WE ARE BUILD COLLECTIVE
Things are worth making, when they shape the future in positive ways. But getting these things out of the lab and into people’s lives isn’t easy. Tony wrote a book about it. And the Build Collective invests its money and time to help engineers and scientists build a greener world, in which every person enjoys a longer, richer life.
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MEET TONY
Born to build.
iPod, iPhone, Nest Thermostat. Technology, products, businesses, brands. Tony has built them all.
NEWS
The largest CNT manufacturing facility in the world. Now open in Atlanta.
On August 31st, Carbice opened the doors to a new 23,000 square foot global facility in the Historic West End neighborhood of Atlanta.
NEWS
The Ideal Switch for power.
Menlo Micro announces the launch of the MM9200, a switch designed for high power applications.
PODCAST
Lex and Tony talk.
iPhone, iPod, Nest, Steve Jobs, Design, and Engineering — on the Lex Fridman Podcast.
NEWS
Emerging from stealth.
Lumafield emerges from stealth with $32.5 million in funding and early customers that include L’Oreal, OXO and Trek Bicycle.
NEWS
Fixing the root problem in textiles.
Smartex closes next funding round for CV + AI that detects textile defects in real-time, before fabrics get shipped around the world, only to be thrown out.
THE BUILDERS
Out of the lab
and into our lives.
Our companies tackle carbon accounting, energy storage, immunotherapy, waste upcycling, and much more.
THE BOOK
(How to) make things
worth making
Tony has had many mentors throughout his life. To give back he wrote BUILD, the New York Times Best Seller that helps people make things worth making.
NEWS
Disrupting Silicon Valley from Paris.
The next generation of technology designers should commit to a kind of Hippocratic oath: first, do no harm.
NEWS
A big, new offering in the works.
Founder Pat Brown said that Impossible Foods latest filet mignon prototype is “pretty damn good.”
NEWS
Hydrogen closer to take-off.
American Airlines announces investment in Universal Hydrogen. “This move by American is a strong signal that customers want a true zero-emissions solution for passenger aviation and are willing to back tangible, pragmatic steps to get there quickly.”
NEWS
France’s carbon management platform Sweep raises $73M
Sweep’s proven carbon accounting platform makes the invisible visible, letting companies of all sizes easily see their Scope 1-3 CO2 emissions.
THE TEAM
Experience in spades.
Early on in the life of a company there are inflection points, where a bit of help from people with lot of experience is invaluable.
NEWS
The iPod of Crypto.
Tony Fadell made Ledger’s new hardware wallet — a tiny vault for digital cash — flashy and fun. Plus, with this gadget you’ll never get FTX’d.
NEWS
Helping shoppers shop.
Plumerai partners with Quividi to let stores know when people come and go: “Our deep-learning-based people detection runs on tiny Arm CPUs, instead of costly and power-hungry hardware.”
NEWS
Engineered for precision.
Mantle combines trusted CNC machining with innovative 3D printing to make precise tooling components in a fraction of the time and cost of traditional toolmaking.
NEWS
Tony joins Arm’s board.
Fadell's push to use the Arm family of chips in the iPod and iPhone cemented Arm's position on the ground floor of the smartphone business. Now he joins the board to help them expand into PCs, servers, cars and more.
NEWS
The all-electric everything RV.
A team of former Tesla, Rivian, Proterra, and Lucid alums build the Lightship L1. Visit new corners of the world while doing your part to preserve it.
MEET TONY
Born to build.
iPod, iPhone, Nest Thermostat. Technology, products, businesses, brands. Tony has built them all.
THE TEAM
Experience in spades.
Early on in the life of a company there are inflection points, where a bit of help from people with lot of experience is invaluable.
NEWS
The iPod of Crypto.
Tony Fadell made Ledger’s new hardware wallet — a tiny vault for digital cash — flashy and fun. Plus, with this gadget you’ll never get FTX’d.
NEWS
The Ideal Switch for power.
Menlo Micro announces the launch of the MM9200, a switch designed for high power applications.
NEWS
Emerging from stealth.
Lumafield emerges from stealth with $32.5 million in funding and early customers that include L’Oreal, OXO and Trek Bicycle.
NEWS
Disrupting Silicon Valley from Paris.
The next generation of technology designers should commit to a kind of Hippocratic oath: first, do no harm.
NEWS
Hydrogen closer to take-off.
American Airlines announces investment in Universal Hydrogen. “This move by American is a strong signal that customers want a true zero-emissions solution for passenger aviation and are willing to back tangible, pragmatic steps to get there quickly.”
NEWS
Fixing the root problem in textiles.
Smartex closes next funding round for CV + AI that detects textile defects in real-time, before fabrics get shipped around the world, only to be thrown out.
NEWS
The all-electric everything RV.
A team of former Tesla, Rivian, Proterra, and Lucid alums build the Lightship L1. Visit new corners of the world while doing your part to preserve it.
THE BUILDERS
Out of the lab
and into our lives.
Our companies tackle carbon accounting, energy storage, immunotherapy, waste upcycling, and much more.
THE BOOK
(How to) make things
worth making
Tony has had many mentors throughout his life. To give back he wrote BUILD, the New York Times Best Seller that helps people make things worth making.
NEWS
The largest CNT manufacturing facility in the world. Now open in Atlanta.
On August 31st, Carbice opened the doors to a new 23,000 square foot global facility in the Historic West End neighborhood of Atlanta.
NEWS
Engineered for precision.
Mantle combines trusted CNC machining with innovative 3D printing to make precise tooling components in a fraction of the time and cost of traditional toolmaking.
NEWS
A big, new offering in the works.
Founder Pat Brown said that Impossible Foods latest filet mignon prototype is “pretty damn good.”
PODCAST
Lex and Tony talk.
iPhone, iPod, Nest, Steve Jobs, Design, and Engineering — on the Lex Fridman Podcast.
NEWS
Tony joins Arm’s board.
Fadell's push to use the Arm family of chips in the iPod and iPhone cemented Arm's position on the ground floor of the smartphone business. Now he joins the board to help them expand into PCs, servers, cars and more.
NEWS
France’s carbon management platform Sweep raises $73M
Sweep’s proven carbon accounting platform makes the invisible visible, letting companies of all sizes easily see their Scope 1-3 CO2 emissions.
NEWS
Helping shoppers shop.
Plumerai partners with Quividi to let stores know when people come and go: “Our deep-learning-based people detection runs on tiny Arm CPUs, instead of costly and power-hungry hardware.”
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