Nox Metals

Supplying America's Industrial Base

noxmetals.co

HQ: Detroit, MI, USA

1-10

Industrials

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Jul 29, 2026

Overview

Detroit-based AI-powered industrial metals supplier building automated factories and software-driven quoting/ordering to deliver cut-to-size metal faster than legacy service centers.

Primary product

Aluminum plate cut to size

Founded

2025

Headquarters

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Team size

10-20

Work style

Onsite

Industry

Manufacturing

Sub-industry

Industrial metals supply / metals service center

Offices

2703 23rd Street, Detroit, MI 48216

Business model

B2B industrial supply

custom cut-to-size metal processing

software-enabled manufacturing

API-enabled quoting and ordering

Funding

Stage

Seed

Total raised

$16.1M

Latest round

Seed · Jun 2026

Latest amount

$11.5M

Seed

Jun 2026 · Hyperion

$11.5M

Pre-seed

Sep 2025

$4.6M

People & investors

Leadership

Zane Hengsperger

Founder & CEO

Vince Mazzei

COO

Austin Churley

Business Operations Lead

Jacob Sack

Business Operations Lead

Joshua Darakdjian

General Manager

Ahabue Gregory Odiase

Founding Engineer

Investors

Alumni Ventures

Anorak Ventures

Detroit Venture Partners

Work & culture

High-agency, mission-driven, hands-on factory-floor culture centered on speed, automation, and shipping real industrial output.

Work style

Onsite

Compensation

Public postings show on-site Detroit roles with hourly ranges roughly $17.50-$38/hr, Plant Manager $90K-$130K, and some roles offering equity; YC listed software roles at $80K-$165K plus 0.02%-0.08% equity.

Benefits

equity on some roles

mission-driven work

long-term career growth

Product & market

Pricing

Quote-based custom landed pricing; no public list pricing.

Differentiators

—quotes in about 60 seconds
—AI-driven nesting and inventory optimization
—no middlemen
—mill certs and full traceability
—direct shipping from Detroit
—next-day delivery claims
—API for quoting and ordering
—ISO 9001:2015 certified
—DFARS-compliant / domestic sourcing options

Technology

TypeScript

NestJS

Next.js

React

Supabase

Python

PyTorch

OpenCV

SCADA

Siemens

KUKA

ladder logic

MLOps

GitHub

Figma

Canva

Customers

machine shops

OEMs

aerospace manufacturers

defense manufacturers

automotive manufacturers

fabricators

general American manufacturers

Competitors

legacy metals service centers

metal brokers/distributors

Alro Steel

Ryerson

O'Neal Steel

Scale & contact

sales@noxmetals.co 313-425-5083

Latest news

Nox Metals raises $11.5M seed round

Crain's Detroit Business · Jun 2026

Coverage of the Detroit manufacturing startup's seed raise and its reindustrialization push.

NOX METALS Raises an $11.5M Seed Round to Reindustrialize America

NOX METALS blog · Jun 2026

Official announcement of the $11.5M seed round led by Hyperion, with participation from Palmer Luckey, Y Combinator, Jared Friedman, RoboStrategy, Operator Collective, DTX, Alumni Ventures, and others.

Meet Detroit's Youngest New Industrialist

Michigan Enjoyer · Nov 2025

Feature on Zane Hengsperger and Nox Metals' Detroit manufacturing operation, early funding, and industrial mission.

Nox Metals aims to redefine US manufacturing with automated metals factories

American Bazaar · Aug 2025

Profile of the YC-backed company and its vertically integrated, automated metals factory strategy.

Launch YC: NOX METALS: The modern metals supplier.

Y Combinator

YC launch page introducing Nox Metals as a modern metals supplier building vertically integrated factories with software and automation.

Jobs and careers at Nox Metals

37 jobs at Nox Metals

Material Handler

On-site

Operations

Ferndale; Ferndale, Michigan, United States

4d ago

On-site

Full-time