Episode Details

America’s manufacturing comeback may depend on building factories more like software—modular, flexible, and ready before demand arrives. In this condensed Relentless episode, host Ti Morse talks with Chris Power, founder and CEO of Hadrian, about how the company scaled six factories since 2022, including a 2.2 million-square-foot facility, and why modern contract manufacturing in the U.S. is still so hard. Learn how Hadrian approaches high-mix, low-volume production, why there’s “no such thing as asymmetric manufacturing,” and how shared infrastructure can support drones, munitions, and other defense hardware without constant rebuilds. Power also shares lessons from near-failure moments, how he thinks about leadership, hiring, and financing long-duration industrial infrastructure, and what it really takes to scale manufacturing with reliability and trust. Listen now to get the key ideas in minutes.