Forgepoint raises $9.8M to help manufacturers quote faster
American manufacturers can often make a part faster than they can get a quote back to the customer asking for it. That mismatch is the result of decades of automation reaching the shop floor, but rarely the office around it.
Forgepoint is tackling that with Frank, an AI Inside Sales Rep built for manufacturing. Frank works alongside quoting teams across the emails, documents, pricing logic, and systems they already use. It helps them move from incoming request to customer-ready quote far faster.
Forgepoint announced a $9.8 million seed round led by Primary Venture Partners and a16z speedrun. Angel investors from OpenAI, Brex, Vercel, and SoFi also participated.
The funding will bring Frank to more manufacturers, deepen integrations with the systems they already use, and grow its team.
Frank analyzes part files, prepares pricing using each manufacturer’s own cost model, and routes engineering work for human review. It follows up...
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