Nox Metals

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Supplying America's Industrial Base

Summer 2025Founded 202513 peopleDetroit, MI, USA

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About

Nox Metals is an AI-powered metals supplier powering modern American manufacturing at scale. We are building automated factories that turn raw metal into production-ready material faster, cheaper, and more reliably than legacy service centers.

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Nox Metals is a Detroit-based supplier that cuts aluminum plates to size and provides instant quotes and fast delivery, emphasizing AI-powered optimization for procurement and manufacturing needs. They offer DFARS-compliant parts with mill certs and no minimums, targeting American manufacturers seeking rapid metal procurement.

Nox Metals offers aluminum plates (6061, 7075, 7050, 5000-series) cut to size with instant online quotes and next-day shipping. Their Gondor platform provides AI-driven quoting, ordering, tracking, and reordering in one place, including AI-based nest optimization, predictive inventory, and machine-generated mill certs. The Nox Nest system optimizes cuts against full inventory to minimize cost and lead time, and the platform tracks orders in real time from raw plate to delivery dock. All orders include mill certs and can be reordered in one click with no minimums.

Who it’s for: American manufacturers and procurement professionals needing fast, reliable aluminum plate procurement and AI-optimized cutting, with DFARS compliance and mill certs.

Features

Instant AI-driven quotes in under 60 seconds
AI-powered nesting and optimal cut-path planning
Predictive inventory and pre-allocated stock on the floor
Real-time order tracking from raw plate to dock
DFARS compliant, includes mill certs
No minimum order quantities
Single-platform quote, order, track, and reorder

Hiring/traction mentioned via platform features and rapid quotes; notable emphasis on AI-powered optimization and real-time tracking suggests advanced product development and customer traction signals.

Founders · 1

Zane HengspergerFounder

Supplying factories across America with the fastest and lowest-cost metals.

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Launch

Launched on Y Combinator · Aug 2025

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Modern metals factories to supply America's industrial base.

Nox Metals builds automated, vertically integrated metal factories that operate with software to transform raw metal into finished orders. It announces immediate aluminum plate and block availability, with plans to add steel, tube, and sheet, targeting job shops, OEMs, Tier 1–3 suppliers, and aerospace/defense manufacturers to shorten lead times and reduce costs.