America's Secret Weapon Against China? A New Zealand Startup
Mark Pavlyukovskyy and Hendrik Remigereau host TechMates, the NZVC podcast. The guest on this episode is David Moodie, Founder of Foundry Lab, and it went out on 27 March 2025. It covers the NZVC portfolio company Foundry Lab.
- Guest
- David Moodie, Founder of Foundry Lab
- Date
- 27 March 2025
- Companies
- Foundry Lab
- Watch
- YouTube
- Listen
- Spotify
David Moodie, founder of Foundry Lab, combines 3D printing with microwave technology to make metal casting faster, cheaper, and more accessible. He describes going from backyard experiments to defense contracts, why automotive and defense industries are betting on the approach, and the difficulty of scaling deep tech and winning over investors. The episode covers disrupting an 8,000-year-old industry and lessons for hardware founders.
- How frustration with traditional casting led to an industry-changing innovation.
- The journey of melting metal in a microwave to create rapid casting.
- Why automotive and defense industries are betting big on this breakthrough.
- The challenges of scaling deep tech and winning over investors.
Companies in this episode
Foundry Lab, metal casting, manufacturing innovation, deep tech, defense contracts, industrial design