Design builds CAD
ME builds BOP
ME/IE design factory
Engineering designs automation
Techs + automation build product
Design builds CAD
ME builds BOP
ME/IE design factory

The AI-powered fast path to manufacturing

Arda’s AI creates a single source of truth for manufacturing, enabling a new level of production agility. As designs evolve or demand shifts, Arda adapts and optimizes the process – helping manufacturers produce faster and at lower cost.

“We would be behind on our production goals without Arda.”

Matt Grimm
co-Founder & COO

Matt Grimm
co-Founder & COO

Matt Grimm
co-Founder & COO

Matt Grimm
co-Founder & COO

Closing the distance between design and production

Arda is already running across multiple lines at a large US manufacturer. By reducing the manual work involved in process planning, instructions, and design changes, Arda has made key engineering tasks five to ten times faster – saving hundreds of hours, catching production errors, and helping the team get more products off the line.

 The result is greater speed and flexibility across the entire production process.

Arda is already running across multiple lines at a large US manufacturer. By reducing the manual work involved in process planning, instructions, and design changes, Arda has made key engineering tasks five to ten times faster – saving hundreds of hours, catching production errors, and helping the team get more products off the line.

 The result is greater speed and flexibility across the entire production process.

Continuously turn product changes into factory-ready action

Continuously turn product changes into
factory-ready action

Translate designs into a manufacturing process

Bring in CAD files, PDFs, PLM data, and product requirements. Arda organizes the product and its parts in one shared model, then maps them into a manufacturing process.

Translate designs into a manufacturing process

Bring in CAD files, PDFs, PLM data, and product requirements. Arda organizes the product and its parts in one shared model, then maps them into a manufacturing process.

Translate designs into a manufacturing process

Bring in CAD files, PDFs, PLM data, and product requirements. Arda organizes the product and its parts in one shared model, then maps them into a manufacturing process.

Design the complete factory workflow

Arda turns the model into a complete build plan – from operations, tools, and quality checks, to fixtures, stations, and visual work instructions. Manufacturing engineers review and refine every step.

Design the complete factory workflow

Arda turns the model into a complete build plan – from operations, tools, and quality checks, to fixtures, stations, and visual work instructions. Manufacturing engineers review and refine every step.

Design the complete factory workflow

Arda turns the model into a complete build plan – from operations, tools, and quality checks, to fixtures, stations, and visual work instructions. Manufacturing engineers review and refine every step.

Automatically optimize the production process

Arda’s unique manufacturing knowledge supports supply chain teams, production schedulers, coordinators, and technicians on the factory floor – feeding insights from production back into the process to continuously improve it.

Automatically optimize the production process

Arda’s unique manufacturing knowledge supports supply chain teams, production schedulers, coordinators, and technicians on the factory floor – feeding insights from production back into the process to continuously improve it.

Automatically optimize the production process

Arda’s unique manufacturing knowledge supports supply chain teams, production schedulers, coordinators, and technicians on the factory floor – feeding insights from production back into the process to continuously improve it.

Reconfigure the factory as conditions change

When a design revision arrives, Arda updates the manufacturing process, quickly processing affected parts, stations, and work instructions - down to the factory floor. As demand changes, Arda can re-allocate resources between different product lines.

Reconfigure the factory as conditions change

When a design revision arrives, Arda updates the manufacturing process, quickly processing affected parts, stations, and work instructions - down to the factory floor. As demand changes, Arda can re-allocate resources between different product lines.

Reconfigure the factory as conditions change

When a design revision arrives, Arda updates the manufacturing process, quickly processing affected parts, stations, and work instructions - down to the factory floor. As demand changes, Arda can re-allocate resources between different product lines.

Built to turn advanced AI into industrial action

Built to turn advanced AI
into industrial action

The founding team consists of AI researchers, product leaders, and engineers from OpenAI, Palantir and Adept. A team built to put the future of manufacturing into production.

Bob McGrew, Arda co-founder and CEO

Former Chief Research Officer at OpenAI, led the team that trained ChatGPT. Led engineering and product at Palantir during its first decade, and co-developed its forward-deployed model.

Former Chief Research Officer at OpenAI, led the team that trained ChatGPT. Led engineering and product at Palantir during its first decade, and co-developed its forward-deployed model.

Augustus Odena, Arda co-founder and Chief AI Officer

Co-founded and led research at Adept, which exited to Amazon in 2024. Previously at Google Brain, where he co-invented the scratchpad technique for LLMs, the foundation for today’s AI reasoning systems.

Co-founded and led research at Adept, which exited to Amazon in 2024. Previously at Google Brain, where he co-invented the scratchpad technique for LLMs, the foundation for today’s AI reasoning systems.

Alex Mark, Arda co-founder and CTO

Led engineering for IRS Direct File as a civil servant. Prior to that, led engineering on Palantir’s defense product, including early work for Project Maven.

Led engineering for IRS Direct File as a civil servant. Prior to that, led engineering on Palantir’s defense product, including early work for Project Maven.

Jakob Frick, Arda co-founder

Former Founder and CTO at Radiant AI, which joined SpaceXAI. Worked six years at Palantir, where he led critical projects, including early language model integration and the COVID response.

Former Founder and CTO at Radiant AI, which joined SpaceXAI. Worked six years at Palantir, where he led critical projects, including early language model integration and the COVID response.

From AI-powered planning
to robotic execution

From AI-powered planning to
robotic execution

From AI-powered planning to robotic execution

From AI-powered planning
to robotic execution.

Designing production processes is only the beginning. We are now extending the same intelligence into robotics, using existing hardware and new AI models to turn assembly plans into operations robots can execute. The result: a new kind of automation – fast to deploy and built to adapt as demands evolve.

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