AI-NC with Tom Miles

Allen Wyma talks with Tom Miles (linkedin.com/in/thomasgregorymiles), CTO of AI-NC (ai-nc.com), a platform written in Rust to get manufactorability feedback for hardware designs.

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Timestamps

• [@0:00] - Introduction

• [@0:46] - What is Spin

• [@1:23] - AI-NC’s company history

• [@2:46] - What made Tom start a machine shop company

• [@8:17] - AI-NC’s goal to provide automation, design, and advanced manufacturing

• [@17:04] - Communication between designers and assembly people

• [@19:22] - The margin for error in manufacturing

• [@30:40] - What made the team switch to Rust vs other languages

• [@35:06] - Libraries that AI-NC uses in their services

• [@42:35] - Integrations with third-party chat applications

• [@46:03] - Hiring Rust talent

• [@50:23] - Teaching people Rust

• [@53:27] - Advice for companies that want to use Rust

• [@54:42] - Parting thoughts

Credits

Intro Theme: twitter.com/AerocityMusic

Audio Editing: Plangora (twitter.com/plangora)

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Show Notes: Plangora (twitter.com/plangora)

Hosts: Allen Wyma (twitter.com/allenwyma)