I've seen 100+ people post GPT-6 Astra demos where it builds 3D games, and those are cool, but that's honestly not the part I can't stop thinking about.
Millions of people can turn an idea into a printable object, a CAD file, a Blender model, or a circuit board, without having to become a full time 3D designer first.
So how many thousands of $1M+ businesses come out of that?
Well, you'd pick a niche that constantly needs small custom parts. A few examples:
1. Gyms with broken equipment pieces
2. Restaurants missing some weird proprietary clip
3. Cyclists who want custom mounts
4. Small manufacturers stuck doing the same hand work every day with a jig they wish existed
5. Dentists and clinics needing custom jigs, guides, or tool holders
You put up a simple page where someone uploads a photo, adds measurements, and describes the part.
Astra can do the first CAD pass, you sanity check the dimensions and material, and a print farm ships it.
Of course, you need the idea/niche/distribution first, but you're in business.
You just became a manufacturer, and it's kinda like your factory is a chat window.
(I'll add more of these manufacturing ideas to http://ideabrowser.com)
TLDR;
In 2024, Lovable/Bolt/Replit/v0 etc turned anyone into a vibe coder. The effects of that are still playing out but we're seeing basically anyone create websites/apps.
In 2026, OpenAI turned anyone into a vibe manufacturer, this shift just started.
Really big deal and underdiscussed.
