Welding automation has been a solved problem in theory for decades. In practice, the specialist knowledge required to program a welding robot has kept it out of reach for the vast majority of manufacturers. A single component can take hours to configure, a full production line days, and the shortage of people with the expertise to do it is not a temporary disruption but a structural reality that is deepening across Europe. ArcNC was founded to remove that constraint entirely.

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Their AI-powered software enables any operator to program a welding robot in minutes, without coding expertise, without additional hardware, and without months of specialist training. A welder with no prior experience in robot programming can be fully operational on the ArcNC system in two hours. What was once the exclusive domain of large manufacturers with dedicated automation teams becomes accessible to production facilities of every size, across automotive, aerospace, metal fabrication, and heavy industry.

ArcNC is already working with industrial manufacturers across Europe, and the demand they are encountering reflects exactly the kind of structural urgency Miles Ahead looks for in a new investment. The problem is large, the timing is right, and the team around founder Eli Reekmans has both the technical credibility and the commercial clarity to build something that scales well beyond its starting point.

"Welding automation, from design to execution, is one of the clearest examples of Physical AI solving a real and urgent industrial challenge. The need for efficiency and scale in manufacturing is permanent, and ArcNC is building the infrastructure that allows manufacturers to meet it, regardless of their size or their existing technical capability."
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- Luc Burgelman, Founding Partner at Miles Ahead