Hardware Meetup Newsletter (June 2025)
Global updates for events, hiring, and community open mic features.
Hello Fellow Hardware Pros!
You’re receiving this email because you’ve recently attended a Hardware Meetup event. With so much happening across 40+ cities and 40,000 members, we want to better connect cities with a monthly newsletter. If this isn’t for you, feel free to unsubscribe below.
In this newsletter you’ll find:
Invite to AI + Hardware Virtual Summit (Aug 6)
Recap of Last Month’s Events
Hardware Hiring Features
Community Open Mic
Upcoming Events
We’re grateful for you helping make this community the best hardware community for professionals!
Enjoy!
1. Invite to AI + Hardware Global Virtual Summit (Aug 6)
Our first global summit was a success as we prep for CES! The next one will be themed AI + Hardware with guest speakers, live demos, and breakout discussions.
You get the first chance at an early bird ticket, as the page goes public next week.
All ticket proceeds will go towards our community CES party in Jan 2026.
2. Recent Meetup Recaps
This month was full of great meetups!
123rd SF Hardware Meetup had 600+ sign ups for SF Deep Tech Week focused on Humanoid Robotics with Physical Intelligence, K-Scale Labs, and HOMY Robotics.
108th NY Hardware Meetup brought 300+ people to Betaworks for NY Tech Week, featuring talks on robotics, edge AI, and hardware startups pushing AI beyond the screen.
16th LA Hardware Meetup featured space tech leaders from ATRX and DTI, plus open mic demos and networking in El Segundo.
12th Oakland Hardware Meetup gathered 40+ builders to explore parametric design and additive manufacturing with Paralympic prosthetic creator Pooria Sohi.
6th Burlington Hardware Meetup brought together 50+ builders at DR Power for talks, demos, and a tour of their engineering lab.
6th San Diego Hardware Meetup at Incept 3D featured talks on sustainable packaging and hardware consulting, plus tours of a 3D print shop.
4th Sydney Hardware Meetup at The Onset featured demos, open mic pitches, and casual mingling with the local deep tech community.
3rd Dallas Hardware Happy Hour brought builders together for drinks, live music, and community vibes at Picadera × Trinity Cider.
3rd Seattle Hardware Meetup was a casual social hour at Queen Anne Beerhall for local builders to connect over drinks and conversation.
2nd Berlin Hardware Meetup at Venture Café featured a keynote from NexPCB’s Thunder Zhang and open mic demos on wearables + embedded systems.
2nd Boise Hardware Meetup at Trailhead featured talks on mental health tech and agricultural IoT, plus open mic demos and community networking.
🚀 1st London Hardware Meetup at Blue Garage spotlighted wearables, smart textiles, and founder talks from Teslasuit, NexPCB, and more.
🚀 1st Paris Hardware Meetup kicked off at Kickmaker with talks on robotics, manufacturing, and scaling hardware in Europe.
Global Hardware Summit brought together founders and builders to discuss the latest in go to market strategies in consumer across Kickstarter, Peak Design, informal, and more.
The Edge AI Hardware Hack at Studio 45 brought builders together to build on Tenstorrent chips with six challenge tracks and a demo showcase.
3. Hardware Hiring Features
(SF Bay Area) Manufacturing Electrical Test Engineer @ Figure
(SF Bay Area) Senior Staff Mechanical Design Engineer @ Atomic Machines
(SF Bay Area) Lead Test Automation Engineer - Hardware @ Sofar Ocean
(SF Bay Area) Mechanical Engineer, Senior or Staff @ Antora Energy
(SF Bay Area) Electrical Engineer @ Planet
(NY) Electrical Engineer @ Tomorrow Lab
(NY) Research Engineer (Robotics) @ Meta
(NY) Controls Engineer @ Reflex Robotics
(Boston) Senior Robotics Software Engineer @ Tutor Intelligence
(Boston) Embedded System Architect-Technical Staff @ MIT Lincoln Lab
(Boston) Supply Chain Specialist @ Via Separations
4. Global Community Open Mic
Tom and the Peak Design team launched their Pro Tripod on Kickstarter.
Vicki, Founder of Lume Health, is building non invasive hormone monitoring and is looking to connect with investors.
Joseph, Founder of Minimis, is building AR fitness glasses for cyclists.
Siddharth is building an AI PCB designer at Faradworks and has open beta access.
Check out recorded open mics from 10+ other builders from the virtual summit.
5. Upcoming Hardware Meetup Events
If you don’t see an event page yet, it will be up shortly. Most are shared a couple weeks prior.
1st Milan Hardware Meetup @ B4i (July 2)
1st Montreal Hardware Meetup (July 3)
10th Bridgeport Hardware Meetup (July 8)
SF Hardware Happy Hour @ level design (July 10)
AI + Hardware Hack Kickoff (Virtual) (July 15)
Boston Product Design Happy Hour (July 16)
109th NY Hardware Meetup @ Ultimaker (July 24)
2nd Charlotte Hardware Meetup (Aug 6)
1st Phoenix Hardware Meetup (Aug 6)
Thanks for joining for this monthly recap!
See you at an upcoming Hardware Meetup,
Michael + Nate from Hardware Meetup
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