M5 Industries (M5) is a special effects company located in San Francisco, California, best known as the working lab of the TV series MythBusters.

[2][3][4] The company originally produced special effects props for film, including animatronic puppets, such as those seen in James and the Giant Peach and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

M5 Industries has produced special effects for many commercials, such as a motorized 7 Up soft drink vending machine that shoots soda cans at people and a remote-controlled shoe for Nike.

During the second season, when a second team of MythBusters was introduced, a second space located at 2200 Jerrold Avenue in San Francisco,[a] dubbed "M7" was leased for them.

[9][10] Since the end of production for Mythbusters, the company no longer does special effects for movies and television, now focusing on research and development,[11] such as engineering a tank which can be used to fight wildfires.