A group of seven people at a formal signing event. Two men are seated at a table signing documents, one wearing a dark suit and red tie, the other in a pinstripe suit with a bow tie and glasses. Behind them stand five people — four men and one woman smiling, with a backdrop reading 'Hamm Institute for American Energy.' The atmosphere is professional and celebratory. — Oklahoma State University President Jim Hess signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Divergent founder and executive chairman Kevin Czinger at the Hamm Institute for American Energy at OSU. Standing behind them, from left, Hamm Institute Executive Director Ann Bluntzer Pullin, Continental Resources Executive Chairman Harold Hamm, Us. Rep. Tom Cole, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and University of Oklahoma President Joe Harroz.

Hamm Institute for American Energy at OSU and Divergent partnership make Oklahoma a hub for advanced manufacturing

Monday, April 28, 2025

Media Contact: Dara McBee | Hamm Institute for American Energy | 580-350-7248 | dara.mcbee@hamminstitute.org

The Hamm Institute for American Energy at Oklahoma State University announced Monday a strategic partnership with Divergent Technologies Inc. to accelerate the adoption of next-generation advanced manufacturing in Oklahoma, positioning the state as a national model for energy-powered industrial innovation.

Divergent, headquartered in Los Angeles, is an advanced manufacturing business that has developed an engineering and manufacturing system that enables a single factory to manufacture any product.

The Divergent Adaptive Production System is an end-to-end engineering design and manufacturing system that leverages AI-driven design, industrial-rate additive manufacturing and universal robotic assembly to deliver structures that are faster to develop, higher performance and lower cost than their conventionally designed and manufactured alternatives.

“Divergent’s vision is a network of fully digital factories across the U.S. that can automatically engineer and manufacture industrial structures better, faster and cheaper than anywhere else on the planet,” said Kevin Czinger, Divergent founder and executive chairman. “Flexible advanced manufacturing, combined with abundant energy to power those factories, enables us to recapture the soul of the American manufacturing middle class.”

Oklahoma’s Tinker Air Force Base and national security infrastructure create a uniquely strategic environment to scale advanced manufacturing for defense applications, further strengthened by the state’s energy capacity, transportation access and defense-adjacent industrial base.

“I am thrilled to see the Hamm Institute and Divergent Technologies invest in Oklahoma,” U.S. Congressman Tom Cole said. “Their investment will not only create new jobs within the state but also strengthen Oklahoma’s position as a growing hub for innovation and manufacturing. By continuing to foster these opportunities here in Oklahoma, we are laying the groundwork for long-term economic growth and a brighter future for all of Oklahoma.”

As part of this initiative, OSU and the Hamm Institute are also partnering with the University of Oklahoma, demonstrating a united commitment across the state’s research universities to foster cutting-edge innovation, applied research and workforce alignment.

To officially commemorate the partnership, Czinger and OSU President Jim Hess signed a Memorandum of Understanding, joined by Rep. Cole, OU President Joe Harroz, Continental Resources Executive Chairman Harold Hamm and Hamm Institute Executive Director Ann Bluntzer Pullin.

“Combining Oklahoma’s energy leadership with Divergent’s transformational manufacturing technology creates a blueprint for American reindustrialization and competitiveness,” said Hamm, chairman of the Hamm Institute. “There’s no better place to build the future than in Oklahoma.”