HeyJaredCtrl+Listen Podcast
A series of interview-style podcasts and webinars with a focus on the tech industry, manufacturing, supply chains, data analytics, and more.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 5
- Latest publication
- Aug 27, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 7, 2026
Latest episodes
AI PCB Design Is Only 30% There — Here's What's Missing (opens the original)
Read excerpt
AI PCB design is further along than most engineers assume, and further from finished than the hype suggests. In this episode of CTRL+Listen, host James Sweetlove sits down with Daniel Liu, founder of Solderable, and Ashwin Deepak, the company's VP of automation, for a straight answer on where AI circuit board design actually stands today. Their number: roughly 30% of the way there. Models already grasp components and low-level electrical behavior remarkably well; where they still fall apart is a
Custom Overmolded Cables in Weeks, Not Months (opens the original)
Read excerpt
How do you get custom overmolded cables in weeks instead of months? In this episode of the CTRL+Listen podcast — brought to you by Octopart — host James sits down with Sacha Fabien, co-founder of Fillio, a Quebec-based low-pressure overmolding and cable assembly shop that's modernizing a slow, old-school process. Sacha shares how a hunt for a low-profile M8 connector led him to develop overmolding in-house, why overmolding is the overlooked step behind nearly every cable you own, and how Fillio
Is Vibe Coding the Biggest Threat to Big Companies? (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Is vibe coding the biggest threat to big companies? In this episode of the CTRL+Listen Podcast, brought to you by Octopart, host James Sweetlove sits down with Len Ward — founder and head of AI at Commexis — to unpack how AI is rewiring the way businesses market, sell, and build. Len argues that the real competition for a 10,000-person company isn't the shop down the street; it's "Jenny and Mike in their garage" who can vibe code a product and flank incumbents from every side. He explains why he
A Pentester's Warning: AI Broke Cybersecurity (Here's the Fix) (opens the original)
Read excerpt
The new rules of cybersecurity are here, and in this episode of the Ctrl+Listen podcast by Octopart, penetration testing expert Matt Toussain — Founder of Open Security — breaks down how ransomware and AI are rewriting the threat landscape for manufacturing and supply chain operations in 2026. Matt explains why the exploitation window has collapsed from 180 days to just 14, how attackers now weaponize tools like Microsoft Copilot to steal intellectual property, and why "empowerment is opportunit
AI, Sourcing & Resilience: India's Electronics Supply Chain (opens the original)
Read excerpt
India's electronics supply chain is at an inflection point — and in this episode of the CTRL+Listen Podcast, host James Sweetlove sits down with Vishwanath MS, co-founder and director of Source Buddy, to unpack what that shift really means. From a heavy reliance on imported components to the rapid rise of domestic design and manufacturing, Vishwanath explains how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can navigate a fragmented sourcing landscape, close visibility gaps, and build the resilient elect
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.