BUILDSHIFT
Because robots need real people.
Physics –> electronics –> software –> business –> manufacturing –> mechanics –> automation.
There are millions of businesses doing work that could be automated.
But many of them can't afford conventional industrial automation.
They don't need a $500,000 automation project.
They need a machine that solves their particular problem and pays for itself.
That is the idea behind buildShift.
Don't start with the machine.
Start with the work.
Figure out what needs to be done.
Then build it.
Alex Mountjoy, Founder
I've never been particularly interested in simply operating things.
I want to understand how they work.
Then I want to make them work better.
That was true in the physics lab.
It was true when I was writing software.
It was true when I was building consumer products.
It was true when I was running a factory.
It is true now when I'm taking apart a motor or building an automated machine.
The projects change.
The obsession doesn't.
I BUILD THINGS.
And I'm not finished yet.
— Alex Mountjoy
We’re helping a generation of tech workers who did everything right—but still got the axe—find a second act building America’s advanced manufacturing backbone.
Featured Projects
Kettle fill
Combine myriad operator tasks into one button push.
Can Counter
An electric-eye event counter with a real-time leaderboard for operators to challenge each other on speed and accuracy.
