In the first episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna look at the Raspberry Pi Foundation—a nonprofit that accidentally built one of the most influential hardware companies of the last decade. The episode zeroes in on one specific decision: Why did Raspberry Pi choose to manufacture in the UK when every other hardware startup moved to China? The answer involves a single factory in Pencoed, Wales, producing 70,000 boards a week. Lucas explains how a $35 single-board computer changed the economics of prototyping, while Luna questions whether the Raspberry Pi model is replicable for for-profit startups. This episode also previews the show's approach: each week, one concrete case study—a product launch, a supply chain pivot, a manufacturing breakthrough—to understand what actually works in hardware.
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