304: How Supersede Is Using AI, Material Science, and First Principles to Scale American Manufacturing

 RVs are homes that go 60 miles an hour. That changes everything about what goes inside them.  Chris sits down with Sean Petterson, CEO of Supersede, a company combining recycling and manufacturing in...

301: Manufacturing in New York City: Past, Present, and Future

 “New York City is where dreams come to audition”, and this goes for manufacturers too.   Recorded live at New Lab in Brooklyn, this episode is split into three segments and features seven...

From a Sabbatical to Building the First Full-Stack Industrial AI Company with Andres Naranjo, CEO of Software Toolbox

 Andres Naranjo sailed a race around the world, wrote Japan’s digital agenda, and spent his sabbatical teaching himself AI from scratch. This week Chris sits down with Andres, CEO of Software Toolbox, to hear some...

Purpose-Built AI for Manufacturing: How AI Agents Are Transforming Workflows on the Factory Floor with Apprentice CEO Angelo Stracquatanio

 General-purpose AI can answer almost anything, but that flexibility becomes a liability on the factory floor. In this bonus episode, Chris sits down with Angelo Stracquatanio, CEO of Apprentice, a purpose-built AI company for...

283: From Craft to Manufacturing: How an Engineer Is Scaling a Furniture Business with Lessons from Industry featuring Kwadwo Som-Pimpong, Founder of Crafted Glory

 Kwadwo Som-Pimpong started making furniture in 2015 because he bought a house with no furniture and decided to build his own.   A decade later, he runs Crafted Glory, a small-batch luxury furniture brand blending West African...