NeoForge

ServiceBerlin, GermanyFounded 2021· One of 2038 Service companies tracked by AMPulse

NeoForge (formerly 1000Kelvin) is an AI-defined, vertically integrated metal manufacturing platform in Berlin combining physics-informed AI simulation software with an in-house production facility (LPBF, CNC machining, heat treatment, finishing, metrology) to deliver mission-ready metal components, primarily for space and defense customers.

CEO / Founder: Omar Fergani
Team Size: 11-50
Stage: Active
Total Funding: $36.0M
Latest Round: Series A
Key Investors: Creative Destruction Lab, European Union

Technology & Products

Key Products

AI-defined vertically integrated metal production facility (LPBF printing, 5-axis CNC machining, heat treatment, surface finishing, materials testing, metrology) plus AMAIZE/physics-informed AI simulation software for laser-based manufacturing; materials include nickel, titanium, aluminum, copper alloys and stainless steel.

Technological Advantage

The key advantage is AI-defined production floor capabilities that combine physics-informed AI models with vertical software-defined manufacturing to make advanced manufacturing production-ready.

Differentiation

Value Proposition

To be the fastest path to mission-ready metal components by combining physics-informed AI simulation software with a vertically integrated, AI-defined production facility (powder-to-part) in Germany, serving space, defense, and other advanced manufacturing customers.

How They Differentiate

1000 Kelvin differentiates itself by offering a fast, AI-driven corrective solution that integrates directly into existing engineering workflows (e.g., via Autodesk Fusion). Unlike traditional, complex simulation software that requires expert users, AMAIZE is designed as a co-pilot to be used by any AM engineer to quickly optimize a print job.

Market & Competition

Target Customers

Companies in the aerospace, medical, and industrial manufacturing sectors that utilize laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) for producing complex metal parts.

Industry Verticals

["Aerospace","Medical","Industrial Manufacturing"]

Competitors

Ansys; Monolith AI

Growth & Milestones

Growth Metrics

Information not publicly available.

Major Milestones

["Commercial launch of AMAIZE software.","Integration of AMAIZE with Autodesk Fusion, making it available on the Autodesk App Store.","Established key partnerships with EOS and SCANLAB to integrate AMAIZE with their hardware and systems.","Secured seed funding and grants to expand operations into North America."]

Notable Customers

FKM Sintertechnik GmbH; Chesco GmbH

https://neoforge.ai

Why this company matters

1000 Kelvin addresses the trial-and-error bottleneck in metal additive manufacturing. Its AMAIZE software co-pilot uses physics-informed AI to predict thermal distortions and other print failures before a job starts, automatically adjusting scan strategies and process parameters. This turns what typically requires days of expert simulation into a correction cycle that takes minutes.

The software integrates directly into existing engineering workflows, including Autodesk Fusion via the Autodesk App Store. It is designed for any AM engineer, not just simulation specialists, and works with laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) systems from partners such as EOS and SCANLAB. Target customers include aerospace primes, medical OEMs, and industrial manufacturers producing complex metal parts from alloys like Inconel 718 and Ti-6Al-4V.

Named customers include FKM Sintertechnik GmbH and Chesco GmbH. The company has raised $36 million from investors including Creative Destruction Lab and the European Union, and has secured grants to expand into North America. CEO Omar Fergani holds a PhD in Computational Engineering from Georgia Tech and NTNU.

1000 Kelvin competes with traditional simulation tools from Ansys and Monolith AI, but differentiates on speed and ease of use. The key open question is whether its AI-driven approach can maintain accuracy across the wide variety of new alloys and complex geometries that industrial users demand, especially as metal AM scales beyond prototyping into serial production.