Varanasi: Full-stack hardware-software founders stay happier than pure software founders
Anil Varanasi · Building Meter for decades, not an exit | Anil Varanasi (Co-founder and CEO) · Dec 10, 2025 · at 1:10:00
Meter co-founder and CEO Anil Varanasi discusses why running a vertically integrated hardware and software company sustains long-term founder engagement compared to traditional single-product software businesses.
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“I have talked to other companies that have this like hardware software operations component. And I do think you're right. There's something there that these companies, founders tend to be a bit happier than others. Cause what you end up not liking about your own business sometimes is like the way you do software or something else or some, you can always find something exciting about a business when the scope is much larger.”
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