This Company is Transforming How Millions of Developers Build with Hardware | Viam Interview

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 Viam 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