A fledgling startup founded by one of OpenAI's first engineering hires is looking to "redefine manufacturing," with AI-powered factories for creating bespoke precision parts. Daedalus, as the ...

Daedalus operates a 50,000-square-foot factory in Karlsruhe, Germany, where it makes both types of components for customers. It can also produce prototypes of newly designed parts.

In many ways, Daedalus extends the basic concept of 3D printing, which has been democratizing the manufacturing process for more than a decade. But with machine learning smarts under the hood, it ...