Mehr: Hardware takes 7 to 9 years because you must build factories
Edward Mehr · The New Era of Defense Manufacturing | Edward Mehr on TBPN · Apr 26, 2025 · at 1:03
Edward Mehr, CEO of Machina Labs, explains why physical hardware innovation moves substantially slower than software development.
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“If you want to build a hardware, you pretty much have to go build a factory, right? And that's why development timelines are like seven years, nine years,”
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