Factory Reset: Rebooting How The World Gets Built, Moved & Powered
The Westly Group and J.P. Morgan are proud to present Factory Reset, a new gathering series for founders, engineers, investors, and operators rebooting how the world gets built, moved, and powered. No glossy panels or pitches, just real product demos and genuine connections among the people driving the next wave of energy, manufacturing, and industrial innovation.
San Francisco has a startup community for everything except the people rebuilding the physical world. Factory Reset is here to change that. We're excited to build this community to trade ideas, make intros that lead to pilots, share who’s hiring for specific roles, shoot some pool, and unwind over drinks.
Our first event brings together demos from three founding teams who represent the spirit of Factory Reset:
Will Drewery, Founder & CEO, Diagon — Former Tesla supply chain leader building an agentic AI and marketplace solution to procure capex for the factories of the future.
Devin Bhushan, Founder & CEO, Squint — Ex-Splunk and Yahoo engineer leading Squint, which provides an AI-powered platform helping factory workers standardize processes and improve manufacturing operations.
Adi Prasad & Adi Ranjan, Co-Founders, Stealth — Alums of Tesla, Rivian, and CloudKitchens applying their deep experience in manufacturing to reimagine how physical products are built.
We're keeping this first event invite-only but we appreciate your interest in attending. Please feel free to request an invite and someone will be in touch about your place on the waitlist.
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The Westly Group is an early stage VC firm founded in 2007 backing entrepreneurs transforming the world’s physical industries such as manufacturing, industrials, energy, supply chain, and other adjacent sectors making up more than 50 % of global GDP. We lead pre‑seed through early‑growth rounds with $500 K-$20 M checks and count nine IPOs and four multi‑billion‑dollar exits within our portfolio, including Tesla, Luminar, SentinelOne, and Procore. Our family of funds is anchored by industry leaders such as ABB, Alaska Airlines, Audi, Oshkosh, Bridgestone, Trane, CNH, Xylem, State Farm, and dozens of energy developers and utilities.
J.P. Morgan: There’s always been an innovation economy — we just never put a name to it. Whether it was automobiles or artificial intelligence, every generation has had their own opportunities to disrupt. Founded in 1799, J.P. Morgan exists to financially empower high-growth companies that are shaping the present and building the future. We are committed to being the leading bank of the innovation economy — bringing together founders, startups, investors, and ideas. Find out how J.P. Morgan can help you build your future.