Your CNC Co-Pilot

Senior Machinist.
In Your Pocket.

Built for the Shop Floor

When a machinist hits an alarm — they ask CHIP. Built by a machinist. For machinists.

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2.1M
Unfilled jobs by 2030
$0
Tools built for operators
30yr
Knowledge retiring daily
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CHIP
Your CNC Co-Pilot
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What feeds and speeds should I start with?
CHIP Need a few details first:
— Material?
— Roughing or finishing?
— Tool size and flute count?
— Coolant?
Aluminum — .500 4fl — contouring — flood (milling machine)
CHIP Start here:
SFM: 400–500 (aim 450)
RPM: 3,440  |  Chipload: .004–.006/tooth
IPM: 55–83

Aluminum likes to be fed. Too slow and you rub the flutes. What's your depth of cut?
What did you break now?
The Problem

The Skills Gap Is
Getting Worse.

Senior machinists are retiring. Green operators are struggling. Every piece of manufacturing software serves management — not the person at the machine.

01

Knowledge Is Walking Out

Decades of tribal knowledge — alarm diagnostics, feed instincts, fixturing tricks — retiring every week. Nobody captures it.

02

Operators Are Stuck Alone

Machinist hits an alarm at 10pm, nobody to call. They guess wrong. A $40K part goes in the scrap bin.

03

Software Serves Management

CAM, MES, ERP — all built for programmers and managers. Nothing for the person making the parts.

04

2.1M Unfilled Jobs by 2030

Real money lost right now in scrap, rework, and slow ramp-up time. The gap is already here.

What CHIP Is

A Senior CNC Machinist That Has Worked at Your Shop Since Day One.

CHIP is an AI co-pilot for CNC operators. When something goes wrong — an alarm, a bad part, a setup question — they ask CHIP on their phone and get a real diagnostic conversation.

Not a search engine. Not a generic chatbot. A senior machinist who asks the right questions in the right order, teaches the reasoning behind every answer, and gets smarter about your specific shop every week.

Built by a machinist. For machinists.

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Real-Time Troubleshooting

Alarm codes, bad parts, chatter. Asks the most important question first — not all 15 at once.

📱

Phone First

Greasy hands, machine noise. Voice input, photo upload, short sharp answers built for the floor.

🎓

Teaches Every Time

Every answer includes the why. Not just the fix — the reasoning. Operators get better every week.

🔒

Your Data Stays Yours

Machine files, tribal knowledge, post processors — private, encrypted. Only your shop has access.

Clarity

What CHIP Is.
What It's Not.

✕ CHIP Is Not

  • A CAM system or toolpath generator
  • A replacement for your lead machinist
  • A G-code writing tool
  • Enterprise software with a six-figure implementation
  • A generic AI chatbot with no machining knowledge
  • Built for programmers at desks

✓ CHIP Is

  • A shop floor troubleshooting and teaching AI
  • A tool that amplifies your senior machinist's reach
  • A phone app any operator can use immediately
  • Built by a machinist who uses it every day
  • Built for the person at the machine
Proven in the Field

Real Shops.
Real Results.

CHIP has been validated by working machinists on real problems — the kind that cost shops time and money every day.

Field Service Validation

Textbook Accurate. Couldn't Be Tricked.

A former Makino field service engineer spent time actively trying to find errors in CHIP's reasoning across CNC milling diagnostics, feeds and speeds, alarm codes, and specialized EDM machine specifics. He could not trip it up.

"I'm really impressed with this. The explanation of why behind the answers is textbook accurate for the milling stuff. I haven't been able to trick it into giving a wrong answer at all."

— Former Makino Field Service Engineer, Active Machinist
✓ Technical validation from a professional who knows what correct looks like
Live Fault Diagnosis

5-Axis Pallet Clamp Alarm — Diagnosed in One Conversation.

A St. Louis shop had an intermittent pallet clamp alarm on their Okuma 5-axis that stumped their own maintenance tech — requiring an OEM service call. A machinist described the symptom to CHIP and got the root cause, a full checklist, and a maintenance hand-off summary in minutes.

"It absolutely diagnosed the problem correctly. This was a problem we were having with our Okuma 5-axis a while back. The app got it right. Pretty cool."

— Verified Machinist, St. Louis Shop
✓ Same diagnosis as the OEM — in a single conversation, in minutes
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