Defense plants don’t need more headcount to build faster. They need to stop losing capacity to rework. Here’s how a manufacturing intelligence platform catches errors at each step, before the part moves on.
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Sept. 16, 2026– Rapta®, a company transforming precision manufacturing through AI-powered quality assurance and process intelligence, today announced the closing of an $8 million funding round. The round was co-led by Voyager Capital and Access Venture Partners, with participation from DeepWork Capital, LongKnife, Elevate Capital, Ringbolt Capital, Portland Seed Fund, BVC, and …
The Hidden Cost of Missed FOD in Defense Optics | Rapta Defense Manufacturing · Quality Inspection The Hidden Cost ofMissed FOD in Defense Optics Rapta AI 6 min read A single fingerprint. A particle smaller than a grain of sand. A micro-scratch invisible under white light. In a commercial product, these are nuisances. In a …
We just wrapped the Smart Factories Summit in Chicago, and if there was one sentence that kept echoing across every conversation, every panel, and every hallway exchange, it was this: manufacturers are sitting on gold they can’t leverage. Alejandro and I spent two days talking with plant managers, quality directors, operations leaders, and a lot …
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In complex assemblies, a misplaced component can mean a failed inspection, a rework loop, or worse — a defect that makes it downstream. Human eyes get tired. Checklists get skipped. In defense and precision manufacturing, the consequences can be severe. We recently shipped AssemblyAI Part Placement Verification to solve exactly this. Anchor-based spatial reasoning AssemblyAI …
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