# Designing the Physical World with AI

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-a16z-show-436525/designing-the-physical-world-with-ai
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-a16z-show-436525/designing-the-physical-world-with-ai.md
Podcast: [The a16z Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-a16z-show-436525)
Published: 2026-06-11T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/designing-the-physical-world-with-ai-4Yt_NF_r-pmHb0Dmc
Audio file: https://mgln.ai/e/1344/afp-848985-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/3f86df7b-51c6-4101-88a2-550dba782de8/episodes/5e9d9592-dc9f-4b16-be68-5bc5ab3271dc/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=3f86df7b-51c6-4101-88a2-550dba782de8&awEpisodeId=5e9d9592-dc9f-4b16-be68-5bc5ab3271dc&feed=JGE3yC0V
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-a16z-show-436525/episodes/designing-the-physical-world-with-ai
Duration seconds: 3005

## Resource

Erin Price-Wright speaks with Alex Modon, cofounder and CEO at Unlimited Industries, and Davide Asnaghi, CEO at Diode Computers, about how AI is moving from software into the physical world. They discuss automating construction and electronics design, using code and simulation to model real-world systems, and how incentives and manufacturing constraints shape adoption. They also examine what it takes to scale infrastructure, reduce build times, and unlock more abundant industrial capacity in the United States.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-a16z-show-436525/episodes/designing-the-physical-world-with-ai/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-a16z-show-436525/designing-the-physical-world-with-ai.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.