This is NBI Forge Innovation Lab
Where hardware meets intelligence.
Our Innovation Lab is a full-stack prototyping environment built for founders who are building the next generation of intelligent, connected devices. From initial concept to working prototype, the Forge provides the tools, expertise, and industry access to move fast and build right.
Nothing Like it on the West Coast
Our Focus
We built a place with the tools to fabricate anything. CNC machines, laser cutters, welding stations, multi-material 3D printers. Microcontrollers — Arduino, Teensy, Raspberry Pi — and pick-and-place assembly for when your prototype needs to become a product. Everything a serious maker needs to stop imagining and start building.
But tools don’t build companies. People do.
That’s why the Forge comes with something harder to find than equipment — advisors who’ve actually done it. People who know embedded systems, robotics, manufacturing, supply chains, and what it really takes to get from a working prototype to a paying customer.
There’s nothing else like this between San Francisco and Seattle. University labs have the machines but not the mission.
Accelerators have the pitch coaching but not the soldering iron. The Forge has both — and it’s open to any founder serious enough to show up.
It sits inside The VIC — the Vancouver Innovation Center — Clark County’s high-tech epicenter. The room where the region’s builders, innovators, and emerging technology companies already live.