A TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 panel featuring Kevin Peterson of Bedrock Robotics and Adrian Macneil of Foxglove explores why many deep tech startups struggle to move from working prototypes into manufacturing and scaled production.
The session addresses a common bottleneck: teams with strong technology and talent can still falter when facing the practical and logistical demands of bringing hardware to market. The founders share lessons learned navigating this critical transition phase.
This gap between prototype and production is a known challenge for hardware-focused AI and robotics startups, where design validation and manufacturing scale differ sharply from software development cycles.
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