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How Hardware Startups Manage Supply Chain Risk in 2026
Episode 31 of Hardware Startups with Fexingo dives into a critical but often overlooked challenge: supply chain risk. Lucas and Luna explore how a 2026 landscape of geopolitical tariffs, semiconductor lead times, and component shortages forces hardware startups to rethink procurement. They examine the case of a robotics startup that survived a capacitor shortage by dual-sourcing from a Japanese and a Korean supplier, and why building buffer inventory of high-risk components can be a better hedge than just-in-time. The hosts discuss the role of supply chain mapping software, the art of…
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