






WE ARE BUILD COLLECTIVE
Things are worth making, when they shape the future in positive ways. But getting these things out of the lab and into people’s lives isn’t easy. Tony wrote a book about it. And the Build Collective invests its money and time to help engineers and scientists build a greener world, in which every person enjoys a longer, richer life.
News worth sharing
MEET TONY
Born to build.
iPod, iPhone, Nest Thermostat. Technology, products, businesses, brands. Tony has built them all.
NEWS
The largest CNT manufacturing facility in the world. Now open in Atlanta.
On August 31st, Carbice opened the doors to a new 23,000 square foot global facility in the Historic West End neighborhood of Atlanta.

NEWS

The Ideal Switch for power.
Menlo Micro announces the launch of the MM9200, a switch designed for high power applications.
NEWS

A big, new offering in the works.
Founder Pat Brown said that Impossible Foods latest filet mignon prototype is “pretty damn good.”
NEWS

Tony joins Arm’s board.
Fadell's push to use the Arm family of chips in the iPod and iPhone cemented Arm's position on the ground floor of the smartphone business. Now he joins the board to help them expand into PCs, servers, cars and more.
THE BUILDERS
Out of the lab
and into our lives.
Our companies tackle carbon accounting, energy storage, immunotherapy, waste upcycling, and much more.

THE BOOK
(How to) make things
worth making
Tony has had many mentors throughout his life. To give back he wrote BUILD, the New York Times Best Seller that helps people make things worth making.

NEWS
Disrupting Silicon Valley from Paris.
The next generation of technology designers should commit to a kind of Hippocratic oath: first, do no harm.

NEWS

Engineered for precision.
Mantle combines trusted CNC machining with innovative 3D printing to make precise tooling components in a fraction of the time and cost of traditional toolmaking.
NEWS

Fixing the root problem in textiles.
Smartex closes next funding round for CV + AI that detects textile defects in real-time, before fabrics get shipped around the world, only to be thrown out.
NEWS
The all-electric everything RV.
A team of former Tesla, Rivian, Proterra, and Lucid alums build the Lightship L1. Visit new corners of the world while doing your part to preserve it.

THE TEAM

Experience in spades.
Early on in the life of a company there are inflection points, where a bit of help from people with lot of experience is invaluable.
NEWS

The iPod of Crypto.
Tony Fadell made Ledger’s new hardware wallet — a tiny vault for digital cash — flashy and fun. Plus, with this gadget you’ll never get FTX’d.
PODCAST

Lex and Tony talk.
iPhone, iPod, Nest, Steve Jobs, Design, and Engineering — on the Lex Fridman Podcast.
NEWS

Emerging from stealth.
Lumafield emerges from stealth with $32.5 million in funding and early customers that include L’Oreal, OXO and Trek Bicycle.
NEWS

France’s carbon management platform Sweep raises $73M
Sweep’s proven carbon accounting platform makes the invisible visible, letting companies of all sizes easily see their Scope 1-3 CO2 emissions.
MEET TONY
Born to build.
iPod, iPhone, Nest Thermostat. Technology, products, businesses, brands. Tony has built them all.
THE TEAM

Experience in spades.
Early on in the life of a company there are inflection points, where a bit of help from people with lot of experience is invaluable.
NEWS

The iPod of Crypto.
Tony Fadell made Ledger’s new hardware wallet — a tiny vault for digital cash — flashy and fun. Plus, with this gadget you’ll never get FTX’d.
NEWS

The Ideal Switch for power.
Menlo Micro announces the launch of the MM9200, a switch designed for high power applications.
NEWS

Emerging from stealth.
Lumafield emerges from stealth with $32.5 million in funding and early customers that include L’Oreal, OXO and Trek Bicycle.
NEWS
Disrupting Silicon Valley from Paris.
The next generation of technology designers should commit to a kind of Hippocratic oath: first, do no harm.

NEWS

Tony joins Arm’s board.
Fadell's push to use the Arm family of chips in the iPod and iPhone cemented Arm's position on the ground floor of the smartphone business. Now he joins the board to help them expand into PCs, servers, cars and more.
NEWS

France’s carbon management platform Sweep raises $73M
Sweep’s proven carbon accounting platform makes the invisible visible, letting companies of all sizes easily see their Scope 1-3 CO2 emissions.
THE BUILDERS
Out of the lab
and into our lives.
Our companies tackle carbon accounting, energy storage, immunotherapy, waste upcycling, and much more.

THE BOOK
(How to) make things
worth making
Tony has had many mentors throughout his life. To give back he wrote BUILD, the New York Times Best Seller that helps people make things worth making.

NEWS
The largest CNT manufacturing facility in the world. Now open in Atlanta.
On August 31st, Carbice opened the doors to a new 23,000 square foot global facility in the Historic West End neighborhood of Atlanta.

NEWS

Engineered for precision.
Mantle combines trusted CNC machining with innovative 3D printing to make precise tooling components in a fraction of the time and cost of traditional toolmaking.
NEWS

A big, new offering in the works.
Founder Pat Brown said that Impossible Foods latest filet mignon prototype is “pretty damn good.”
PODCAST

Lex and Tony talk.
iPhone, iPod, Nest, Steve Jobs, Design, and Engineering — on the Lex Fridman Podcast.
NEWS

Fixing the root problem in textiles.
Smartex closes next funding round for CV + AI that detects textile defects in real-time, before fabrics get shipped around the world, only to be thrown out.
NEWS
The all-electric everything RV.
A team of former Tesla, Rivian, Proterra, and Lucid alums build the Lightship L1. Visit new corners of the world while doing your part to preserve it.

For more of the latest, head here:
NEWSROOM