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Most hardware teams don't fail because of "bad ideas," they just stall out in the "messy middle." A unit may work on the bench, but can it survive 5,000 duty cycles? Can it handle extreme heat? Is the battery architecture safe? That space between early success and production readiness is the dreaded validation gap. Today, we’re taking another step to help close it. We’re thrilled to announce that BRP the engineering powerhouse behind Ski-Doo, Sea-Doo, and Can-Am, has joined the Bloom platform. This addition strengthens our ecosystem of world-class partners, expanding support for our members across four key areas: Scoping: Verified roadmaps before committing capital. Battery & Power: Pack design + BMS for rugged use. Software: Professional tooling and verification. Validation: Real-world testing and industrialization. Don't let the messy middle be a dead end. From general engineering to specialized electrification support, let Bloom connect you with the right partners to continue building with confidence. What’s been the hardest part of moving from "prototype" to "product" for your team?

We are thrilled to share how Bloom is partnering with Infinite Machine to scale the delivery of their flagship P1 and Olto vehicles. For a premium electric vehicle, the unboxing experience shouldn't actually involve a box. Infinite Machine leverages Bloom’s roll-on/roll-off network, meaning vehicles arrive at the customer's doorstep fully assembled, charged, and road-ready. How Bloom is supporting Infinite Machine’s growth: No-Box Delivery: We support "naked delivery" (prepped before pickup) and "white glove" service (uncrated on-site), ensuring a premium handoff. Scalable Infrastructure: Infinite Machine taps into our national network of 3PL partners experienced with complex EVs, avoiding the need to overbuild their own logistics facilities. Global Reach: From inbound freight and customs compliance to international shipping, we are clearing the path for global expansion. As Nolan Fawthrop, COO of Infinite Machine, puts it: “Our riders get a fully built, premium delivery experience and our team stays focused on building the best non-cars on earth.” Read the full case study and take the app for a spin on our new site.

When a manufacturing company is moving quickly, the bottleneck usually isn’t ideas. It’s access. Access to the right suppliers, to test environments and to specialized capacity you don’t want to hire for full-time. That’s what we’ve been working on with the Birdstop team. Birdstop is an American drone manufacturer building BVLOS systems with a “click-to-coverage” experience that can get eyes on a scene in under 60 seconds, and they increasingly design and build their systems and subsystems in-house. Bloom's role has been straightforward: Build (targeted support): augment Birdstop’s in-house engineering with partner sourcing and standardization work across batteries, PCBs, and onboard electronics, plus ongoing “make vs. buy” guidance to solve auxiliary components via supplier partners while protecting in-house ownership of the core technologies. Launch (flight testing): secure dedicated drone flight testing space, including a test site in Metro Detroit’s Aerial Mobility Innovation Zone, so Birdstop can validate cutting-edge features and components in an operational environment before rolling them out to customers. As Keith Miao (CEO, Birdstop) put it: “Choosing Detroit for our next phase of growth was a big step, and Bloom helped us hit the ground running really fast…” Full case study is live on our site.

Scaling hardware is a balancing act: keep the core build in-house (where quality and iteration speed live), while expanding capacity and volume around the edges without building a bloated org chart. That’s what we’ve been working on with the Grounded team. Grounded builds smart, modular electric vans in Detroit for everything from mobile medical clinics to camper vans. As demand grew, they faced the dual challenge of scaling complex manufacturing and delivering finished vehicles across the U.S. on time and in pristine condition. Bloom's role has been straightforward: Scalable Manufacturing Support: Grounded augmented their internal production with Bloom's network of vetted partners for specialized tasks like welding, laser tube cutting, and metal fabrication, effectively expanding their factory's capabilities without excessive capital and resource expenditure. Seamless Nationwide Logistics: Bloom's transportation network handled the movement of completed vehicles throughout the U.S., ensuring timely delivery and a premium handover experience for the final customer. As Sam Shapiro (CEO, Grounded) put it: "Leveraging Bloom’s network of specialized manufacturing capabilities on-demand has been invaluable for us as we scale up manufacturing from a small startup to a manufacturer producing several vehicles per month, and inevitably face all the growing pains that go along with that. Plus, knowing our vehicles are being delivered with care gives us peace of mind." Full case study is live on our site.

Most hardware supply chains still run on “do you know a guy?“, email threads, and scattered spreadsheets. For the last two years, Bloom has been in the middle of that mess, helping 100+ brands get work done across manufacturing, assembly, warehousing, logistics, after-sales service and more through a vetted network of providers. We’ve learned a lot about what is broken and where we can have an impact. We’ve been turning that playbook into an AI-native operations layer for hardware: a digital conversation and matching engine that understands your project, finds the right partners, and helps manage the trust, coordination, and payments in between. We just published a two-year update that walks through what we’ve learned and what we’ve been building and how it works. If you’re a hardware company tired of stitching together supply chain infrastructure, or a provider who wants a cleaner and more consistent way to win the right kind of work. We’d love for you to give it a read, take the app for a spin, and share it with anyone in your network who might benefit.

If you’ve built complex hardware, you know you can’t do it alone. The right partners at the right moment are the difference between stalling and shipping. That’s why we built Bloom and why we’re excited to welcome Engineering Design Lab (EDL) to our network. EDL brings serious chops across: • Prototyping & pilot runs • Concept & systems design for LEVs • Engineering validation for domestic/near-shore production • After-sales service strategy They’ve worked on everything from a new amphibious vehicle for the Canadian Armed Forces to a fully digital autonomous “Blanc Robot” platform; exactly the kind of applied engineering our hardware brands need to move faster with fewer surprises. As covered by Zag Daily, this expands what Bloom offers to 100+ hardware brands worldwide. Welcome, Engineering Design Lab! Let’s build!

New customer: wheel.me — the team reinventing indoor material flow with autonomous wheels that turn racks and fixtures into self-driving robots. With Bloom, wheel.me scaled U.S. operations without standing up new infrastructure: - freed floor space via specialty warehousing and white-glove pickup - on-demand domestic fab for robot parts at competitive pricing - parcel/LTL/white-glove shipping tuned for sensitive systems From electric motorcycles to autonomous robotics, drones, and micromobility—we’re built for hardtech.

We’re building a world-class team at Bloom. We’re excited to share that we have a new founding member and Chief Technology Officer: Hitesh Chudasama. Hitesh has spent his career leading technology teams and building platforms at scale, from eBay and Upwork to advising high-growth startups on AI and data strategies. He’s helped design and deliver products across marketplaces, SaaS, and enterprise platforms. More recently, he has been deep in the world of generative AI, machine learning, and data architecture, while serving as a fractional executive across various marketplace startups. At Bloom, Hitesh will lead our growing engineering team and bring his experience in marketplaces, AI, and automation to expand the automation in supplier qualification, and bring the latest advancements in intelligent matchmaking to our network. Bloom is changing how hardware is built, delivered, and serviced. This is a big step forward for Bloom, and we’re just getting started!

Exciting news at Bloom — we’re welcoming Michael Ableson as our Head of Manufacturing Strategy for the Bloom Network. Mike joins Bloom’s executive team at a pivotal moment as Bloom transitions from building the foundation to scaling our platform. With over 30 years of experience leading global supply chains, advanced manufacturing, and new vehicle programs—from his time as VP at General Motors to serving as CEO of Arrival—Mike knows what it takes to leverage a network of providers to bring complex products to market. At Bloom, he’ll lead the expansion of our contract manufacturing and assembly network, and help scale the automation of how we qualify and match providers. This is key to making our intelligent matchmaking platform even stronger for the next generation of hardware companies in mobility, drones, and cleantech. We’re thrilled to have Mike’s deep manufacturing expertise and leadership on board as we keep building the modern, distributed supply base that makes hardware less hard. Welcome to the team, Mike.