Jiga, an AI-powered manufacturing platform used by NASA and Siemens, has closed a $12 million Series A funding round led by Aleph. Symbol, which led the company’s seed round, participated alongside Y Combinator.

The Tel Aviv-based startup addresses a growing problem in hardware development. While software engineers can deploy autonomous agents in three hours, mechanical engineers often wait three weeks just to receive quotes for custom parts. This procurement gap has become a strategic issue as AI development increasingly depends on physical infrastructure that supply chains struggle to deliver quickly.

Hardware Procurement Becomes an AI Bottleneck

Advanced manufacturing companies building rockets, satellites, and drones typically outsource 80-90% of their custom parts. The robotics market alone is expected to grow from $90 billion in 2024 to $206 billion by 2030, according to GlobalData. Meanwhile, the space economy reached $570 billion and could approach $2 trillion by 2040, per the Space Foundation.

Yet the supply chain supporting this growth remains fragmented. Technical drawings sit buried in PDFs, specifications scatter across email threads, and quotes arrive in incompatible formats.

“Hardware can’t keep pace if engineers chase quotes instead of design, and supply chain teams are buried in spreadsheets instead of strategy. We’re eliminating the administrative burden so teams can move at AI-era speed. The capital will allow us to support the exponentially growing market demand.”

Adar Hay, co-founder and CEO

Turning Weeks Into Hours

Founded by Adar Hay (CEO), Yonatan Wolowelsky (CTO), and Assaf Geuz (COO), Jiga brings the entire sourcing workflow into a single platform. Engineers upload drawings and specifications, then get matched to vetted manufacturers and order parts directly through Jiga, which serves as the vendor of record.

The platform’s AI extracts requirements from technical drawings, pulls context from communications, and detects potential risks before delays occur. It structures all documentation into one transparent interface with direct supplier communication channels. Teams control the important decisions while Jiga automates administrative tasks.

What previously took weeks now happens in hours at lower costs. The platform currently processes thousands of requests for quotes each month for organizations across aerospace, defense, and robotics.

Funding Plans Despite Profitability

Despite already being profitable, Jiga raised the Series A to meet surging demand from companies that can no longer afford weeks-long procurement cycles. The capital will expand the platform’s premium production capabilities and deepen AI-driven quality assurance for mission-critical parts. Jiga also plans to scale enterprise infrastructure to support larger deployments across new manufacturing categories.

The funding addresses a market moving faster than traditional supply chains can handle. Every AI company ultimately runs on physical components: servers, enclosures, cooling systems, precision parts. Yet procurement methods haven’t evolved to match software development speeds.

Building for Hardware Teams

Jiga was created to solve one specific problem: custom parts procurement shouldn’t hold back companies building advanced technology. The team rebuilt the workflow from scratch rather than trying to patch existing systems.

The company maintains direct relationships with vetted manufacturers, ensuring teams can communicate with the people actually making their parts. This approach builds consistency and lets hardware teams apply their expertise rather than working through intermediaries or black-box platforms.

Teams at both startups and Fortune 500 companies now use Jiga as a key supplier for mission-critical production parts.

Investor Backing

“Hardware moves only as fast as its supply chain,” said Eden Shochat, Equal Partner at Aleph. “For decades, custom parts procurement couldn’t be automated—buried in PDFs, emails, spreadsheets. Jiga is finally cracking it. What took three weeks now takes three hours. This is the hardware manufacturing pipeline rebuilt for software speeds.”

The Series A follows Jiga’s seed round led by Symbol, with backing from Y Combinator. The funding will help the company expand capacity and reliability for the most demanding hardware teams globally.

Origianl Creator: Ekaterina Pisareva
Original Link: https://justainews.com/companies/funding-news/aleph-leads-12m-series-a-in-manufacturing-startup-jiga/
Originally Posted: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:46:48 +0000