About AN & Factory

The trust layer between hardware founders, contract manufacturers, and customers.

We believe every device deserves a verifiable story — where it was built, how it was tested, and that it works. AN & Factory is the infrastructure that makes the CM's good work visible to the founder, the founder's quality standards accessible to the CM, and the whole story transparent to the customer.

The Problem We Solve

Hardware manufacturing has a visibility gap. Founders design great products and hire skilled contract manufacturers to build them. The CMs do excellent work — testing every unit, tracking quality internally, catching defects early. But there's no shared system connecting both sides.

The founder asks "how's production going?" and gets an email with a number. The CM's 97% first-pass yield, their meticulous AOI catches, their consistent test results — all invisible. Not because either side is doing anything wrong, but because the infrastructure to share this information simply doesn't exist.

When a device reaches the customer, the gap widens further. The factory's careful testing, the founder's quality standards, the CM's skilled work — none of it is visible to the person who paid for the product. They just have to trust that it works.

What We Build

AN & Factory is a web platform and test station software that manages the complete lifecycle of every device — from design upload through manufacturing, testing, and shipping, to customer activation.

Lifecycle Stages

User Roles

100%

Traceability

For founders: Upload product designs, define test specifications and pass/fail limits, create purchase orders with provisioning tokens, and monitor production in real time from anywhere. Push firmware and test spec updates to the factory floor remotely.

For CMs: Pull complete build packages with one click — design files, BOM, assembly guides, test software, firmware. Report production progress through every stage. Get credit for quality work through shared, transparent dashboards.

For customers: Scan a QR code and see where your device was built, when it was tested, that all tests passed, and your warranty status. A birth certificate for electronics — farm-to-table transparency for hardware.

Our Approach

Three principles guide everything we build:

Founder controls quality. Test specs, pass/fail limits, firmware, and provisioning tokens all flow from the platform to the factory. The founder sets the standard. The CM executes to it.
Everything links to the serial number. Every test result, every stage transition, every shipment, every customer activation traces back to one serial number. Full genealogy, per device.
Transparency builds trust. The CM sees clear requirements and gets credit for good yield. The founder sees real data, not emails. The customer sees provenance. Everyone benefits from visibility.

Built From Real Production

AN & Factory isn't theoretical. It's built from the experience of shipping real hardware at scale. Omi, an AI wearable pendant, ships 150,000+ devices per month through contract manufacturers including Gettop and Duowei — every unit tracked, tested, and traced on our platform.

We've seen what works and what breaks at scale. The platform reflects lessons from real production lines: test stations that run in 22 seconds, provisioning tokens that prevent overproduction, signed test records that protect both founders and CMs, and birth certificates that give customers confidence in what they buy.

Manufacturer to customer. That's the full journey, and that's what we cover. Not just the factory — not just the software — the complete path from the production line to the person who opens the box.

Services

Most hardware founders can design a circuit board. Very few can write factory test code. We bridge that gap with hands-on services:

FCT code development — complete test station software, all test steps, operator UI, platform-integrated ($5K–$25K)
Test specification — we analyze your hardware design, define what to test, and set limits ($2K–$8K)
Fixture design — pogo pin layout, 3D jig, wiring diagram, equipment list ($3K–$10K)
CM onboarding — install test stations, train operators, run pilot batch ($2K–$5K)
Ongoing retainer — code updates for new revisions, limit adjustments, yield investigations ($1K–$3K/mo)

Get in Touch

Whether you're a hardware founder looking for manufacturing visibility, a CM wanting to offer more transparent service to your clients, or just curious about how device traceability works — we'd like to hear from you.

Email us at hello@anandfactory.com or sign in to the platform to get started.