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Building Consumer Hardware in 2026 | Andy Kong

March 9, 2026·46 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

On building consumer wearables in 2026In conversation with Andy Kong @oldestasian interested in hardware? me too. fascinating chat, amazing lab aesthetic00:00 quiz-bowl buzzers to the SF wearables scene02:25 pebble, kickstarter, and what's changed05:49 2 ways of developing wearables 06:59 CMs, budgets, and designing your own board09:53 using Alibaba chat to source partners14:07 planning a shenzhen trip18:27 board vs mold design25:53 boston vs sf vs nyc for wearables30:00 LLMs + board design33:50 is hardware still hard?36:22 cubesats + chargerless 37:11 validate publicly, quicklyApologies, this episode cuts out towards the end. My bad :,)

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