A summit convening major stakeholders from tech, manufacturing, government, military, and finance.
Many groups want to rapidly modernize the industrial base for various reasons. To do so, we need more talent and resources in manufacturing.
It's a symbol of not only the challenge ahead, but celebrating how a place like Detroit literally saved the world with its factories.
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Aaron Slodov is the CEO and co-founder of Atomic Industries, a deep-tech manufacturing venture revolutionizing tool and die making in the United States through AI-driven, fully integrated design-to-production processes. With a background in physics and systems engineering from Kent State and CWRU, Aaron previously co-founded Remesh, an AI platform for market research. A seasoned entrepreneur and technologist, he has raised over $100M across ventures, authored The Techno-Industrialist Manifesto, and founded Reindustrialize, a conference modernizing the U.S. industrial base. His vision centers on creating hyper-efficient, software-defined manufacturing to make American industry globally competitive.
Austin Bishop is the CEO of the New American Industrial Alliance (NAIA) and a Partner at the venture fund Tamarack Global, where he invests across AI, energy, advanced manufacturing, and defense. He was formerly the Head of Americas Trading at Marshall Wace, a $70 billion hedge fund, and co-founder of Atomic Industries, an AI-powered manufacturing company. Bishop played a pivotal role in launching NAIA during the Reindustrialize Summit in Detroit in 2024 and continues to lead efforts to revitalize U.S. industrial capacity. Based in Washington, D.C., he manages Tamarack's relationships in defense, government, and international communities.
Falon Donohue is a Partner at Narya, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Ohio. Prior to joining Narya, she founded Sadie Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm, and served as the first CEO of VentureOhio, where she facilitated a collaborative statewide entrepreneurial ecosystem and increased access to capital for Ohio entrepreneurs. A veteran of the Ohio Air National Guard, Donohue is actively involved in the Ohio startup community, serving on several nonprofit boards focused on innovation and economic development. She also co-founded Reindustrialize, a conference dedicated to modernizing the U.S. industrial base. Her leadership has been instrumental in advancing Ohio's entrepreneurial landscape.
Gregory Bernstein is the Co-Founder and CEO of The New Industrial Corporation, an investment company that specializes in project development at the intersection of venture and infrastructure capital. He has been a venture capitalist with both EQT Group and Acequia Capital where, with both firms, he architected and subsequently executed the investment strategy for New Industrials and reindustrialization in the national interest, transforming legacy markets and building new industrial frameworks. His investment portfolio includes companies like Atomic Industries (AI-enabled manufacturing), Verkor (now Europe's largest domestic battery manufacturer), Rainmaker Technologies (weather modification through data-enabled hardware), and many others. He started his career as a U.S. Coast Guard officer and served as both a counter-narcotics mission commander and Commanding Officer afloat.