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Senra Systems closed a $65 million Series B fundraising round.
Senra Systems has hired Ken Venner, the former Chief Information Officer of SpaceX, to lead its software and systems development.
Senra Systems has raised $100 million in total capital to date.
Senra Systems' training program reduces the time to train a wire harness technician from a typical two-year apprenticeship to four weeks.
During Ken Venner's tenure at SpaceX, the company scaled from approximately 1,000 to 9,000 employees and increased annual booster production from one to 40.
Ken Venner believes he can replicate the software systems he built at SpaceX with a team of 6-8 people at Senra Systems, compared to 175 people at SpaceX, due to advancements in AI.
Senra Systems' Series B fundraising round was led by Lower Carbon and Interlagos.
Existing investors Sequoia, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, 8VC, and Andreessen Horowitz participated in Senra Systems' Series B round.
Wire harnessing can account for up to 25% of a vehicle's total cost.
SpaceX previously outsourced 95% of the wire harnessing for its Falcon rockets and Dragon capsules.
The future of American manufacturing will be defined by reconfigurable systems rather than single-task automation.
Dylan Field, CEO of Figma, co-led Senra Systems' Series A funding round.