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VulcanForms operates vertically integrated manufacturing facilities combining advanced metal additive manufacturing (laser powder bed fusion), precision machining, automation, and AI-enabled software to produce complex, high-performance metal components at industrial scale. The company serves aerospace, defense, medical device, and industrial customers requiring domestic, secure supply chains and consistent quality. VulcanForms differentiates by operating proprietary end-to-end production facilities rather than selling equipment, enabling faster time-to-production and competitive economics for complex metal parts.

Thought Machine builds Vault Core, a cloud-native core banking platform that enables banks to run any financial product they design using smart contracts and a real-time ledger architecture. Unlike legacy monolithic systems, Vault Core is cloud-agnostic, microservices-based, and allows banks to migrate existing products while innovating new ones without disruption. The company also offers Vault Payments for global payment processing. Backed by tier-1 banks including JPMorgan Chase, ING, and Lloyds Banking Group as both customers and investors, Thought Machine has become the infrastructure layer modernizing legacy banking systems.