We open what no one else shows you. AI & robotics for mid-market manufacturing — end-to-end.
Your team knows what needs to happen. They just don't have the capacity to execute. Vantix takes the project off your desk: a brutal production economics diagnostic, a curated view of what's actually maturing in 2026, and full execution on your shop floor. You keep every business decision — we carry the operational load until the line runs.
AI and robotics rarely fail in mid-market manufacturing because of the technology. They fail because no one in the house has the capacity to execute.
OEMs sell hardware. Integrators install hardware. Big consultancies write decks. Traditional automation shops are incentivized to fill their existing capacity — not to steer you toward new solutions. So the project sits on the desk.
Vantix closes that gap. Behind Vantix stands mantro: 20 years of venture building, 35+ ventures, 400+ enterprise tech deliveries — plus a continuous view of the global industrial AI market from an investor and builder angle via Talos Capital. We know what actually works in 2026 — and we carry the execution until the result runs on your shop floor.
Why now — the 36-month window
We don’t sell hype. But between today and the end of 2028, two transformation waves go production-ready in parallel. AI-native cobots, humanoid platforms, and agentic orchestration are moving from “lab” to Tier-1 mid-market ready.
Foundation models maturing
Skild AI, Physical Intelligence, Field AI. Research to production in 12–24 months.
Humanoid platforms
Apptronik, Figure. Lab to Tier-1 mid-market ready in 18–36 months.
AI-native cobots
Universal Robots + foundation layer. Production-ready today — under 12 months to scale.
Whoever picks their stack partner once in this window sits ahead for the next decade. Whoever sleeps through it ends up locked into a closed vendor stack from the established industrial giants — with no easy exit.
Automotive Tier 1–3
Complex components under margin pressure, re-shoring demands from OEM customers.
Aerospace & Defense Tier 1–3
High quality and documentation requirements, scarce skilled labor.
Medical Devices
Regulated manufacturing, high product-mix variability, corporate customers with corporate procurement.
Precision Manufacturing & Industrial Components
Precision engineering, CNC, special machinery — high complexity margins, hard delivery times.
Plastics & Packaging
Highly automated lines, thin margins, continuous optimization as a business model.
Food Production
Hygiene, traceability, shift-work labor shortages — robotics meets food regulation.
Building Materials
Heavy material handling, robust processes, jump from manual to hybrid manufacturing.
What we're not
Not a hardware integrator
Hardware integrators sell with lock-in incentive. We choose the best component on the market — re-evaluated annually, vendor-neutral, modular. You contract directly with the vendor, no margin sandwich. We start from your business case, not from our catalogue.
Not a strategy consultancy
Strategy houses deliver decks. We measure progress in OEE, yield, and cycle time. The engagement ends when the line runs — not when the report is filed. One contract, one point of contact, one team that drives execution alongside you.
Not a hyperscaler
Cloud AI vendors train on your data and lock you into proprietary models. We build private adapters in your tenant — your knowledge becomes your AI advantage, with no one else ever seeing it. Data sovereignty is an architectural decision, not a compliance checkbox.
01 — Diagnostic
Production Economics Scan. In 4–6 weeks we walk your value chain step by step: where do costs scale linearly with revenue, where's the real bottleneck. Output: memo, ROI model, vendor shortlist, 12-month roadmap, executive readout.
02 — Blueprint + Sourcing
Transformation Blueprint + Solution Sourcing. Architecture blueprint, vendor sourcing, robust financial model with grants/tax-credit leverage. We start from your business case, not from a catalogue — and pick the stack mix that fits your problem today.
03 — Implementation
Co-Build all the way to live operations. Clear commercial model: SaaS/PaaS for the software components plus transparent implementation cost — no hidden margin. Vantix steers the technology vendors, drives integration and change on your shop floor, runs the grants process operationally.
04 — Continuous Partnership
We stay — permanently. After go-live, we take on operations and continuous stack optimization together with your team. Monthly tech radar, quarterly vendor review, on-call operations hours, annual stack upgrade against the year's best components on the market. A relationship that grows with your business.
Stack-Operator model in active development. In parallel with our engagements, we’re building the productized Stack-Operator model that will take full operate responsibility starting 2027/2028 — with SLAs, predictive maintenance, and guaranteed restart.
It’s emerging directly from the patterns we’re learning in the first engagements. Whoever does Phase 1–3 with us today is building the stack we’ll operate for them tomorrow. This isn’t a future promise — it’s the sequence this industry is moving in.
Data sovereignty — architecture principle, not marketing promise
Data stays in your tenant
On-prem or your own cloud — we access into your environment, not the other way around.
No training in public models
Contractually committed: no use of your data in OpenAI/Anthropic/Google training pipelines. Inference only via enterprise endpoints with zero retention.
Private adapters owned by you
We build custom fine-tunes and LoRA adapters that run exclusively for you — and travel with you, should you ever leave us.
Auditable & reversible
You can export data, adapters, and models at any time. No data lock-in.
Vendors directly under your NDA
All integrated technology vendors sign your NDA — not ours. Your knowledge makes you superior. We turn it into an AI advantage — with no one else ever seeing it.
Data sovereignty — architecture principle, not marketing promise
Data stays in your tenant
On-prem or your own cloud — we access into your environment, not the other way around.
No training in public models
Contractually committed: no use of your data in OpenAI/Anthropic/Google training pipelines. Inference only via enterprise endpoints with zero retention.
Private adapters owned by you
We build custom fine-tunes and LoRA adapters that run exclusively for you — and travel with you, should you ever leave us.
Auditable & reversible
You can export data, adapters, and models at any time. No data lock-in.
Vendors directly under your NDA
All integrated technology vendors sign your NDA — not ours. Your knowledge makes you superior. We turn it into an AI advantage — with no one else ever seeing it.
What's hard to find elsewhere
mantro substance, not slide consulting
20 years of venture building. 35+ ventures. 400+ enterprise tech deliveries — at MunichRE, Audi, BSH, Phoenix Contact, EnBW, Thyssenkrupp. We know how to turn a thesis into an operating business.
Market view from an investor’s angle
Through Talos Capital and the mantro Research Hub, we see the global industrial AI market from an investor angle. Specifically: Skild AI, Physical Intelligence, Field AI at the foundation-model layer; Apptronik, Figure on the humanoid platform side; Universal Robots + foundation layer on the AI-native cobot side. We test quarterly and recommend only what fits your problem today.
Research & grants
Direct access to TH Deggendorf and the Fraunhofer network. Grants (KfW, EDIH, BMBF, Horizon Europe in EU; IRA, CHIPS, state programs in US) are part of the contract — 35–70 % cost offset when applied right.
Always the newest, best-fit tech
We have no incentive to sell you the same package we sold the last ten customers. Every diagnostic starts fresh, every solution is tailored to your production — using the newest, best-fit technology that actually works today.
What's hard to find elsewhere
mantro substance, not slide consulting
20 years of venture building. 35+ ventures. 400+ enterprise tech deliveries — at MunichRE, Audi, BSH, Phoenix Contact, EnBW, Thyssenkrupp. We know how to turn a thesis into an operating business.
Market view from an investor’s angle
Through Talos Capital and the mantro Research Hub, we see the global industrial AI market from an investor angle. Specifically: Skild AI, Physical Intelligence, Field AI at the foundation-model layer; Apptronik, Figure on the humanoid platform side; Universal Robots + foundation layer on the AI-native cobot side. We test quarterly and recommend only what fits your problem today.
Research & grants
Direct access to TH Deggendorf and the Fraunhofer network. Grants (KfW, EDIH, BMBF, Horizon Europe in EU; IRA, CHIPS, state programs in US) are part of the contract — 35–70 % cost offset when applied right.
Always the newest, best-fit tech
We have no incentive to sell you the same package we sold the last ten customers. Every diagnostic starts fresh, every solution is tailored to your production — using the newest, best-fit technology that actually works today.
More from us
NEO: Co-creation with corporates
Carve-out Factory: Corporate tech into ventures
Techpilot: Mid-market procurement marketplace
EdiMembre: Turning research into a venture
Talos Capital: AI-driven automation & autonomy
Technology Transfer: Research into deep tech ventures
Get in touch
If you want to stress-test an idea, unblock an initiative, or simply see whether we're the right partner, let's talk. You can book a straight-to-the-point session with our CEO Manni, or leave us a message.
30-minute call. No strings attached.
