Articles from Code Metal

Code Metal, the leading platform at the intersection of industrial automation and AI, today announced the appointment of Laura Shen as Senior Vice President of Growth. Shen, a former National Security Council Director for China and a key operator at Uber during a pivotal phase of hypergrowth, will spearhead Code Metal’s global expansion and drive initiatives focused on scaling the company’s global impact on the defense and industrial sectors. Shen joins a leadership team with multiple founder exits, deep AI hardware scale experience through Series D, and over $1 billion in capital raised.

The Metal Ops: Smart City Hackathon, hosted by Code Metal in downtown Boston from March 14-16, 2025, has successfully concluded. The event showcased innovative concepts for smart city operations in special missions. Bringing together 14 diverse teams from prestigious institutions and the Department of Defense, this hackathon focused on leveraging urban infrastructure to enhance security, resilience, and operational readiness for the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).

Code Metal, the leading company in AI-powered development workflows for the edge, today announced it has achieved an “Awardable” status through the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s (CDAO) Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace.

Code Metal, the leading company in AI-powered development workflows for the edge, has announced it will be hosting the Metal Ops: Smart City Hackathon in downtown Boston from March 14 - 16, 2025. The Hackathon will focus on smart city operations for special missions as participants develop innovative solutions that leverage existing urban infrastructure, like IoT sensors and traffic cameras, to improve security, resilience, and operational readiness in urban environments for the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Additional participating organizations include the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Army, Army Research Labs, Navy, Air Force, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of the Air Force MIT AI Accelerator, Harvard, Northeastern, WPI, the City of Boston, and several of Boston’s Deep Tech Industry pioneers.

Code Metal, the leading company in AI-powered development workflows for the edge, today announced the appointment of Ayon Basumallik as Senior Vice President of Engineering and Product. Basumallik, formerly Vice President of Machine Learning and Software Engineering at Lightmatter, brings extensive leadership experience, having played a key role in driving strategy and scaling operations at Lightmatter, which recently achieved a $4.4 billion valuation.

Code Metal, the leading company in AI-powered development workflows for the edge, announced a $13M seed, led by Shield Capital, and a prior $3.45M pre-seed round, led by J2 Ventures, with support from Fulcrum Venture Group, Underdog Labs, and others. Code Metal will use this funding to continue building modular and verifiable agentic workflows that transform product development timelines from months to days. It also plans to expand its team of experts in hardware, AI, and traditional compiler design to serve its rapidly growing pipeline of customers.