Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi in Manufacturing and Automation: What Founders and Engineers Need to Know
Discover how Raspberry Pi can transform manufacturing and automation for founders and engineers, offering cost-effective solutions for industrial
Reindustri
Microfactory Costs
What It Actually Costs to Build a Microfactory in a City
Discover the true costs of establishing a microfactory in urban areas, including machinery, zoning, and supply chain challenges.
Edge Computing
NVIDIA Jetson vs Raspberry Pi: Choosing the Right Edge Computing Platform for Manufacturing and Automation
Explore the differences between NVIDIA Jetson and Raspberry Pi for edge computing in manufacturing. Make an informed choice for your project.
Edge Ai
Edge AI in the Factory: What Jetson, Raspberry Pi, and the Next Wave of Embedded Intelligence Mean for Manufacturing Founders
Discover how Jetson and Raspberry Pi are revolutionizing manufacturing with edge AI, enabling startups to leverage advanced technology affordably.
Offshoring
How Offshoring Has Reshaped Canadian Manufacturing and What It Means for Founders and Investors
Explore how offshoring has transformed Canadian manufacturing, impacting founders and investors in today's competitive landscape.
Manufacturing Decline
How Government Policy Dismantled Manufacturing in Australia and Canada
Explore how deliberate government policies led to the decline of manufacturing in Australia and Canada, reshaping their industrial landscapes over decades.
Micro Factory
How to Finance a Micro-Factory: A Practical Capital Stack for Early-Stage Manufacturers
Learn how to finance a micro-factory with a practical capital stack for early-stage manufacturers and build a viable business without conventional venture
Hardware Founders
Unit Economics for Hardware Founders: What Software Metrics Don't Prepare You For
Hardware founders face unique unit economics challenges that differ from software metrics, including direct materials, labour, and manufacturing overhead
Manufacturing Incentive
Manufacturing in Southeast Asia: What Thailand and Vietnam Actually Offer Foreign Founders
A practical look at the incentive programs in Thailand and Vietnam, what foreign founders need to do to incorporate in each country, and where the programs are genuinely useful and where they fall short.
Government Program
Part 2: Sovereign Industrialisation Programs. Why Governments Are Paying Startups to Make Things
This is the second article about Sovereign industrialisation of Western countries with a focus on Australia, Singapore, South Korea and Canada. Here I go into some depth around the Government programs to incentivise creating manufacturing businesses in these countries. Australia: The National Reconstruction Fund and What Sits Around It Australia&
Government Program
Part 1: Sovereign Industrialisation Programs. Why Governments Are Paying Startups to Make Things
A look at the programs governments are running to rebuild domestic manufacturing and what a founder needs to know to access them. Something changed in the way governments think about manufacturing around 2020 and the shift has not reversed. What changed was not political fashion but lived experience: a pandemic
News
How LLMs and AI is Changing the Design to Build Workflow
This article is a deeper look at how AI handles CAD generation, floorplan and layout recognition, materials estimation, and quantities takeoffs. While LLMs have excellent capabilities there are some areas where these models have some disadvantages as compared to traditional human analysis of plans and CAD files. In the first