Jordan sits down with Kuba Graczyk, founder & CEO of Koobz, to explore how AI, 3D printing, and automation are transforming footwear manufacturing.
Kuba has invented a one-step production process where they 3D-print an entire shoe in a single pass. Koobz is building printer farms around this invention to bring shoe production back to the U.S. Koobz is already working with some of the world’s biggest footwear brands as a Tier-1 supplier. Jordan and Kuba discuss:
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#3dprinting #manufacturing #robots #ai #decentralization
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
03:30 Why Footwear Production Hasn’t Changed Much
11:54 Is 3D Printing About To Have It’s Chat-GPT Moment
18:08 Using AI As A Solo-Founde
21:58 Koobz’ Mission: Bring Manufacturing Back To America
23:30 Kuba's Entrepreneurial Journey
29:32 Koobz’ Tech Stack
34:42 Printing An Entire Shoe In One Step
37:41 Koobz Biggest Challenge
39:15 Why Local Manufacturing Matters For Our Happiness
44:02 Growing Up In Poland & Journey To America
51:20 Becoming A Tier-One Supplier To The World’s Biggest Shoe Brands
57:20 Rapid Fire
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