Hardware Products
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Sam Lessin: AI startups build hardware because their software lacks defensibility
“It's all the AI companies who realize that they have no defensibility, so their solution is to create a hardware product to wrap their AI product.”
Hugo Barra: Hardware PMF is harder than software due to physical space friction
“Physical products are challenging because they have to be chosen by the person every day because they're carrying it. It's occupying space as opposed to an app that may be on their, you know, 10th screen. They never get to see it. They don't think about it. It…”
Montgomery: Perks-based crowdfunding fits hardware and games better than equity
“If you're building a hardware product or a video game, I think that perks based crowdfunding is probably a better fit because it does have a much, much broader audience.”
Evans: Hardware success depends on vision and distribution, not core tech
“Today, you can just go to Shenzhen and say, we'll have a number three and number 15, please, and then it gets put together for you. And so the question is more about the vision and the route to market than the, kind of, the underlying core technology.”