#361: Foxglove w/Founder + CEO Adrian Macneil

About this episode

Adrian Macneil discusses the impact of autonomous vehicle lessons on the robotics industry and the potential for startups in this space.

In this episode of Autonocast, Alex Roy, Kirsten Korosec, and Ed Niedermeyer talk with Foxglove founder Adrian Macneil about how lessons from Cruise and the autonomous vehicle boom are now fueling a broader robotics revolution. Macneil explains why Foxglove is building the infrastructure layer for “physical AI,” helping robotics companies capture and learn from real-world machine data, and why today may be the best moment yet to launch a robotics startup.

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex Roy, Kirsten Korosec, Ed Niedermeyer

Guest: Adrian Macneil

Topics covered

• autonomous vehicles
• robotics
• AI infrastructure
• startup culture
• machine data

Keywords

• Foxglove
• Adrian Macneil
• robotics revolution
• physical AI
• machine learning
• data capture
• startup opportunities

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Foxglove, Cruise

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