Host Sera Evcimen welcomes Kristen Edwards, CTO and co-founder of Pensa Technologies and PhD candidate at MIT, for a deep dive into the intersection of artificial intelligence and hardware engineering. Kristen shares her expertise on AI-driven solutions for manufacturing, the challenges of integrating AI into engineering workflows, and the future of design and manufacturing.

Actionable Takeaways:

• Track not just engineering decisions, but the reasoning behind them, this is key for effective AI integration.
• Data management is foundational: Know where your data lives, how it’s labeled, and how it can be used to train or inform AI.
• Embrace AI as a “co-pilot” to augment, not replace, human expertise, especially for creative and high-consequence tasks.
• Be proactive about upskilling and adapting  ...