Knowledge scaling: The system continuously improves from every interaction, capturing and scaling expert knowledge across teams.
- Session details: David Priev, CEO of LimitlessCNC, presents "The First AI Machinist" at IMTS 2026 on Monday, September 14, at 1:15 P.M. in IMTS08 Room W192-B.
- Industry pain point: CNC programming, inspection, and manufacturability analysis are fragmented and manual; CAM, CMM, and DFM workflows operate in silos, slowing production.
- System capabilities: The AI Machinist generates machining strategies and tool paths in CAM software, creates CMM inspection programs, and evaluates manufacturability upfront.
- Strategic direction: Leading manufacturers are moving toward a unified, AI-driven production floor that reduces programming time, improves consistency, and opens a path to autonomous manufacturing.
The manufacturing sector has a persistent bottleneck: CNC programming, inspection, and manufacturability analysis remain fragmented, manual, and dependent on scarce expertise. CAM, CMM, and DFM workflows operate in silos, slowing production and limiting scalability. At IMTS 2026, one session will argue that the fix isn't another point tool — it's a new category entirely.
The Session
The session is part of the IMTS 2026 conference program and targets exactly the fragmentation problem described above.
What the AI Machinist Does
The AI Machinist is an intelligent system that works across the entire production workflow rather than within a single silo. Specifically, it:
- Generates machining strategies and tool paths in CAM software.
- Creates CMM inspection programs and evaluates manufacturability upfront.
- Continuously improves from every interaction, capturing and scaling expert knowledge across teams.
That last point matters. Tribal knowledge locked in a senior programmer's head doesn't scale. A system that learns from each interaction and distributes that knowledge across teams addresses the scarcity problem at its root.
The Presenter
Priev is the CEO and co-founder of LimitlessCNC. He is a mechanical engineer with many years of experience in complex production sites — a background that informs the system's focus on real production constraints.
The Bigger Picture
The session's thesis goes beyond any single software function. Leading manufacturers are moving toward a unified, AI-driven production floor — one that reduces programming time, improves consistency, and unlocks a path to autonomous manufacturing. Whether the industry is ready for full autonomy is an open question, but the fragmentation of CAM, CMM, and DFM workflows is a concrete, measurable drag on production today. Attendees at IMTS08 Room W192-B will get a direct look at one proposed answer.
This coverage is published by GIE Media's Manufacturing Group in Aerospace Manufacturing and Design.
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