America Spins on Westmag - Not Boring by Packy McCormick

Building the Electric Stack by making motors and actuators next to drones and robots

America Spins on Westmag Building the Electric Stack by making motors and actuators next to drones and robots Jun 02, 2026 145 2 3 Share Welcome to the 730 newly Not Boring people who have joined us since our last essay ! Join 268,518 smart, curious folks by subscribing here: Subscribe Hi friends 👋, Happy Tuesday! Welcome to a Deep Dive I’ve been excited to write since The Electric Slide , about a company I invested in to build one layer of the Electric Stack - motors and actuators - in America. If you’ve heard of Westmag , it might be because they make really great hats . Everyone loves the

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