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• 95% of component manufacturing production is done by small businesses

  60% confidence

• Component manufacturing is a $1.8 trillion a year industry

  60% confidence

• AI agents are already starting to function as virtual employees across industries and need their own identity, with email being the heart of identity on the internet

  60% confidence

• The typical owner of small machine shops is more than 65 years old and 40% plan to retire within five years

  60% confidence

• This technology has the potential to establish a new standard of care, much as robotic surgery did in its early days

  60% confidence

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