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Rarity

Rarity Pty Ltd was incorporated in Adelaide in August 2025 by Dr J.J. Hastings, a computational systems architect with 30 years of R&D across materials science, aerospace, and AI/ML. The company formed in response to a structural gap in advanced manufacturing: cross semiconductors, space, defence, and critical infrastructure, where existing supply chains can no longer reliably deliver materials to specification. Rarity’s mission is to close that gap and build sovereign production capability for Australia and allied partners.

  • Reliable supply where current supply chains fail specification
  • A compounding platform where each new product is developed faster and cheaper than the last
  • Sovereign by design, built for advanced manufacturers across deep tech, including defence.

Rarity designs and builds complete matter transformation chains, with testing and qualification built in. The platform combines computational materials science, scientific kernels, and machine learning across the full transformation, so that quality is structural rather than asserted. Each new product trains the platform: proprietary measurement infrastructure, data, and models accumulate across transformations. The result is a predictable, verifiable transformation from any input to any specified output. The compounding dynamic means each subsequent product is faster and cheaper to develop than the last.

Rarity targets sectors where demand for specifications exceeds reliable supply: semiconductors and photonics, space and quantum components, defence and aerospace materials, and critical inputs for nuclear and energy infrastructure. The opportunity in sovereign critical input technology, advanced materials transformation, and qualification infrastructure is estimated in the tens of billions of AUD annually by 2030, anchored by Australian and allied policy frameworks.

Rarity is in pre-seed and seeking aligned investors who understand deep tech infrastructure and the long-horizon compounding advantage. The company welcomes introductions to sovereign capability stakeholders across advanced manufacturing, government, and defence. They are also are also open to advisors and operators with deep domain experience in critical inputs, qualification cycles, and delivery in contested environments.

Dr. JJ Hastings

Dr. JJ Hastings

Founder

iccadmin@adelaide.edu.au

(08) 8302 7368

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