Chip · Fusion · Quantum equipment
An AI factory for precision metal parts.
Built to out-quote and out-deliver. That's the claim we're here to prove. We'll publish our measured quote and delivery times once we have real jobs.
We're building ARIA to make precision parts for the makers of chip, fusion and quantum equipment. Software plans each job and checks each CNC program before it cuts. A named person approves every step.
- 01 Model
- 02 Operations
- 03 Toolpath
- 04 Checked
Materials
From aluminum to molybdenum.
Every metal is on our list, plus plastics and wood. Tungsten, molybdenum and Inconel are hard to machine1,2,3, and that's the reason we're putting the most work into them.
- WTungstenand its alloys: ion-implant beamline and fusion parts4,5,6Focus
- MoMolybdenum and TZMion-implant parts, fusion tiles, heat shields2,4Focus
- NiInconeland other nickel superalloys: high-temperature partsFocus
- TiTitaniumbrackets, fittings and housings
- AlAluminumvacuum chambers, ports, fixtures, brackets
- SSStainless steel304 and 316 flanges and vacuum hardware
- FeCarbon and alloy steelshafts, plates, fixtures
- CuOFHC coppercryogenic mounts and thermal links7
- CGraphiteimplant liners and apertures, fusion tilesPartner shops only
- +Plastics and woodfixtures, prototypes, housings, models
Until our own cell runs (planned for 2027), parts will be made at partner shops approved for each material. We haven't cut tungsten, molybdenum or Inconel yet; each will be proven on test parts before any customer part. Material is quoted on its own line. How we handle each material
Machines
The machines behind each quote.
Every quote names the machine that makes the part and where it is. This list grows as more shops join and our own cell comes online.
| Machine | Type | Travels or capacity | Table | Materials | Where | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haas UMC-400 | 5-axis universal machining center | 432 × 279 × 330 mm (17.0 × 11.0 × 13.0 in) | 230 mm platter, 45.5 kg max | Planned: aluminum, steels, stainless; titanium, Inconel, Mo in light cuts | ARIA's first cell | PlannedMay 2027 · leased |
| Haas CNC mill (the shop's largest) | CNC milling | 1,016 × 508 × 508 mm (40 × 20 × 20 in) | — | Aluminum, steels, stainless, titanium, plastics, wood | JAS Engineering, Massachusetts | Available to usreviewed job by job |
| CNC lathe | CNC turning | Up to 254 mm (10 in) diameter | — | Aluminum, steels, stainless, titanium, plastics, wood | JAS Engineering, Massachusetts | Available to usreviewed job by job |
- Haas UMC-400: the maker's published figures, haas.co.uk/machines/umc-400 (checked 5 Nov 2026).
- Machine figures as JAS Engineering gave them to us on 5 Nov 2026. Every job is still reviewed, and the quote names the shop and machine.
From quote to delivery
Five steps. A person approves every one.
01
Describe the part
Send the part family, material, quantity and timing through the enquiry form. Please don't email restricted drawings.
Today02
Quote and plan
The quote names the material, the process route, the shop or cell that will make the part, and the checks. A person prepares and approves it.
Planned03
Check the program
Each CNC program is simulated against the part, the stock and the machine: 3-axis, and 5-axis for the Haas UMC-400.8 Only a program that passes is released to run. It doesn't read tilted work planes or Siemens and Heidenhain 5-axis yet.
Software v004
Release
Two named people approve the program. The approved version is locked by its fingerprint, so the program that runs is the one that was checked.
Software v005
Make, inspect, record
Made at a partner shop approved for the job until our own cell runs, then in our cell. Each part is measured against the drawing, and every step is recorded.
Planned
Today runs now. Software v0 early software, run on our own test programs, not yet on a customer job. Planned not built yet.
People behind the work
Founder-led. Grounded in engineering.
Jonathan Kofman founded ARIA. He studied aerospace engineering at Rutgers ('24) and has a master's in advanced and intelligent manufacturing from Northeastern ('26).
Technical advisor Scott Barraclough spent more than 20 years as a staff mechanical engineer at Applied Materials / Varian, after earlier work on ion-implant tools at Axcelis. Advisors from CloudLinux and Boviin cover software and strategy.
Meet the teamNames are where our people worked or studied. None of these organizations is a customer or partner of ARIA.
Who we're talking with
- NJMEPHelping us find and screen New Jersey shops
- NJSBDC at FDUAdvising on our financial plan
- SCOREBusiness mentors
- NJEDAIn conversation
- PPPLIn talks with its FLARE team
- Princeton UniversityARIA is a registered supplier
- Northeastern UniversityFounder's school; talks with faculty
- Rutgers UniversityFounder's school
- MITExchanged emails with its Edgerton Center
- University of WashingtonExchanged emails with its MACS lab
Talking with us does not make any of these organizations a customer or partner of ARIA, and none of them endorses us.
See the work
Our software, our test parts, and the shop floor.
Every caption says what you're looking at: our software on our own test design, a render, or our founder's time in university shops before ARIA.
Key figures
What we hold today, and what's planned.
Anything planned is marked planned. ARIA doesn't own production machines yet.
Planned
May 2027Our first 5-axis cell: a leased Haas UMC-400Planned
10 cells5-axis cells by the end of 2029: 2 lab cells, then 8 production cells, as orders and funding allowSoftware v0
34 of 51Program faults we planted on purpose that our checker caught, in simulationHeld today
- SAM.govActive federal registration
- CAGE 25L11Federal supplier code
- NJ SBESmall Business Enterprise, approved 24 Sep 2026
Planned, not held
- ISO 9001 (planned)Quality management
- AS9100D (planned)Aerospace quality, after ISO 9001 (planned)
What we need to do to get them
- Formally adopt our quality system. The manual is written but not yet adopted.
- Run it on real orders and keep the records from the first one: contract reviews, purchase orders, inspections and releases.
- Have an outside auditor run our internal audit, and hold a management review. In a company this small, nobody may audit their own work.
- Pass a registrar's two-stage audit for ISO 9001 (planned), then the upgrade audit for AS9100D (planned).
No date is set: the record period starts with our first real order.
ARIA is pre-revenue and doesn't own production machines yet. Our partner-shop route and our own automated cell are in development, and neither has made a customer part. People check and approve every step; running without people is not the plan.
Sources
Published research and documents behind the claims on this page. Citing them doesn't mean their authors endorse ARIA.
- Omole, S., Lunt, A., Kirk, S. and Shokrani, A. (2022). Advanced Processing and Machining of Tungsten and Its Alloys. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing 6(1), 15. Open access.
- Meng, X. et al. (2026). Optimization Study on the Process Parameters for Molybdenum Milling. Metals 16(8), 935. Open access.
- Kaya, E. and Akyüz, B. (2017). Effects of cutting parameters on machinability characteristics of Ni-based superalloys: a review. Open Engineering 7(1), 330–342. Open access.
- Hsieh, T.-J. and Colvin, N. K. (2016). Exemplary Ion Source for the Implanting of Halogen and Oxygen Based Dopant Gases. Axcelis Technologies paper, Ion Implantation Technology conference (IIT 2016).
- ITER Organization. Fusion Divertor. ITER machine systems page, read 5 Nov 2026.
- Pitts, R. A., Bonnin, X., Escourbiac, F. et al. (2019). Physics basis for the first ITER tungsten divertor. Nuclear Materials and Energy 20, 100696. Open access.
- Hollister, M. et al. (2021). A large millikelvin platform at Fermilab for quantum computing applications. arXiv:2108.10816. Preprint.
- Zhang, Y., Xu, X. W. and Liu, Y. (2011). Numerical control machining simulation: a comprehensive survey. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing 24(7), 593–609.
Start your next hard part.
Tell us the part family, material, quantity and timing. A named person reads every enquiry before we quote. Please don't email restricted drawings, models or CNC programs; we'll agree how to exchange technical data first.