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🚀 What does it really take to turn a hardware breakthrough into a real company?

In this talk, Laura Swan, General Partner at Silicon Catalyst, pulls back the curtain on how deep-tech and semiconductor startups actually get built—from lab idea to manufacturable, investable business.

She breaks down:

• What investors look for before first silicon

• Why most hardware startups fail—and how a few don’t

• How founders can leverage ecosystems, fabs, and strategic partners to move faster

If you’re building in semiconductors, AI hardware, or physical tech—or thinking about it—this is one of those talks that can save you years of wrong turns.

🎥 Watch the full talk here:

👉 https://www.sparknify.com/post/20260113-laura-swan-silicon-catalyst-en

#Semiconductors #HardwareStartups #DeepTech #AIHardware #StartupEcosystem #SiliconCatalyst #Sparknify

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