The Future of Hardware Starts in the Browser with Matthias Wagner

About this episode

Matthias Wagner discusses how AI is revolutionizing electronics design and closing the gap between hardware and software.

Hardware has long lagged behind software in speed, accessibility, and iteration. But that gap is starting to close. Matthias Wagner, founder and CEO of Flux, joins Greg to unpack how AI is transforming electronics design from a slow, manual, and fragmented process into something far more collaborative, automated, and accessible. After years at Facebook and a deep frustration with legacy hardware tooling, Matthias set out to build what he calls the first AI hardware engineer. A system that can...

People in this episode

Host: Greg Toroosian

Guest: Matthias Wagner

Topics covered

• hardware
• AI
• electronics design
• collaboration
• automation
• accessibility

Keywords

• hardware
• AI
• electronics design
• automation
• collaboration
• accessibility
• Flux

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Flux, Facebook

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