Platform provider Jiga announced the closing of a $12-million Series A funding round, led by Aleph with participation from seed-round backer Symbol and accelerator Y Combinator. The capital injection arrives as Jiga scales into sourcing bottlenecks that hardware and AI companies face when procuring custom physical parts for aerospace, defense, robotics, and other advanced sectors.
Founded in 2020 by Adar Hay (CEO), Yonatan Wolowelsky (CTO) and Assaf Geuz (COO), Jiga offers an “AI-native manufacturing platform” that enables engineers to upload drawings and specifications, leverage software agents to extract requirements, and rapidly match to vetted manufacturers for ordering. According to the company, workflows that previously took weeks can now be completed in hours.
Jiga emphasizes that while software development has achieved fast iteration speeds thanks to AI, hardware teams remain constrained by traditional procurement cycles, leading to strategic bottlenecks. With the hardware demand trajectory rising sharply — for example, the robotics market is projected to grow from $90 billion in 2024 to $206 billion by 2030, and the space economy is forecast to approach $2 trillion by 2040 — Jiga positions itself at the intersection of manufacturing and AI-era speed.
The newly raised funds will be used to expand Jiga’s premium production capabilities, deepen AI-driven quality assurance for mission-critical parts, and scale the enterprise infrastructure to support larger deployments across new manufacturing categories. Jiga already counts major aerospace and defense companies among its users, managing thousands of RFQs each month.
In the platform’s model, Jiga functions as the vendor of record: engineers upload their CAD drawings and specs, the system analyzes and extracts manufacturing context from communications, identifies risks before delays escalate, and structures documentation through a transparent view with direct supplier communication. Jiga handles the administrative burden, while humans make key decisions and remain engaged in the workflow.
Despite the funding round, Jiga reports it is already profitable — a signal of strong product-market fit in its niche. With hardware sourcing now emerging as a strategic constraint for AI and advanced manufacturing companies, Jiga’s growth comes at a timely moment as firms aim to reduce lead times, increase supply-chain transparency, and move at “software speeds” in the physical world.
KEY QUOTES:
“Hardware can’t keep pace if engineers chase quotes instead of design, and supply chain teams are buried in spreadsheets instead of strategy. We’re eliminating the administrative burden so teams can move at AI-era speed. The capital will allow us to support the exponentially growing market demand.”
Adar Hay, Co-founder and CEO
“Hardware moves only as fast as its supply chain, For decades, custom parts procurement couldn’t be automated—buried in PDFs, emails, spreadsheets. Jiga is finally cracking it. What took three weeks now takes three hours.”
Eden Shochat, Equal Partner at Aleph
