ACES is Australia’s fastest-growing hardware community, now with more than 1,000 members across the country. Founded by hardware builders for hardware builders, ACES exists to connect engineers, makers, researchers, and entrepreneurs who are building real, tangible technology.
What sets ACES apart is its scale and grassroots energy: it’s not a corporate initiative, but a self-organising community where members openly share knowledge, swap parts and tools, run workshops, and showcase prototypes. From students experimenting with their first devices to founders scaling global deep-tech startups, ACES brings together every layer of the hardware ecosystem in one place.
In just a short time, ACES has become the hub for Australia’s hardware talent. ACES is a proving ground for ideas, a support network for founders, and a launchpad for projects aiming to put Australian hardware on the world stage. Led by Joseph Guo and Freesia Gaul, ACES was a
founder-student collaboration to create the support network they were both looking for, On Zero. their sponsor, being one of the start-ups that span out of this community!
On Zero creates tracking solutions and haptics for virtual reality, and is backed by Blackbird Ventures and Startmate, the largest VC firms in the southern hemisphere.

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