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TAM TOP-DOWN

Starting point is the most conservative published figure for global industrial automation and control systems: $226.8B in 2025 (Grand View Research). Physical AI infrastructure hardware, defined as edge-AI PLCs, servo drives for autonomous systems, and distributed I/O for robotics platforms, is a sub-segment. Servo drives alone are $2.3B (GMI). Edge PLCs and AI-ready controllers are estimated at 4-5% of the broader automation hardware market. Applying 6.7% to $226.8B yields the Physical AI controls hardware TAM.

$226.8B x 6.7% = $15.2B, rounded to $15B

TAM BOTTOM-UP

Evidence cites 50,000-100,000 discrete manufacturing facilities in developed markets with capital budgets above $10M annually. Using the midpoint of 75,000 facilities as the global addressable universe for Physical AI controls hardware, and a blended average hardware spend per facility of $7,500 per controller node with an average of 50 nodes per facility, yields $375,000 per facility. Applying a 10% addressable fraction (facilities actively deploying Physical AI systems in the 3-year window) gives the bottom-up TAM.

75,000 facilities x 10% active x $375,000 avg hardware = $28.1B, rounded to $28B

SAM FILTERS

From the conservative $15B TAM, three filters are applied. Geography filter: North America (9.9% CAGR, high capex), Europe (28.5% share), and Japan/South Korea (est. 12% share) collectively represent roughly 50% of the TAM, yielding $7.5B. Segment filter: discrete manufacturers deploying robotics and edge AI, not process industries (oil and gas, chemicals) dominated by Honeywell and Emerson, estimated at 25% of the geographic slice. Business model filter: direct hardware sales excluding software-only and services, estimated at 75% of remaining. Top-down SAM: $7.

$15B x 50% x 25% x 75% = $1.41B top-down; 50,000 x $62,000 = $3.1B bottom-up; conservative bound = $1.4B

SOM BUILD

Year 1 target: 60 facilities at $77,000 average hardware contract (mid-range PLC stack plus servo drives, consistent with $2,500-$7,500 PLC plus $3,000-$8,000 drives across a modest node count), yielding $4.6M, representing 0.3% of $1.4B SAM. Year 2: 180 facilities at $77,000 = $13.9M (1.0% SAM). Year 3: 600 facilities at $77,000 = $46.2M (3.3% SAM). Three-year cumulative SOM: $64.7M. Year-3 annual run rate of $46M represents 3.3% of the conservative SAM, within the credible range for a well-capitalized new entrant with a differentiated Physical AI wedge.

Year 3: 600 facilities x $77,000 = $46.2M, rounded to $46M; 3.3% of $1.4B SAM