No Hydraulics, No Problem: How Rise Robotics Is Quietly Disrupting a $750 Billion Industry (feat. Hiten Sonpal)

Hydraulics — the technology that powers excavators, military vehicles, oil rigs, and factory floors — have been around since the 1800s. They work by pressurizing fluid to create force. They’re powerful. They’re proven. And according to Hiten Sonpal, CEO of RISE Robotics, they’ve hit their ceiling.

Hiten joined the Snowpal Podcast to talk about what his company is building, what he’s learned from shipping over 9 million units at iRobot, and why he raised $5.7 million from the crowd instead of from VCs. It’s a conversation worth your full attention.