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Breaking Boundaries: Hadrian Automation’s Chief Executive Aims to Breathe New Life into American Manufacturing

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Chris Power, founder and CEO of industrial automation startup Hadrian, is a student of history. “Never before in history has a declining empire beaten a rising empire, ever,” he said in a recent interview. He had been running small e-commerce businesses and had been head of sales and marketing at an enterprise software company in Australia. Construct Capital, WCM, Bracket Capital, Shrug Capital, Lux Capital, A16Z, Founders Fund, S&A, Silent Ventures, Cubit Capital, Caffeinated and other existing investors also participatedc. Power said some customers expressed interest in alternate models, like having Hadrian build a dedicated facility to ensure committed factory capacity.