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Here’s the first talk we’re publishing from our first inaugural Kinetic conference this year. Em from WORC presented on the current state of mechanical engineering software and where it’s going.
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@loombotic We’re launching the world’s first quick-turn, high-mix, fully automated wire harness production line.
Our goal is to make wire harnesses as fast and easy to order as PCBs or sheet metal.
Customers can already upload a harness design and get an instant quote. Starting today, these parts can now be produced on our automated line.
We’re starting with Mini-Fit Jr., with more connectors coming soon.
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See you in the bay on Monday
We're hosting a party on Monday 5/11 with @sendcutsend and @hardwarefyi to kick off Kinetic!
Luma link to RSVP in the comments 👇
CAD is all about design intent - I honestly think text to cad or some variation is the way forward
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It seems like the opposite is true and the best funded hardware startups almost never win
Tesla > Rivian
Rocket Lab > Relativity
DJI > GoPro, 3DRobotics
Fitbit > Jawbone
Formlabs > Carbon, Desktop Metal
I'm sure there are many more examples
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Full writeup with benchmark data: I tested Claude on a dozen reference parts. The (un)surprising result is that the bottleneck isn't CAD execution, it's image understanding. Once you describe a part cleanly, the model builds it reliably.
reshef.io/a/20260420_onshape…
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I am BEYOND excited to announce that after 1 year off, the best show in science & deep tech is BACK.
S3 returns this Saturday!
Bigger and better than before.
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The inaugural Kinetic Conference 2026, hosted by @hardwarefyi, is quickly shaping up to be one of the best hardware conferences of the year
Stacked speaker lineup including:
@jimbelosic - CEO @sendcutsend
@emm0sh - Founder @__WORC__
@pronounced_kyle - Partner @a16z
@jordannoone - Co-Founder @zoodotdev
@FilArons - Founder of @DiracInc
@keenanwyrobek - Co-Founder @zipline
@reedogins - Co-Founder of Shinkei Systems
@alexhuckstepp - Founder of Uptool
…plus so many more great ones.
If you’re in SF May 12–13, come learn how modern physical systems are designed, built, and scaled.
Tickets & info 👉 kinetic.hardwarefyi.com/ Seats are limited!
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best thing I ever did for my career was to start reading @hardwarefyi weekly
pulls back the curtain on modern mechanical and electrical engineering. explains from first principles. really high alpha. can't recommend it highly enough
Used o3 to pull this list of climate and energy companies organized by category, short summary, and funding stage: tally.so/r/w7eJbz
learned about this a few weeks ago and ended up going down a rabbit hole and put a bunch of them into an airtable: airtable.com/appD130Juo6FE1c…
@jimbelosic and I hosted a design competition with the theme: "best organization tools designed from sheet metal." a thread of the winners and our favorite designs.
