Alex Appelbe's guest appearances

Alex Appelbe

Scaling Ambition

The Humans of Industry Podcast

David Hunter

Matt Clifford

Joe White

Ed Miller

Alice Bentinck

Chris Mairs

Rafael Jorda Siquier

Jake Woodhouse

Theo Saville

Lavina Tien

Tom Pocock

Hannah Burrow

Vadim Toader

Jesse Shemen

OwlTail

 In this episode, Alex Appelbe discusses his journey from factory floor to becoming the CEO of the industrial tech company Metis Labs. Alex also covers his experiences of different work cultures within manufacturing and how companies can adapt to new ways of working during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Please leave a review and subscribe if you enjoyed the show!

In this episode, Alex Appelbe discusses his journey from factory floor to becoming the CEO of the industrial tech company Metis Labs. Alex also covers his experiences of different work cultures within manufacturing and how companies can adapt to new ways of working during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please leave a review and subscribe if you enjoyed the show!

#01 Alex Appelbe on bringing innovation to manufacturing. 

Alex Appelbe is the Co-Founder of Metis Labs a company providing general intelligence for industrial systems by using deep reinforcement learning to build the factory brain.  Alex and his co-founder Bashir were on EF8 and they started Metis Labs by saving energy in processing factories - helping one of the largest beverage manufacturers in the world to reduce energy consumption in each of their locations. Alex is a mechanical engineer with a Master’s in Industrial Systems from Cambridge University and built 10 years of experience in the manufacturing sector before joining EF.  In this conversation we dive into Alex’s personal story, everything he’s learned about finding product market fit, hiring and funding in the process of building Metis Labs and what he’s learned about himself along the way.

Alex Appelbe is the Co-Founder of Metis Labs a company providing general intelligence for industrial systems by using deep reinforcement learning to build the factory brain. Alex and his co-founder Bashir were on EF8 and they started Metis Labs by saving energy in processing factories - helping one of the largest beverage manufacturers in the world to reduce energy consumption in each of their locations. Alex is a mechanical engineer with a Master’s in Industrial Systems from Cambridge University and built 10 years of experience in the manufacturing sector before joining EF. In this conversation we dive into Alex’s personal story, everything he’s learned about finding product market fit, hiring and funding in the process of building Metis Labs and what he’s learned about himself along the way.

#6 Alex Appelbe of Metis Labs on Building the Factory of the Future