Lenny’s Podcast129 min
Why we’re at the beginning of the AI hardware boom
Caitlin Kalinowski · May 17, 2026
Key learnings
- Hardware can only be 'compiled' a handful of times, so teams must be more conservative, run reliability checks early, and solve…
- Define clear, written goals (cost, weight, resolution) before starting and resist changing them, since hardware is far less…
- Design the riskiest or hardest-to-physically-build parts first rather than starting with the components you already know how to…