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S6E40 Matt Puchalski | Vision Inspection, Autonomous Vehicles, & Graduating Y Combinator

Being an Engineer · 3 Oct 2025 · 49m · Episode 40

What this episode covers

Matt Puchalski, founder and CEO of Bucket Robotics, explains how his Y Combinator-backed startup uses synthetic data generated from STEP files to automate visual inspection in manufacturing, bypassing the need for physical 'golden samples.' He contrasts this approach with legacy systems from Keyence and Cognex, highlighting how starting from CAD models allows for rapid simulation of good and bad parts. Puchalski also shares his background in autonomous vehicles at Argo AI and Latitude AI, discussing the unique reliability challenges of deploying Level 4 AVs and how those lessons inform his current work in flexible manufacturing.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Bucket Robotics, Argo AI, Latitude AI, Stack AV, Keyence, Cognex, Nvidia
Products
Intel RealSense
Also
Y Combinator, STEP file

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