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This month was full of great meetups!
135th SF Hardware Meetup @ Antler VC 425+ packed Antler VC for a summer demo night, walk-around style with physical prototypes and a community open mic. Hosted by Antler, with informal as community partner.
118th NY Hardware Meetup @ Brooklyn Navy Yard 275+ filled Building 92 for a demo-loaded happy hour, hosted and sponsored by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Employment Center.
64th Boston Hardware Meetup @ Nona Technologies 275+ came out to Cambridge with Ben Thomson (Hardware Engineering Lead, Nona Technologies) on building water recovery hardware, and Ben Stanley (Sales Engineer, Beckhoff Automation) on EtherCAT and PC-based control. Sponsored by Beckhoff.
19th San Jose Hardware Meetup @ BigHat Bio took on AI/ML in lab automation with Mitchell Stieg (Senior Automation Engineer II, BigHat Biosciences) and Dhruv Diddi (Founder, Solo Tech) on physical AI for high-precision tasks. Hosted by BigHat, food sponsored by Solo Tech.
10th Sydney Hardware Meetup @ Engineers Australia 170+ turned out for a prototype-to-product edition with Brendan Hill (Venture Partner, TEN13), Cibby Pulikkaseril (Founder & CEO, Zabidou), and Matt Crott (Head of Product Engineering, Mako Aero). Co-hosted with ACES.
10th Austin Hardware Meetup | AI & Hardware 70+ gathered with Gal Tamir, Ph.D. (Senior Manager, Amazon) on keeping AI-run robotic fulfillment running at scale, and James Pratt (Co-Founder & CEO, Fyve Health) on ambient sensing hardware for aging in place. Sponsored by Beckhoff.
10th San Diego Hardware Meetup 85+ met at Pure Project Vista for a zero-to-one panel walking the full journey from ideation to scaled production, sponsored by SEACOMP.
4th Miami Hardware Meetup @ The DOCK brought builders to Wynwood for a demos-and-drinks night hosted by The LAB Miami, with No Decks, Just Dough as community partner.
Hardware Pitch Night: Summertime Showcase 300+ joined at Studio 45 as six frontier hardware startups pitched live to Aaron Pickard (MFV Partners), Nathan Latka (Founderpath), and Navya Chitimreddy (Abryo Capital). Brought to you by RiseLink and informal. Startups included MYELION, Zylo3D, Lit Motors, Magic, ChipHub, and R0 Systems.
Hardware Supply Chain Dinner @ Kipo AI sold out with 20+ procurement and supply chain leaders over a family-style Japanese dinner, co-hosted with Kipo AI.
Hardware Founder Dinner with Rho @ Gigascale Capital gathered 25+ founders and investors at Pier 26 talking AI infra, data centers, and energy. Co-hosted with Rho.
Hardware Dinner for Seattle Tech Week @ Ideology sat 35+ hardware founders, agency owners, and investors down for a three-course family-style dinner, co-hosted with Ideology.
San Rafael Hardware Happy Hour drew 30+ North Bay builders to Pond Farm Brewing Co. for drinks, demos, and project talk.
24hr AI for Science: World Models Hack @ Zeon Systems builders spent a weekend closing the loop on a real TEM-1 β-lactamase inhibitor screen, designing in simulation, then verifying on live robotic arms, 3D printers, and labware. Hosted by Zeon Systems (YC X25) with OPENSHELF, Google ADK, UFACTORY, and Sepia Bio as technical track partners.
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(SF, CA) Founding Power Electronics Engineer @ Expand Power
(SF, CA) FPGA Engineer @ Astranis
(SF, CA) Robotics Systems Engineer @ Weave Robotics
(San Mateo, CA) Robotics Engineer @ EmbodyX
(Santa Clara, CA) Design Verification Infrastructure Sr. Staff Engineer @ Marvell
(Emeryville, CA) Founding Electrical Engineer @ Rhoic
(NY, NY) Mechanical Engineer, Robotics @ Fluidstack
(NY, NY) Mechanical Engineer @ Reflex Robotics
(Brooklyn, NY) Electromagnetic Engineer @ Yank
(Cambridge, MA) Applications Hardware Engineer @ Tristar AI
(Cambridge, MA) Mechanical Engineer @ Nanopath
(Watertown, MA) Mechanical Build & Maintenance Lead @ Via Separations
(Milan, Italy) Robotics Engineer @ Multiply Labs
Peri, founder of Mimir, is looking to talk to engineers working with complex materials day to day, like semiconductors and aerospace design, as the team builds out a way to simulate and analyze materials.
Masi is seeking software test/QA engineering roles in autonomous systems and robotics.
Steven offers free legal services to startups through UC Law SF’s Startup Legal Garage from August to November.
If you don’t see an event page yet, it will be up shortly. Most are shared a couple weeks prior.
5th Phoenix Hardware Meetup (Aug 5)
136th SF Hardware Meetup @ Studio 45 | Demo Night (Aug 6)
44th YVR Hardware Meetup @ Sky Lounge | HardTech Happy Hour (Aug 6)
Global Hardware Festival in Las Vegas 2027 (Jan 2027)
Thanks for joining us for this monthly recap!
See you at an upcoming Hardware Meetup,
Michael + Nate from Hardware Meetup
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