Company
The big brands make great drills. We make everything they don't.
Why we exist
Every trade still has steps done with a helper standing around, a scrap of wood, or a tool someone rigged up in their garage.
Those steps are too specific for the big tool brands and too small for automation, and they cost contractors real money on every job. Illyra JSL exists to find them and build the proper tool, one trade at a time.
We started in 2026 by screening ten industries against one question: where can a small engineering team build something a working pro would buy with their own money? That led us to HVAC first, where our first tools are now in development.
Principles
01
Jobsite first
We start from a timed task on a real job, never from a technology looking for a use.02
Say only what's tested
Status and specs are published honestly. Targets are labeled as targets.03
Build close to the user
We design, prototype and assemble in the Chicago area, near the people who use our tools.Team
J
Joni
Engineering, prototyping and production. Runs the workshop and the Field Program in Chicago.ChicagoL
Luars
Research and product strategy. Market screening, engineering models and simulation.RemoteS