The Work Between Factories

Founder LetterThe Work Between FactoriesRobots automate production inside factories. AI agents automate the coordination between them.By Alex Zhang, Co-founder and CEO of Cronwell · April 2026The next great wave of AI will not just produce more text, code, and images.It will help us build more of the physical world.Cheaper energy. Better batteries. Space data centers. Humanoid factories. New medical devices. Habitats on Mars.This is the future we are building for: a world where physical abundance becomes easier to create.But physical abundance does not come from a model alone.Someone still has to build the thing.That means materials, machines, tolerances, suppliers, production lines, quality systems, and people who know how to turn a design into something that works every day.The…

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