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Forgepoint
AI coworkers for the manufacturing back office.
Forgepoint builds AI coworkers for the manufacturing back office. Our mission is to give American manufacturers an edge by putting the best technology in the world in their hands. Our first product, Frank, is an AI inside sales rep that handles the RFQ-to-quote process end to end. He's already deployed with hundreds of reps, estimators, and engineers at shops across the country, cutting their time-to-quote by up to 90%.
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Meet the Team
Co-Founder and CEO at Forgepoint
Jack Strauss
Co-founder & CEO of Forgepoint. We build AI coworkers for the manufacturing back office. Our first product, Frank, is an AI Inside Sales Rep already working with hundreds of reps, engineers, and estimators, cutting time-to-quote by up to 90%. I've spent my career at the intersection of manufacturing and technology: Chinese OEM factory floors early on, then Northrop Grumman, Bain's manufacturing practice, and Xwing, where I ran GTM through the acquisition by Joby Aviation. Stanford MBA. Backed by a16z speedrun and angels from OpenAI, Brex, SoFi, and Vercel.
CTO at Forgepoint
Alex Pareto
Alex is CTO of Forgepoint. Alex started his career as a founder in a YC backed startup that was later acquired by NTWRK, where he joined as the Director Engineering. After NTWRK, Alex joined Brex as a founding engineer on the Spend Management team. Over 5 years, he grew to lead Spend Management engineering for ~40 engineers and managers before starting Forgepoint. His entire family lives in Cleveland Ohio, and he's passionate about re-industrializing the mid-west.