Turning America’s AI Progress Into a Manufacturing Advantage

A better medical device or more capable robot can be held up for months by something surprisingly fundamental: its printed circuit board. These components sit inside nearly every modern electronic product, yet designing, testing, and manufacturing them remains a bottleneck. The U.S. is heavily dependent on manufacturing capacity concentrated in Asia for these critical parts, which means American hardware innovation is beholden to business and geopolitical dynamics outside its borders. In this episode, Davide Asnaghi, cofounder and CEO of Diode, joins Matt Perault to explain how his company com