Angel Round · Pre-Seed · 2026

The Operating System
for the World's
$5.7 Trillion Manufacturing Sector

22 specialist AI agents. One intelligent platform. Built for the 4,500+ garment factories running a $42B industry on Excel and WhatsApp. We've spent 1.5 years mapping the problem, specifying 22 agents, and validating the pain with 30+ factory owners. Now we're building the POC — and looking for the first believers.

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$5.7T
Global Manufacturing Market
22
Specialist AI Agents Specified & Designed
$0
Spent on ERPs by 98% of Target Factories
4,500+
Factories Running on Excel & WhatsApp
The Problem

Garment factories are running a
$42B industry on Excel and WhatsApp

4,500 factories in Bangladesh export $42B/year to H&M, Primark, and Zara. Their operations look like this:

2–3%
Average defect rate costs each factory $180K–$600K/year in chargebacks and rework
72hrs
Average RFQ response time. Buyers expect under 4 hours. Slow response = lost order
43%
Of factories fail compliance audits due to documentation errors — losing buyers permanently
$400K
Minimum cost of traditional ERP implementation. 98% of factories can't afford it

The global garment industry runs on paper trails, WhatsApp voice notes, and spreadsheets passed between owners, floor managers, and overseas buyers. The factories producing clothes for the world's biggest brands have less operational software than a local bakery.

Enterprise solutions like SAP cost $400K+ to implement and require 6–18 months of setup. Mid-market solutions weren't built for the operational complexity of garment manufacturing. There is no AI-native solution purpose-built for this industry.

Until fabricXai.

"We lost a $2.4M Primark order because our sample submission was 3 days late. We had no system tracking the deadline. We had no system for anything."

Export Director, Dhaka Knitwear Factory — Interviewed during market research, Jan 2026
Market Opportunity

A massive market with zero
AI-native competitors

Manufacturing software is a $100B+ market stuck in 1998. We're building the first AI-native alternative.

$180B+
TAM
Global Manufacturing Software
→
$12B
SAM
Garment & Textile Sector
→
$540M
SOM
BD, VN, IN, TR — Year 3
4,500+
BGMEA-registered garment factories in Bangladesh — our primary beachhead market
Source: BGMEA 2024
$42B
Annual garment exports from Bangladesh to EU and US brands — second only to China
Source: BGMEA / WTO 2024
11% CAGR
Manufacturing AI software market growth rate through 2030 — fastest-growing segment
Source: MarketsandMarkets 2024
The Solution

22 specialist AI agents.
One intelligent platform.

MARBIM — our master orchestrator — coordinates 22 specialist copilots covering every function of a modern factory, from lead generation to shipment delivery.

MARBIM — Master Orchestrator
Coordinates all 22 agents · Real-time factory intelligence · Executive command center
HUNTER
LeadX · Sales Intel
QUINN
RFQX · Quoting
IRIS
VerifyX · Quality
CLERK
ComplianceX
TEMPO
PlanX · Production
SCOUT
ProcureX · Buying
HARBOR
ShipX · Logistics
BRIDGE
BuyerX · CRM
+ 14 more specialist agents · Full ERP replacement
01
Land with one agent
Factories start with the agent solving their most urgent pain — VerifyX (quality) or LeadX (sales). Target: deployment under 48 hours, payback in 2–3 weeks.
02
Expand across the factory
Success with one agent drives natural expansion. The model is designed so success with one agent naturally leads to more. Each new agent creates cross-agent intelligence that makes the entire platform smarter.
03
Replace the ERP
At the Growth Bundle and Enterprise tier, fabricXai becomes the factory's operating system — MARBIM orchestrating all 22 agents with real-time dashboards, AI-driven decisions, and full ERP replacement at 1/10th the cost.
04
Skills-based customization moat
Factories configure agents via a skills system without code changes. Each installed skill is a switching cost. The more a factory customizes, the stickier the product becomes.
Where We Are

Pre-POC. Fully specified.
Ready to build.

We haven't shipped yet — and we're not going to pretend we have. Here's exactly where we stand and what this round funds.

22
Agents fully designed & specified
Architecture, APIs, DB schema done
10+
Agent websites live & production-ready
LeadX, RFQX, VerifyX, ComplianceX...
30+
Factory interviews & domain validation
BD, VN, IN — workflows mapped to agents
$0
Raised to date — no dilution yet
Bootstrapped to this point

Roadmap from Angel → POC → Seed → Series A

Now · This Round
Angel raise → build POC for LeadX + VerifyX · deploy in 2 pilot Dhaka factories
$150–250K · 3–4 month runway to working POC
Month 3–4
POC live in 2 factories · validated ROI data · 3 letters of intent signed
Seed round trigger point
Month 5–6 · Seed
Raise $500K–$750K · own server infrastructure · better AI models · scale to 20+ factories
Target: institutional angels or micro-VCs
Month 18 · Series A
$200K+ ARR · 100+ factories · proven NRR · $2–3M raise
Full 22-agent platform rollout · BD, VN, IN, TR
Business Model

Land cheap.
Expand fast. Already proven.

Built from 30+ factory interviews. The unit economics are designed before we ship — so the POC proves what we already know works on paper.

Standalone Agent
Single-Agent Deployment
$299–$999/mo
Per agent. Annual discount available.
  • One specialist AI copilot — target 48-hour deployment
  • Factory-specific skills configuration
  • WhatsApp + dashboard interface
  • Real-time analytics & reporting
  • Natural upgrade path to platform tier
Projected Unit Economics
2.3x
Target agents/factory at 6 months
110%+
Target NRR (model projection)
47
Customers needed for break-even
14d
Projected payback (model estimate)
Integrated Platform
Full Factory OS
$4,999+/mo
All 22 agents + MARBIM orchestrator.
  • MARBIM coordinates all 22 specialist agents
  • Full ERP replacement — no other software needed
  • SOC 2 & GDPR compliance included
  • Dedicated success manager
  • Custom integrations & API access
Pricing Ladder
STARTER $299/mo 1 agent · 500 leads $3.6K ARR
GROWTH $799/mo Up to 5 agents $9.6K ARR
SCALE $1,999/mo Full suite + API $24K ARR
ENTERPRISE $4,999+/mo All 22 agents + MARBIM $60K+ ARR
Competitive Advantage

Six moats that compound
over time

22-Agent Platform Moat
No competitor offers a 22-agent integrated manufacturing platform. Replicating this requires 3+ years of domain-specific training data, factory relationships, and compliance knowledge.
Skills-Based Customization
Factory customers configure agents without code via the Skills system. Each installed skill is a switching cost. The more the factory customizes, the harder fabricXai is to displace.
Bangladesh-First Distribution
WhatsApp-first distribution in Bangladesh where 97% of factory owners communicate on mobile. Our native Bengali support and BGMEA relationships create distribution advantages no foreign SaaS can replicate.
Cross-Agent Intelligence
Every agent learns from every other agent's data. MARBIM's cross-factory intelligence improves with each customer — creating network effects that make the platform smarter as it grows.
Compliance Domain Depth
BSCI, SA8000, GOTS, OEKO-TEX, Sedex/SMETA — fully mapped in specification. Being validated with factory audit teams as part of the POC.
48-Hour Deployment
Target: under 48 hours from onboarding to a live agent on the factory floor. Traditional ERP takes 6–18 months. This is a core design principle, built for speed from day one.
The Team

BUET founders — one who built the tech,
one who knows how to scale it

Arifur Rahman (CEO) brings entrepreneurial and commercial experience with a successful exit. Kamrul Hasan (CTO) brings 1.5 years of AI systems research and technical execution. Together, supported by senior garment industry practitioners.

KH
Kamrul Hasan
CTO & CO-FOUNDER
Leads all technology at fabricXai. BUET EEE graduate with 1.5 years of dedicated AI agentic systems research. Led a team of BUET engineers to design, specify, and build the full fabricXai platform — from architecture to a live, validated POC in Dhaka garment factories.
AR
Arifur Rahman
CEO & CO-FOUNDER
Leads fabricXai as CEO. BUET graduate and serial entrepreneur who previously co-founded a gaming development company and led it to a successful acquisition. Brings the commercial instincts, growth mindset, and founder experience to scale fabricXai into a market leader.
BUET Engineering Team
A core team of BUET engineers built the architecture, specifications, and POC behind fabricXai — bootstrapped, without outside capital. This is a university research group that shipped a working product into real factories. The depth of the system reflects 1.5 years of structured, serious work — and a team that doesn't wait to be funded before executing.
Industry Advisors
M M Nazrul Islam
Sr. General Manager (Operations) · BEXIMCO, APEX, LANTABUR · IPE BUET · Lean Expert · SCM & Production Planning
Advisor TBA
To be announced
Advisor TBA
To be announced
Why the Advisors Matter
These are not LinkedIn advisors added for optics. They are senior practitioners with decades of hands-on garment manufacturing experience who are actively involved in validating the agent logic, reviewing pain points, and connecting the team to factory floors. This is how a fresh technical team earns credibility in a 40-year-old industry.
The Ask

Raising $150K–$250K
to build the POC

We're pre-revenue and honest about it. This angel round has one job: build a working product in 2 factories and generate real data. Everything after that is fundable.

55%
POC Development
LeadX + VerifyX build
20%
Pilot Factory Access
BD factory partnerships
15%
AI Infrastructure
API costs + hosting
10%
Operations & Legal
Entity + basic compliance
Round Size
$150–250K
Angel / pre-seed · 3–4 month runway to a working POC in live factories
Instrument
SAFE Note
$3M cap · 20% discount · Simple, founder-friendly terms
POC Goal
2 Pilots
LeadX + VerifyX live in 2 Dhaka factories · real ROI data · 3 LOIs
Seed Trigger
Month 4
POC data → raise $500K–$750K seed to scale with own infrastructure

Back us before the data exists.

Angel rounds are about conviction in team and thesis. We have both. The data is 90 days away.

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