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Exclusive: Ex-Anduril engineer raises $42M to build the Amazon of composite parts | TechCrunch
- Layup Parts secures a $42 million Series A led by Marlinspike to scale its carbon-fiber parts platform.
- The funding will go toward expanding the team and moving into a larger facility this year.
- Layup Parts aims to make ordering composite parts as easy as purchasing on Amazon, with a near-zero-click software workflow.
- Eakin’s background includes time at Anduril and The Boring Company, guiding his approach to rapid hardware startups.
- Layup Parts has already cut data-to-part lead times from weeks to hours for some customers in aerospace and motorsports.
- Backers include existing investors Founders Fund and Lux Capital, joining new supporters Cerberus Ventures and Pinegrove Venture Partners.
- Layup Parts targets aerospace, defense, and related sectors where composite parts are critical.
- Founder Zack Eakin credits lessons learned across motorsports and tech startups to shape Layup Parts’ strategy.
- The startup aims to reduce reliance on traditional suppliers through software-enabled manufacturing.
- Layup Parts operates in a market with prior players like SendCutSend and Protolabs that inspired its model.
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