Micro-Factory Floor · In-House SMT Production Line
Stencil Printing → Pick & Place → Reflow → Functional Test
10xLab · Hardware Innovation Hub · SF Dogpatch, CA
A 5,000 sq ft hardware co-working space, micro-factory, and showroom — designed for the engineers who need more than a desk. EE benches. In-house SMT line. CNC. Same-day PCBA. All under one roof.
Software gets all the
co-working love.
Hardware gets nothing.
Existing spaces give you a desk and Wi-Fi. Hardware engineers need oscilloscopes, power supplies, soldering stations, and SMT lines — not just monitors.
The alternative is renting your own lab: $15,000–$50,000 per month. An SMT line alone costs $50k–$500k+ to buy outright. Solo founders and early-stage startups lose weeks waiting on contract manufacturers every time they need a board spun.
10xLab solves this. Full-stack hardware access from $199–$799 per month. No compromises. No minimum orders. Same-day builds.
Square feet in SF Dogpatch — design, build, showcase
Machines on the floor from day one — SMT, CNC, laser, 3D
PCBA turnaround — no minimums, no waiting on a CM
Target breakeven at 40% machine utilisation
10XLab is built around four mutually reinforcing domains — each pushing the frontier of intelligent machines, grounded in real engineering, and designed for global scale.
Applied AI embedded in real hardware — perception, motion, edge inference. Not demos. Deployable systems built for production environments and real-world reliability.
Autonomous aerial systems bridging logistics, inspection, defense, and agriculture verticals — from prototype to FAA-certified deployment.
Hardware-enabled healthcare — wearables, diagnostics, surgical robotics, and remote monitoring — built for mass accessibility, not premium niches.
Structured channel for compliant collaboration, IP licensing, and supply chain access between ecosystems — the bridge US hardware startups need to manufacture and scale globally.
10xLab is built around three integrated functions — design and collaborate, build and prototype, then demo and attract investment. No other space on the West Coast puts all three under one roof at this price point.
The in-house SMT line is the single highest-value asset in the hub. It compresses weeks of hardware iteration into days — saving 3–5 months off a typical program and keeping engineers in continuous flow state. The numbers speak for themselves.
Industry averages for a moderately complex hardware product. In-house SMT compresses every EVT spin from 5 weeks to 1 week.
Solder paste applied to PCB pads through laser-cut stencil. Precision at ±0.01mm ensures correct solder volume on every pad.
8,500 CPH total throughput across dual machines. 81 feeder slots means no manual changeover between complex board populations.
Controlled thermal profile melts paste and forms reliable joints. Lead-free compatible. 400×600mm work area handles large boards.
Engineer powers up the board same-day. Debug iteration starts immediately. No shipping. No re-quoting. Pure hardware velocity.
Three tiers designed for every stage of a hardware startup — from solo founders validating ideas, to resident teams shipping product. All plans include community access and event invitations.
All tiers include community Slack, event invitations, and access to 10xLab investor network. Machine-time billing applies above included hours.
The hardware startup ecosystem has exploded but the infrastructure hasn’t kept up. Co-working for software engineers is a multi-billion dollar category. The equivalent for hardware engineers barely exists — creating a clear first-mover opportunity.
Traditional co-working spaces, makerspaces, and accelerators each solve one piece of the puzzle. 10xLab combines all three into a single membership — at a price point accessible to pre-seed startups.
We’re looking for founding members, investors, equipment partners, corporate sponsors, and engineers who want to be part of something that doesn’t exist yet on the West Coast.
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