1872 News

Latest 1872 news, funding rounds and robotics & AI coverage. $30M raised. 2 articles tracked by The Robotics Media.

About 1872

1872 is an AI-native manufacturing startup founded by three former SpaceX engineers, running one of the first autonomous steel fabrication factories in the United States. Named after the year Andrew Carnegie built the world first steel mill, the company operates from a historic 1903 David Hummel Building Company facility in Cincinnati Camp Washington neighborhood. Its Factory OS coordinates procurement, planning, robotics, machine control and shop-floor logistics, and its agentic AI systems automate high-mix, welded steel assemblies for energy, utility and industrial customers.

Key facts

• Headquarters: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
• Country: United States
• Founded: 2024
• Sectors: AI Foundation Models, Industrial Robotics
• Website: https://1872.ai

Products by 1872

• Factory OS (Software, 2026) — Factory OS is 1872 proprietary, AI-based software platform that coordinates the entire product-creation process from materials sourcing and cost estimates throu...

Funding rounds

• Seed — $15M — 2026 — led by The O.H.I.O. Fund
• Seed — $15M — 2026 — led by The O.H.I.O. Fund

Latest 1872 news

• 1872 Bags $15M Seed To Open First Autonomous Steel Factory In Cincinnati — 1872, a startup founded by three former SpaceX engineers, has closed a $15 million seed round led by The O.H.I.O. Fund to launch what it calls the fir...
• 1872 Opens First Autonomous Steel Fabrication Factory With $15M Seed — Cincinnati-based 1872, founded by three former SpaceX engineers, closed a $15M seed led by The O.H.I.O. Fund to run what it calls the first advanced a...