# #149 Automate or Die: The Secret Tech Saving Real-World Factories - Renan Devillieres of OSS Ventures

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Published: 2026-06-05T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Background: After gaining experience in various fields, Renan ventured into entrepreneurship by co-founding a startup, which he sold in 2018. Having always been drawn to technology and industry, Renan co-founded OSS Ventures in 2019 and made it his mission to support the US and European industry in its technological, environmental, social, and societal transition, moving it from Industry 2.0 to Industry 4.0. Description: Alt Funds Network hosts Mike Schroeder and Skyler Steinke interview Renan Devieres, co-founder of OSS Ventures, about building AI-driven companies for manufacturing via a venture builder model. Renan shares his background from math school and the OECD to McKinsey supply chain work, factory operations, and a San Francisco startup sold in 2018, which led him to launch OSS in 2019 to help US and European industry transition from Industry 2.0 to 4.0. OSS visits factories to identify pain points, builds software with design partners on a “free until it works” basis, and aligns incentives through a linked fund. Renan cites 22 companies, $41M ARR, 3,800 factories, and 200,000 users, discusses AI wins in white-collar automation, data gaps, ERP disruption, and why reshoring will accelerate due to geopolitics and AI leverage.

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