Join Our Mission
Connect with the makers, builders, and industry partners shaping next-generation manufacturing and robotics in Central Texas.
Find where you fit
01Individuals & Startups
For makers, solo founders, and students shaping next-generation manufacturing and robotics in Central Texas. Pick the path that fits where you are today.
For anyone who wants to be part of the HICAM community — no bench required.
For solo founders and small teams actively building hardware.
HICAM follows up within 2 business days.
For students building skills in advanced manufacturing, robotics, and hardware.
HICAM reviews applications on a rolling basis.
02Enterprise Partners
Enterprise partnership opens a talent pipeline, prototyping access, workforce co-investment, and ecosystem visibility. Partners are collaborators, not sponsors.
Direct connection to HICAM's workforce programs and member community.
Access to the prototyping floor and advanced manufacturing cells.
Co-invest in programming that builds the regional talent base.
Presence across HICAM's network, events, and partner community.
For early-stage companies building alongside HICAM.
For established companies seeking deeper integration with HICAM's ecosystem.
For large enterprises and well-capitalized companies whose engagement with HICAM is mission-level.
Equipment placement partnerships are available across all partner tiers. If your company is interested in placing equipment at HICAM's facility, ask us about our In-Kind Machinery Placement designation.
03Capital Partners
Privileged access to curated deal flow and ecosystem intelligence — a peer conversation, not a fundraising ask.
The Founding Cohort
We're assembling HICAM's founding group of Capital Partners — investors who will shape the ecosystem from the ground up. Founding Partners gain preferred access to deal flow, challenge sponsorship, and annual ecosystem intelligence. HICAM is assembling a founding cohort of just four Capital Partners.
Opt-in introductions to HICAM-affiliated startups and Builder members.
Right of first refusal on HICAM's annual hardware and robotics challenges.
Access to Special Interest Group and Technical Working Group outputs and roadmaps.
Annual report on HICAM's pipeline, technology focus areas, and ecosystem trajectory.
Invitations to investor programming, demo days, and curated ecosystem events.
04Community Partners
We partner with nonprofits, academic institutions, trade associations, and community organizations whose mission aligns with ours. If that sounds like your organization, we'd love to connect.
If your organization is mission-aligned with HICAM's work in advanced manufacturing, workforce development, or deep tech — we want to hear from you.
A facility built for the people turning hardware ideas into real products.
Not sure where you fit? Come see the facility. Tours run bi-weekly — bring your questions.