How GPT-5 is Transforming Equipment Procurement

OpenAI calls Diagon "a quiet engine of American reindustrialization." Here's why they featured us - and what it means for manufacturers like you.

Hi Everyone,

Some news: OpenAI just featured Diagon as a showcase example of GPT-5 transforming American manufacturing. After nearly two decades buying machines for factories from Baghdad to Silicon Valley, I kept seeing the same problem - finding the right equipment was painfully slow and opaque.

Now we're changing that.

📰 Featured: OpenAI Spotlight on Diagon

OpenAI highlighted how we're using GPT-5 to turn capital equipment procurement into "a quiet engine of American reindustrialization."

The key insight from my Tesla days (managing $3.5B in equipment spending): filling plants with the right machines is the precondition for revenue, new programs, and jobs. As we scaled from 4,000 to 120,000 employees, most of that growth was in factory roles.

Today, companies like Relativity Space use Diagon to find everything from vapor deposition coaters to CNC machining cells. What once took engineers days now happens in a single AI-powered search.

Read the full OpenAI feature →

🍽️ Movers & Makers Events: Join Us This Fall

We're gearing up for a series of exclusive dinners and a larger event in February/March 2026 featuring 300+ of the top manufacturing leaders.

Interested in speaking or sponsoring? Reply to this email - we'd love to have you involved.

We're building something that will transform how you find and sell equipment. Think AI that actually understands your needs and can source equipment in minutes, not weeks.

P.S. Join our waitlist for Albus - an AI agent that handles your equipment sales & sourcing: https://join.diagon.ai/

Building the future together,

Will Drewery
CEO & Co-Founder, Diagon

P.P.S. Seriously though, what's your biggest equipment sourcing challenge right now? Hit reply - I read every email.