Designing the Physical World with AI

About this episode

The episode discusses the transition of AI from software to the physical world, focusing on construction and electronics design.

Erin Price-Wright speaks with Alex Modon, cofounder and CEO at Unlimited Industries, and Davide Asnaghi, CEO at Diode Computers, about how AI is moving from software into the physical world. They discuss automating construction and electronics design, using code and simulation to model real-world systems, and how incentives and manufacturing constraints shape adoption. They also examine what it takes to scale infrastructure, reduce build times, and unlock more abundant industrial capacity in the United States.

People in this episode

Host: Erin Price-Wright

Guests: Alex Modon, Davide Asnaghi

Topics covered

• AI in construction
• electronics design
• automation
• industrial capacity
• infrastructure scaling

Keywords

• AI
• construction automation
• electronics design
• industrial capacity
• infrastructure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Unlimited Industries, Diode Computers

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