56 - The Machine that Makes the Machine with Matt Parlmer
From Hacking State by Alex Murshak
January 13, 2026 · 2h 4m · Episode 56
About this episode
Matt Parlmer discusses the concept of self-reproducing factories and the future of American manufacturing.
Matt Parlmer is the founder and CEO of General Fabrication Company, a self-reproducing factory company. We cover the origins of Gen Fab in the realization that we now have the tools to build machines that build themselves (see: The Von Neumann Constructor), the possibilities created by small modular manufacturing in electronics, robotic wet labs, and more; building a vertically integrated industrial company, light industrial parts farms, the need for American industrial policy to include civilian industry in re-industrialization strategy, levers for re-shoring American manufacturing, the unexpected passing of our good friend, Nick Simmons, and the future of General Fabrication. Links: Support Nick Simmons' wife and family's GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-nick-simmons-life-and-legacy Matt Parlmer's memorial post for Nick Simmons: https://mattparlmer.substack.com/p/remembering-nick-simmons General Fabrication website: https://www.genfab.co/ Matt Parlmer on X: https://x.com/mattparlmer General Fabrication on X: https://x.com/genfabco SIGN UP for the Hacking State newsletter: https://hackingstate.substack.com/subscribe If you enjoyed this talk, please leave a review on…
People in this episode
Host: Alex Murshak
Guest: Matt Parlmer
Topics covered
- self-reproducing factories
- American manufacturing
- industrial policy
- modular manufacturing
- robotics
- re-shoring
Keywords
- General Fabrication
- self-reproducing factory
- industrial policy
- modular manufacturing
- robotic wet labs
- re-shoring
- Nick Simmons
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: General Fabrication Company, GoFundMe, Apple, Spotify, Youtube
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