ilyas

Co-Founder @treatmyocd

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@datarade Do you see any opportunities in the battery supply chain?

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@datarade Does it just have to be viewed as a margin play? Why couldn’t it be software can open new demand that wasn’t previously possible in the US.

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@guohaoyu110 @AmazonAndrew Since most of manufacturing is now automated abroad what makes it hard in the US - is it raw material cost or talent?

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@CalebChamberla6 Do you see other parts of the manufacturing supply chain that could benefit from this growth philosophy aand are as strained as metal fabrication was when you started osh cut 8 years ago?

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@zanehengsperger @Jack1000k Have you tried university recruiting and also local PR? The first is more targeted since the college job market is not as competitive today.
PR gives brand awareness.

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@jackthetailor @OpCo_VC Nox is a metal supplier, they could provide the metal sendcutsend uses.

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@SkinnyfatTony @Tekeee Thousandaire in robots

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@zachglabman Great post- excited to read about the education one. Technical schools are expensive and there are few loan forgiveness and scholarship programs compared to fields like healthcare where the government pioneered many such initiatives.

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@SkinnyfatTony Funny- did people buy them from you as a cheaper way to help automate their processes?

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@SkinnyfatTony @jason_bennitt Would pay for it and then toggle back down next month if you don’t find yourself using it as much, the 4.8 model isn’t usually needed btw you can get most of the benefit from 4.6

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I think, to your point, the US is primarily still high-mix work even after the push for reshoring, and robots today aren’t equipped to handle that well yet. That is changing with AI advancements leading to the launch of robots that are more adept at handling many different types of work, the prime example being humanoid robots. Would be curious if this is the right take!

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@SkinnyfatTony @overlook_colony Is the demand for robotics integrator market growing or are people still seeing it more cost effective for humans to do the work instead of robots? Do you see a world where we can compete with chinese prices through robotics advancements?

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@SkinnyfatTony @overlook_colony Thanks for explaining! How are companies adapting to the tariff pressures? Are they deciding to pay the tariffs versus investing in automated capital equipment in the us since they don’t have the capital to invest due to high interest rates?

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@PaulYacoubian It worked - he’s getting reposted on X

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The city has a lot of potential — in the late 1800s and the early 1900s the worlds smartest people moved here similar to how folks move to Austin and SF today, leading to some of the best schools in the US to be located in this region.

Is @basepowerco building an office here or you supplying power to Chicago?

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@zanehengsperger Have you tried indeed smart sourcing? You can reach out to factory workers who are passively looking or who posted their resume for a prior job search. I don’t use it for factory employees but I’ve seen it work well for other similar labor markets.

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@landon20s Anyone you’re excited for in the next mayor race?

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@zobotics Why do you think it’s unviable?

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@zanehengsperger @peteoxenham is another I found tonight after his post on tool path

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@zanehengsperger @zobotics is someone I started following recently more of a robithcs angle