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It’s possible to imagine using ChatGPT’s memory, or even just giving the context in an initial brain dump that would allow for this type of call. So don’t feel like it’s too far off.

Does it also work for podcasts?

ARENA AI | MACHINE LEARNING + FULL-STACK + DESIGN + PRODUCT ROLES | ONSITE in NYC | FULL-TIME

Arena builds "autopilot" for high-frequency business decisions. We empower businesses across industries to make critical strategic decisions fully autonomous using cutting-edge ML.

We’re hiring for Machine Learning Scientists, frontend/fullstack engineers, a senior product designer, and product/growth leads. We’ve grown from 20 to 52 this year based on strong revenue flow and recent funding (making our funding announcement tomorrow 8/2!).

Please reach out to paul@arena-ai.com if you’re interested.

www.arena-ai.com

We have a plug-n-play Shopify <> Shipstation integration, where all you need to do is give us your Shipstation credentials. From there we just need to know the products/SKUs you'll be making with us.

Voodoo Manufacturing (YC W17) | Brooklyn, NY | Full-Time | Onsite | https://voodoomfg.com/jobs

We are building a digital factory to make manufacturing as fast, affordable, and scalable as software.

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Roles we’re hiring for include:

* Robotic Automation Engineer (https://voodoomfg.com/jobs/robotic-automation-engineer)

* Product Manager (https://voodoomfg.com/jobs/product-manager)

* ML Engineer (https://voodoomfg.com/jobs/machine-learning-engineer)

Please email jobs@voodoomfg.com if you’re interested in applying.

Voodoo Manufacturing (YC W17) | Brooklyn, NY | Full-Time | Onsite | https://voodoomfg.com/jobs

We are building a digital factory to make manufacturing as fast, affordable, and scalable as software.

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Roles we’re hiring for include:

* Product Manager (https://voodoomfg.com/jobs/product-manager)

* Software Developer (https://voodoomfg.com/jobs/software-developer)

* ML Engineer (https://voodoomfg.com/jobs/machine-learning-engineer)

* Content Marketing Manager (https://voodoomfg.com/jobs/content-marketing-manager)

* Customer Support (https://voodoomfg.com/jobs/customer-support-manager)

Please email jobs@voodoomfg.com if you’re interested in applying.

Voodoo Manufacturing (YC W17) | Brooklyn, NY | Full-Time | Onsite | https://voodoomfg.com/jobs

We are building a digital factory to make manufacturing as fast, affordable, and scalable as software.

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Roles we’re hiring for include:

* Robotic Automation Engineer (https://voodoomfg.com/jobs/robotic-automation-engineer)

* Product Manager (https://voodoomfg.com/jobs/product-manager)

* Software Developer (https://voodoomfg.com/jobs/software-developer)

* ML Engineer (https://voodoomfg.com/jobs/machine-learning-engineer)

* Office Manager (https://voodoomfg.com/jobs/office-manager)

* Content Marketing Manager (https://voodoomfg.com/jobs/content-marketing-manager)

* Customer Support (https://voodoomfg.com/jobs/customer-support-manager)

Please email jobs@voodoomfg.com if you’re interested in applying.

Voodoo Manufacturing | New York, NY | Full-time | Onsite

We are building a digital robotic 3D printing factory to compete with injection molding. We're well funded, have significant revenue, and are scaling quickly.

We're hiring for:

-- Product Manager

-- Software Engineer, Full Stack

-- Software Engineer, Front End

-- Computational Geometry Scientist

-- Operations Research Scientist

-- Robotics & Automation Engineer

-- Customer Support Manager

Learn more at https://voodoomfg.com/jobs (not all jobs posted yet).

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Email us at jobs@voodoomfg.com if you're interested in chatting.

Hey there! This sounds awesome! Would love to learn more. Shoot me an email sometime at jonathan@voodoomfg.com

Our quoting engine needs a mesh file to estimate price from. As well, all of the 3D printer compiles need the same... It should be easy to export your model as a STL or OBJ though!

I agree, but at the end of the day you need some estimate of what's being manufactured to produce a price. Otherwise, we'd only be able to give you some rough prices per g of material, print hr, and labor...

We very our infill depending on the part, but usually just standard hex. We did have some factory-wide precision numbers which I'd have to dig up. If you interested in learning more feel free to shoot me an email at jonathan@voodoomfg.com!

Thats' a great point. We've actually done a handful of projects like that. Here's an example: http://blog.voodoomfg.com/2016/06/10/a-life-size-human-model...

In many cases, when you cut up a model like that you can actually print it faster and cheaper than on a large format machine.

The material we use, PLA, is actually biodegradable! It would take a while naturally, but can be done easily with industrial equipment. We also recycle all of our scrap material back into filament :)

We're just doing FDM today, but in the future we plan on expanding to other 3D printing technologies (i.e. SLA, SLS, etc), and eventually even non 3D printing tech like milling or laser cutting.

If you don't want to submit a form on our website, feel free to either email me at jonathan@voodoomfg.com.

Exactly, today's cine we'r eonly manufacturing plastic parts, most hardware companies use us to make enclosures, brackets, and other internal and external components. And then prototypes of course as well.

We definitely do one off projects. If you want, you can just upload files to our website Direct Print service and checkout. Those orders leave our factory next business day: https://voodoomfg.com/direct-print

We are definitely cheaper! I don't know if you compared to the Shapeways PLA option, but that's actually us doing the fulfillment ;)

We're cheaper than other 3D printing services because we took a different approach and use lower-end commoditized 3D printers, rather than commercial or industrial machines. The machines we use are cheaper, and use cheaper (open) materials, and require cheaper maintenance and repairs. We're also optimized for volume and cost-reduction as a company, where as Shapeways is more optimized for variety and low-volume orders.

Great question. It was for a few reasons. A lot of YC is still what happens during the batch (Tuesday dinners, office hours, demo day, etc), and we felt those were things that could benefit us. As well, a lot of VCs aren't used to "manufacturing" startups, so we felt that having the YC stamp would provide some nice validation and hopefully make conversations with investors better. Also, YC just naturally pushes you to work so hard for the 3 months your in it that we felt it would also be a net positive. At the end of the day, we determined that if we went through YC and continue to do well, it would be worth it, and if we end up failing, YC won't be the reason.

What do you use the parts for? We'll be introducing medium format printers into our factory this quarter, but they will be more like 300 x 300 x 450mm. Would definitely be interested in what you're doing though, because we're always looking for ways to expand our offering :) Shoot me a message at jonathan@voodoomfg.com if you want to chat more.

Definitely in our roadmap! Until then, we can also print with PLA++ (a stronger PLA), and have done some projects in nylon if that would work for you.

Looking forward to hearing more!

We look at object SA, V, and geometry and without slicing estimate print time and material usage. From there we factor in other costs such as machine time, labor, and packing and shipping.

We don't compare to injection molding to calculate price. When we say price competitive between 1 and 10k units, it's based on avg IM mold and units costs. It's pretty hard to find data on that though.

Yeah, good point. We don't yet let users assign different units to different models in the same purchase on our website, but can add that feature!

Thanks! You can check out some case studies on our website (https://voodoomfg.com/case-studies). Also, our Instagram account has a bunch of product photos (https://www.instagram.com/voodoomfg/?hl=en).

And yes! We drop-ship right from our factory in Brooklyn.

haha, definitely exotic, but we've actually printed with an algae filament before. It smelled kind of weird printing!

What are you interested in making? Feel free to shoot me an email at jonathan@voodoomfg.com if you want to discuss further.

We are able to get more consistent prints than a lot of people using their own printer, mostly because we've been able to build a lot of process around maintain and operation. So, for a given part, we'd make a sample for you to get approval, and then use that as spec. We regularly test printers to make sure they're operating normally.

Quotes are based on the specific model. You can upload a STL or OBJ to our site to see what the price is for our Direct Print service (low volume). For high volume orders, sometimes the price is slightly different since we quote more accurately and can sometimes make optimizations. Generally things can cost as little as $0.25 and pretty much go up from there.

Thanks! What type of materials do you want or need?

Hi Hacker News! I'm one of the co-founders of Voodoo Manufacturing (https://voodoomfg.com/) in the current YC W17 batch. Voodoo Manufacturing is an automated 3D printing factory capable of producing anywhere from 1-10,000 plastic parts in 2 weeks or less, at injection molding prices. The difference between us and other 3D printing services is that we use lower-end commoditized 3D printers rather than commercial or industrial machines. Today we have 160 MakerBot Replicator 2s. We started Voodoo because we believed these machines were capable of making high-enough quality parts and products for various use cases. Obviously we're not (yet) producing any high-performance parts for airplanes, etc., but we can make cost-competitive hardware components, and surprisingly we make a lot of promotional products (event swag, trophies, memorabilia, etc.)

Since launching Voodoo we've come to realize that traditional manufacturing is still really hard for most people and companies, and definitely falls short when you're producing parts in runs of less than 10,000 units. More than 3D printing, we're excited about the future of fully digital manufacturing -- going from a digital design to physical parts with virtually no upfront costs or overhead. Today we're cost-competitive with injection molding for runs of 1-10k units (the exact cross-over point depends on the part), but our goal is to reduce costs by 90% over the next 5 years, and thus become competitive for runs of up to 100k units. We also believe that 3D printing and other digital manufacturing technologies will continue to improve, from materials to machines, and so over time we'll become capable of producing high-quality and high-performance parts that can be used for more applications.

A couple of projects we've worked on include this current marketing campaign with Dixie (http://www.crushtomizer.com/) where they're using our API to submit orders to be manufactured and drop-shipped on-demand, and a pet-project where we printed a life-size body model in less than 24 hours (http://blog.voodoomfg.com/2016/06/10/a-life-size-human-model...). Today, we've worked with over 1,200 customers, from large brands to small startups, to help people make things that wouldn't be possible or economical with other manufacturing methods. We're excited about all the things currently happening within manufacturing, and are proud to be one of the companies trying to push forward and build a new type of factory, right here in the US.

We'd love to hear your thoughts on what we're doing, what you might want that we don't currently offer, or help you out if you have a project in mind. Thanks so much!

Voodoo Manufacturing | Brooklyn, NY | https://voodoomfg.com/

- Marketing Director

- Manufacturing Director

Voodoo Manufacturing is a young startup on a big mission to change the way things are manufactured. With our 128-desktop 3D printer factory, we help companies bridge the gap between their first prototype and their first high volume production run (10,000+ units). We’ve worked with companies including Intel, Universal Studios, SyFy Channel, Autodesk, Viacom, Mattel, and a few more we can’t even talk about! We’ve unlocked an entirely new market in the world of manufacturing -- affordable high-volume 3D printing.

Email jobs@voodoomfg.com for more info.

Check out these guys: http://ntopology.com/index.html/

They make some awesome software that let's you create wither flat or volumetric lattice structures from existing 3D models.

Body Labs (www.bodylabs.com) - NYC

Body Labs teaches computers how to understand human shape and pose. Using a 3D body scan or measurements as input, we create a body model that can be used across a wide variety of applications, including fashion, design, health, fitness, video games, animation, and more. Our mission is to provide the infrastructure that allows developers and companies to better bridge the gap between the human body and their products and applications.

We are currently hiring for the following ONSITE positions:

-SENIOR COMPUTER VISION/MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST

-SENIOR FULL-STACK WEB ENGINEER

-FRONT-END ENGINEER

-SENIOR PRODUCTION SOFTWARE QA ENGINEER

Go to www.bodylabs.com/jobs.html or email JOBS@BODYLABS.COM for more details.

Body Labs (www.bodylabs.com) - NYC

Body Labs teaches computers how to understand human shape and pose. Using a 3D body scan or measurements as input, we create a body model that can be used across a wide variety of applications, including fashion, design, health, fitness, video games, animation, and more. Our mission is to provide the infrastructure that allows developers and companies to better bridge the gap between the human body and their products and applications.

We are currently hiring for the following ONSITE positions:

-SENIOR COMPUTER VISION/MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST

-SENIOR FULL-STACK WEB ENGINEER

-FRONT-END ENGINEER

-SENIOR PRODUCTION SOFTWARE QA ENGINEER

Go to www.bodylabs.com/jobs.html or email JOBS@BODYLABS.COM for more details.