Hardware is hard.It requires capital, specialist talent, expensive equipment and the ability to bring mechanical, electrical and software engineers together to solve problems that cannot be built behind a laptop.That is exactly what Glazeworks is building in Tallinn.In this episode of the Protect Europe Podcast, Colin sits down with Kyle, founder of Glazeworks, a hardware venture studio taking on ambitious challenges across electric mobility, autonomous systems, drones and underwater technology.Glazeworks brings engineers, equipment and infrastructure together under one roof, allowing teams to prototype and test complex hardware faster and more capital efficiently.Inside the episode:* Why Glazeworks is building a venture studio for hardware rather than another traditional startup.* How shared engineering talent and expensive equipment can dramatically reduce the barriers to building complex physical products.* Why Tallinn and Ülemiste City provide a uniquely attractive environment for hardware innovation and testing.* Inside the Glazeworks Lab and “The Oven”, including fabrication facilities, laser cutting and welding, electronics, 3D printing and a dedicated test pool for surface and underwater vehicles.* Why Glazeworks is focused on electric mobility, autonomous vehicles, drones and unmanned underwater systems.* The ambition behind building a modular electric vehicle chassis that could make it easier and faster to create new vehicles.* Why the rapid evolution of autonomous systems is creating new opportunities across defense, infrastructure, agriculture and industry.* The enormous challenge of understanding what is happening beneath the surface of ports and oceans, and why lower-cost underwater technology could unlock entirely new capabilities.* Why ambitious projects that may never reach the market can still create valuable technologies, companies and entirely new industries along the way.* Why Europe needs to become more ambitious about building frontier technology and category-defining companies.Glazeworks is not looking for people who simply want to make a small improvement to something that already exists.The ambition is bigger: identify what should exist next, bring the right people together and build it.If you are a builder, engineer, maker or founder who wants to work on difficult problems and frontier technology, this conversation is for you.#ProtectEurope #Hardware #DeepTech #DefenceTech #Robotics #ElectricMobility #Drones #EuropeanInnovation #Tallinn
