In this episode, Ahmed Hadid, co-founder of HyBird, joins to discuss building reality-based digital twins of complex industrial facilities like oil terminals, refineries, and nuclear power plants. HyBird uses technologies like laser scanning, video, and photogrammetry to capture ultra-realistic 3D models of assets. These models can then be used for operations, maintenance, inspection, work planning, and more.
Key topics covered:
- The origin story of HyBird and how Ahmed met his co-founder Mo at university
- Pivoting from visual inspection to a full maintenance management solution
- Integrating with existing EAM/CMMS systems vs trying to rip and replace
- Participating in the Techstars Space program in LA and key lessons learned
- Navigating the early days of COVID and running extremely lean as an enterprise startup
- Finding product-market fit through hands-on founder-led sales
- Building a startup focused on complex industrial enterprises
- Hiring the right people who can thrive in an early-stage environment
- Thoughts on raising capital and finding investors who will roll up their sleeves
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