{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"START","title":"START pod: Ansel Dias, Founder & CEO, AutoFAB: “Building a distributed 3D-printing network. Local microfactories, one platform, zero inventory” ","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/dcb065c3\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":230,"description":"Ansel Dias is using his robot factory to build more robot factories\nAutoFAB is a robotic desktop factory that prints, assembles, quality-checks, and packages hardware autonomously\nIt’s already being used to manufacture more of its own robotic arms\nThe insight behind it is simple: Prototyping is easy\nProduction is the completely different ballgame - and that’s where hardware startups die\nFactories. QA. Packaging. Scaling production.\nThat’s the bottleneck AutoFAB wants to eliminate\nThe long-term vision: AutoFABs making more AutoFABs\n🎙️ Ansel Dias, Founder & CEO, AutoFAB on Fondo START pod \n00:18 AutoFAB is a robotic desktop factory\n00:33 It prints things, then assembles them\n00:41 It does quality checks and even packs shipping boxes\n01:03 Putting hardware into production is extremely difficult\n02:01 AutoFAB to make more AutoFABs\n02:14 Growth will become geometric\n02:37 Right now it's making more of its own robotic arms\nCheck out autofab.net to learn more","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q-E1hh7K6IS4AfZiNy2p4MYVGcUOO8lQP92h8QbOEOA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NzVj/MDEzNjkxNjU1N2Uy/NDFhMDQ3M2ZhNWI3/NWY0MS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}