TechFirst with John Koetsier · 2026-04-20 · 36 min
AI is everywhere ... except the factory. What does AI-native manufacturing look like? Is it possible? Can AI agents help manufacturers produce more product at better quality?And, maybe also enable onshoring or re-shoring?In this episode, host John Koetsier sits down with Apprentice CEO and founder Angelo Stracquatanio to explore what AI-native manufacturing really means, and why traditional AI models fall short in production environments.Instead of chatbots, this new approach uses event-driven AI agents that respond to real-time manufacturing signals: alarms, equipment data, quality issues, and more. The result?
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