Nox Metals
YC S25 · Active · Supplying America's Industrial Base
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 ProvenMetalShared: industrial base, manufacturing, americanActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS26 |
 Tenet IndustriesShared: automated factory, manufacturing, buildingActiveAI | AI | Active | YCX26 |
 UltrasoniumShared: manufacturing, metal, cheaperActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS26 |
 Forge RoboticsShared: raw metal, building, manufacturing and roboticsActiveAI | AI | Active | YCF25 |
 Vision LabShared: manufacturing, industrial, factoryActiveAI, Data | AI, Data | Active | YCX25 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 FaradayShared: manufacturing, industrialActiveAI | AI | Active | YCF26 |
 AiSupervisionShared: manufacturing, factory, productionInactiveOther | Other | Inactive | YCW22 |
 Antropi RoboticsShared: manufacturing, factoryActiveOther | Other | Active | YCF26 |
 Forge AutomationShared: manufacturing, metal, supplierActiveOther | Other | Active | YCW25 |
 Neuron IndustriesShared: manufacturing, industrial, factoryActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS26 |
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Founders
- Zane HengspergerFounder/CEO
About Nox Metals
Nox Metals is an AI-powered metals supplier powering modern American manufacturing at scale. We are building automated factories that turn raw metal into production-ready material faster, cheaper, and more reliably than legacy service centers.
- YC batch
- S25 · Summer 2025
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI
- Team size
- 35
- Location
- Detroit, MI, USA
- Founded
- 2025
- Checked
- 34m ago
YC tags: Manufacturing
Nox Metals: questions
Which YC batch was Nox Metals in?
Nox Metals was in Y Combinator's Summer 2025 batch (S25).
Is Nox Metals still active?
Y Combinator lists Nox Metals as active.
Who founded Nox Metals?
Nox Metals's founders, as listed on its YC page: Zane Hengsperger (Founder/CEO).
Where is Nox Metals based?
Nox Metals lists Detroit, MI, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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