Supply chain AI company Exiger announced it has joined the New American Industrial Alliance, a US trade association founded in 2024 that brings together tech founders, venture capitalists, and manufacturers aiming to rebuild America’s industrial base 

The Wasghington –based firm, which provides supply chain risk technology to the U.S. Government, said it joins AI and defense tech pioneers including Anduril, Divergent, Google, Hadrian, and Palantir to advance the coalition’s mission to restore domestic manufacturing capacity and bolster national security.  

NAIA and Exiger also announced their partnership on the launch of Ground Truth: The Exiger-NAIA Critical Minerals Readiness Survey – an industry snapshot on the current and future state of critical minerals supply that follows the White House’s Executive Order 14415 “Securing America’s Defense Supply Chains and Ensuring Domestic Acquisition of Critical Materials” last month.  

The survey of NAIA’s member community and the broader U.S. industrial base will measure the actual state of critical mineral supply against real industrial demand, the company said.  

“We’re excited to welcome Exiger to NAIA and kick off this partnership with a revealing dive into both the pain points and opportunities across the critical minerals landscape for domestic manufacturers,” NAIA senior vice president Micah Murphy said in a news release.  

 “Exiger’s leadership in supply chain, readiness, and procurement automation, coupled with their cutting-edge AI, deep data, and domain expertise, makes them a valuable ally in our work to strengthen and secure our most important supply chains.” 

Ground Truth was designed by the partnership to surface where demand is not being met by domestic or allied supply (down to the spec, grade, alloy, or purity level), where reshoring goals and sourcing capabilities diverge, and which gaps leave companies most exposed. 

“We’re thrilled to partner with NAIA to provide a ground truth at the exact moment policymakers are taking action on critical mineral dependencies,” Exiger’s SVP, product market leadership Derek Lemke said.

“We’ve seen global bad actors attempt to weaponize the periodic table and leverage their control of critical mineral processing, refining, and exports, and hope the survey results inform policies that drive long-term resilience, including supply chain visibility, raw material traceability, and reduced dependency on adversarial supply.” 

Survey responses will inform a joint Exiger x NAIA research report, powered by 1EXIGER.AI, that will offer a blueprint for policymakers, federal buyers, investors, and industrial partners targeting where to best direct action and capital to accelerate America’s reindustrialization.  

The findings will be unveiled on September 16, 2026, in Washington, DC, at NAIA’s The New Industrial Age Forum, which brings leaders from factory floors, laboratories, and construction into conversation with policymakers working to shape America’s manufacturing renaissance, the company said. 

The survey is here.