After co-founding MongoDB and helping build it into a billion-dollar company, Eliot Horowitz is back with a $45 million vision for AI automation. In this conversation, Horowitz shares what led him to launch Viam, a company bridging the gap between software and hardware engineering.
Watch as Eliot demonstrates Viam's incredible wine-pouring robot and discusses groundbreaking projects, from smart arenas that track bathroom wait times to automated marine navigation systems. Learn how Viam is making hardware development more accessible to millions of software developers worldwide, and get inspired to start your own automation projects.
Learn more about Viam (and start building) here: https://viam.com/
Timestamps:
01:37 Eliot's Journey from MongoDB to VM
02:04 Starting to build with hardware
03:31 Learning by Doing
04:24 Challenges in Hardware and Software Integration
05:36 Viam's Core Mission and Evolution
06:57 Success Stories: Enabling businesses
10:17 Advice for Aspiring Developers
12:16 The Cat Food Feeder Demo
15:19 Future Projects for Viam
17:06 Wine Pouring Robot Demo
17:59 Technical Details of the Wine-Pouring Robot
19:57 Vision for the Future