Idea: Create an Advanced Manufacturing Accelerator in Detroit.
- Invest in a new American hub for rapid R&D and manufacturing of critical products.
- See: Detroit vs. Shenzhen
Think = HAX for Detroit
- Newark secured a $50M partnership last year to relocate HAX’s US headquarters.
- Detroit: Raise $50M+ to build a manufacturing and technology accelerator in the City.
- Goal: Build a public factory to support a new generation of industrialists.
- Invest $500K-1M each in the best startup manufacturers who move to Detroit.
- Manufacturers in this program get free access to equipment and flex space.
- Invest $500K-1M each in the best startup manufacturers who move to Detroit.
- Goal: Build a public factory to support a new generation of industrialists.
Vision: Retrofit an old Michigan manufacturing plant to become a new startup manufacturing hub.
Imagine hundreds of new manufacturing startups thriving again in cities like Detroit.
- We should build one of these public factories in every major city in America.
- Thousands of people get new jobs.
- And we all get better, cheaper, Made in America products and materials.
Potential Sites in Detroit:
- Downtown:
- 623 Cass Ave (97K Flex for $5.9M)
- Rivertown:
- 2130 Franklin St (55K Industrial for $6.95M)
- 240 Chene St (40K Industrial for $3.6M)
- 241 Chene St (19K Manufacturing for $2.5M)
- Techtown:
- 626 Harper Ave (16K Flex for $1.7M)
YC for Manufacturing is a meta-solution to the World’s Biggest Problems.
- This accelerator will be a factory for new solutions, from commodifying desalination and decarbonization to healthier, abundant food and medicine.
🖐️ Who wants to help make this vision a reality?
- Tweet/DM me @neilthanedar if you’re interested!
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