Divergent Technologies is a California-based digital manufacturing company that builds the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS), an end-to-end platform combining AI-driven generative design, metal additive manufacturing, and autonomous robotic assembly to produce complex vehicle and airframe structures. Founded in 2014 by Kevin Czinger, it supplies aerospace, defense, and automotive customers including Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and General Atomics, and its technology underpins the 3D-printed Czinger 21C hypercar.
Founder and lead inventor of Divergent, now executive chairman. A former U.S. Marine, federal prosecutor, and Goldman Sachs executive who co-founded Coda Automotive, he started Divergent in 2014 to reinvent manufacturing and invented the DAPS platform.
Lukas Czinger
Co-Founder, President & CEO
Kevin's son and Divergent's co-founder, president and CEO. A Yale-trained electrical engineer, he built the company's fixtureless automated assembly system and co-founded Czinger Vehicles, maker of the 3D-printed 21C hypercar.
Key leaders
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Ben Nicholson
Chief Commercial Officer
Veteran aerospace and defense executive; former chief business officer at rocket engine maker Ursa Major
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Nathan P. Diller
President/CSO Mach
Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel; previously led AFWERX innovation efforts for the Department of the Air Force
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Brian Erhartic
Chief Technology Officer
Technology leader driving evolution of the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS) across software and hardware
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Christopher Carr
Chief Programs and Operations Officer
Senior programs and operations leader overseeing large-scale manufacturing program execution
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Kunal Saini
Chief Financial Officer
Finance executive overseeing Divergent’s financial strategy and operations
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Greg Weaver
VP Intellectual Property
Intellectual property leader managing Divergent’s patent portfolio and legal strategy around digital manufacturing
Recent hires
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Ben Nicholson
Chief Commercial Officer
Previously at Ursa Major · Torrance, California, US