{"podcast":{"title":"START","slug":"start-7171926","podcast_index_feed_id":7171926,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/startup-growth-podcast","website_url":"https://www.tryfondo.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_piHi4M4ohHZpDkziNHWWksxxbatgWrUdPwb5S4zcyo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NzVj/MDEzNjkxNjU1N2Uy/NDFhMDQ3M2ZhNWI3/NWY0MS5wbmc.jpg","author":"Fondo","episode_count":97,"summary":"Fondo is an all-in-one accounting platform for startups. Get your books closed, taxes filed, and cash back from the IRS.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T06:21:07.655766+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/start-7171926"},"episode":{"title":"START pod: Ansel Dias, Founder & CEO, AutoFAB: “Building a distributed 3D-printing network. Local microfactories, one platform, zero inventory”","slug":"start-pod-ansel-dias-founder-ceo-autofab-building-a-distributed-3d-printing-network-local-microfactories-one-platform-zero-inventory","published_at":"2026-05-21T22:12:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/start-7171926/start-pod-ansel-dias-founder-ceo-autofab-building-a-distributed-3d-printing-network-local-microfactories-one-platform-zero-inventory","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/start-7171926","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/dcb065c3","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/dcb065c3/72bd3ccf.mp3","summary":"Ansel Dias is using his robot factory to build more robot factories AutoFAB is a robotic desktop factory that prints, assembles, quality-checks, and packages hardware autonomously It’s already being used to manufacture more of its own robotic arms The insight behind it is simple: Prototyping is easy Production is the completely different ballgame - and that’s where hardware startups die Factories. QA. Packaging. Scaling production. That’s the bottleneck AutoFAB wants to eliminate The long-term vision: AutoFABs making more AutoFABs 🎙️ Ansel Dias, Founder & CEO, AutoFAB on Fondo START pod 00:18 AutoFAB is a robotic desktop factory 00:33 It prints things, then assembles them 00:41 It does quality checks and even packs shipping boxes 01:03 Putting hardware into production is extremely difficult 02:01 AutoFAB to make more AutoFABs 02:14 Growth will become geometric 02:37 Right now it's making more of its own robotic arms Check out autofab.net to learn more","meta_description":"Ansel Dias is using his robot factory to build more robot factories AutoFAB is a robotic desktop factory that prints, assembles, quality-checks, and packa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":230,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/start-7171926/episodes/start-pod-ansel-dias-founder-ceo-autofab-building-a-distributed-3d-printing-network-local-microfactories-one-platform-zero-inventory/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/start-7171926/start-pod-ansel-dias-founder-ceo-autofab-building-a-distributed-3d-printing-network-local-microfactories-one-platform-zero-inventory.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}