
Stephen Lin
Founder
Founder at Advanced Metal Research. Previously at NASA working on spacewalks and planetary exploration. Built systems used by mission control for 19 spacewalks to date enabling real-time telemetry & monitoring of EVAs.
Advanced Metal Research
Founded:2025
Batch:Spring 2026
Team Size:3
Status:
Active
Location:Los Angeles, CA
Primary Partner:Garry Tan