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  • The Answer to the AI Era Is Dumb DevicesMarch 21, 2026

    The future isn't about smarter baked-in logic — it's about building the best unopinionated physical shell for AI to inhabit.

    AIHardwareProduct
  • Spring Festival Gala Robots Went Viral. But The Takes Are Wrong.February 21, 2026

    China's robots aren't advancing because of some grand government masterplan. It's the same reason the U.S. leads in AI: infrastructure.

    RoboticsChinaHardwareSupply Chain
  • Six Things I Learned Watching a Robotics Startup Die from the InsideFebruary 10, 2026

    I spent a year as COO of a YC-backed robotics startup. The company didn't make it. Here's what I actually learned.

    RoboticsStartupHardwareStartup Lessons
  • AI Native Hardware: The Physical Layer of AI AgentsFebruary 10, 2026

    Stop building features. Start building physical primitives.

    AIHardwareAI Agents
  • The Last Tiger: Doomsday for Product ManagersFebruary 3, 2026

    This isn't a rebirth. It's a death rattle.

    AIProduct ManagementCareer
  • Silicon Valley's Superstition and Shenzhen's Dead EndNovember 25, 2025

    The bubble and truth of AI hardware.

    AIHardwareSilicon ValleyShenzhen
  • My Time at K-ScaleNovember 5, 2025

    Where a group of twenty-somethings (and one forty-year-old dad) tried to make a robot walk.

    RoboticsStartupStartup Lessons
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