Hi - I’m Krish Bhuva, Co-Founder at Elyton. Thanks for being on this journey with us.
Over the last six months, Elyton has gone from a rough prototype and a lot of assumptions to a real company with $34,500 raised, a 500 sq. ft. wet lab, and a second prototype now in development. We are still very early, but the direction is getting clearer every week: we are building robotic pulsed electrochemical machining systems to help manufacturers finish complex metal parts that are difficult, slow, or expensive to process today.
This update is meant to be a simple way to keep you in the loop as we build, fail, learn, and turn Elyton into something meaningful.
Current Standing
Resources
We have the first pieces in place: early funding, a real lab, and enough momentum to start building toward the next technical milestone.
Raised $34,500 to date through early grants, competitions, and support.
Moved into a 500 sq. ft. wet lab where we are now building and testing.
Preparing for a potential ~$200K pre-seed round to fund V1 development, process validation, and early customer work.
Engineering
This summer, our focus is on turning the process from a flat-surface proof-of-concept into a 3D finishing system. The target is to finish one representative metal AM turbine blade geometry by the end of August.
Machine development: Oliver, Colin, and Jake are leading the gantry, motion, electrical, and controls work.
Materials validation: Krish is leading materials collection, surface characterization, and process data.
What we are looking for
As we move into this next phase, we are trying to build the right network around Elyton.
Advisor and investor introductions: We are looking to connect with people who understand manufacturing, robotics, deep tech, or early-stage company building.
Customer discovery conversations: We are looking to speak with machine shops, manufacturers, fabrication shops, and anyone willing to talk openly about finishing, machining, inspection, labor, or production pain points.
Manufacturing perspective: Even a 15-minute conversation is useful. The most helpful feedback is often the kind that challenges what we think we know.
Pictured above is the Elyton founding team in our new 500 sq. ft. wet lab. In order: Jake Castellano, Colin Sheardwright, Krish Bhuva, and Oliver Mackinnon
MATE ROV Competition
Next week, the Elyton team is heading to the MATE international robotics competition in Newfoundland, Canada, with UConn Robotics.
Before Elyton, we spent 3 years building complex robotics systems together under real pressure. This year’s UConn Robotics ROV features a custom six-axis robotic arm and a custom four-layer PCB with over 400 components, both designed and built by members of this team. That experience is a big reason we believe we can build Elyton: we know how each other works, we know how to solve hard engineering problems together, and we know how to keep moving when things break.
Thank you
If you are receiving this, it means you have helped Elyton get here in some way. You may have made an introduction, given feedback, challenged an idea, opened a door, offered advice, or simply believed in us early.
We really appreciate it. This company is still young, but it is becoming clearer every month that there is something real here: a hard technical problem, a team built to work on it, and a path toward helping manufacturers build parts with more design freedom.
Thank you for being part of the early journey. We will keep these updates short and honest as we keep building.
Best,
Krish