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Bloom raises $3.6M to become the Alibaba of American manufacturing
First reported Source: TechCrunch + 1 moreLast editorial activity
What happened
The Detroit startup has widened its scope beyond mobility to help drone and robotics companies find U.S. Alibaba is an e-commerce company based in Binjiang District, founded in 1999, which employed about 251,000 people in 2021.
Sources & evidence
- TechCrunch Reporting source
Bloom raises $3.6M to become the ‘Alibaba’ of American manufacturing ↗
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/07/bloom-raises-3-6m-to-become-the-alibaba-of-american-manufacturing/ - TechCrunch Startups Reporting source
Bloom raises $3.6M to become the ‘Alibaba’ of American manufacturing ↗
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/07/bloom-raises-3-6m-to-become-the-alibaba-of-american-manufacturing/