Bre Pettis (born July 14, 1972)[2] is an American entrepreneur, video blogger, and creative artist.

[3][4] Pettis was raised in Ithaca, New York, a childhood spent climbing trees and playing in the woods independent and self-reliant.

Pettis learned prototyping there, as well as building one-of-a-kind things from scratch, allowing him to eventually be paid for his work.

[19] In June 2017, Pettis acquired start-up Other Machine Co. — now called Bantam Tools — from its founder and CEO, Danielle Applestone.

[21] In January 2024, Bantam Tools announced that it had acquired Evil Mad Scientist,[22] known for the AxiDraw, a computer-controlled drawing and handwriting machine.