With Sift Stack, Two Ex-SpaceX Engineers Are Bringing The Software That Helped Launch Rockets To The Factory Floor

With Sift Stack, Two Ex-SpaceX Engineers Are Bringing The Software That Helped Launch Rockets To The Factory Floor

Factory Floor Software: How Ex-SpaceX Engineers Are Changing Manufacturing Two former SpaceX engineers have taken the software that helped put rockets into orbit and reimagined it for a completely different mission — the factory floor. Their startup, Sift, is quietly becoming one of the most important players in the movement to make physical manufacturing smarter, faster, and ready for the age of artificial intelligence. If you have ever wondered what it actually takes to automate a factory, the answer starts with data. The "Atoms, Not Bits" Era Has a Data Problem Nobody Is Talking About Silicon Valley has spent the last few years falling back in love with physical things. Rockets, chips, electric vehicles, satellites — there is a renewed obsession with building hardware, not just software. The rallying cry of "atoms, not bits" has grown so loud that major investors are reportedly assembling enormous funds to buy and modernize old manufacturing firms using artificial …