Studio 45

Name: Studio 45
Address: 45 29th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, US
Telephone: +14152343085

Community, resources, and space to build for hardware professionals. Apply to be a member!

02/27/2026

Last week’s Hardware Pitch Night at Studio 45 brought together founders, operators, and investors for one of our most engaged rooms yet. From robotics to embodied AI, the conversations went well beyond the pitch deck — into deployment strategy, technical risk, and what it really takes to get hardware into the world.

We shared a full recap — including the teams, judges, and themes that surfaced.
👉 link in bio

(And if you’re building, come to the next one. RSVP through our bio!)

02/13/2026

Warning lights. Thick cables. A very serious “do not cross” line in the back lot.

That’s Thunderstone.

They’re rethinking mining from first principles — not moving mountains of rock, but asking: what if you only had to move the atom?

We sat down with the founders to talk high-voltage experiments, scrappy prototyping, and building deep tech alongside the rest of the Studio community.

→ Read the full feature (link in bio)

01/29/2026

🚨 Hard Tech Pitch Night is back at Studio 45🚨

On Thursday, Feb 19, 6 hard tech startups will pitch live to informal fun co-founder, Lauren Dermody, and a panel of investors who actually fund hardware and get real.

If you’re building hardware and looking for early feedback, visibility, or investor connections, apply to pitch (applications are open).

🚨 Apply to Pitch! 🚨
(Link in bio)

01/28/2026

Not all progress is flashy.
Sometimes it looks like clearing clutter, rebuilding systems, and making space to grow.

winter reset of a legacy Oakland hardware space () is about stewardship, flexibility, and building what comes next—one cleared shelf at a time.
🔗 Full story in bio

12/17/2025

What does it actually take to build hardware when you’re a software-first founder?

We sat down with , co-founder & CEO of .pod , to talk candidly about building hardware in the real world — from installs and logistics to why customers make the best product managers.

With two Bubls deployed at Studio 45, we’ve had a front-row seat to how the product gets used day-to-day, and how that feedback shapes what comes next.

🔗 Read the full conversation — link in bio

12/10/2025

.pod is on another level.
if you’ve ever wondered what the future of a workspace pod feels like — come try one.

meet .viggers + see bubl in person at our hardware holiday party this thursday, 12/11 @ 6:30pm. link in bio.

got hardware to show off? we still have a few demo spots open — submit through the link in bio.

11/25/2025

Joseph Guo builds the way great hardware founders do, by following the problem wherever it leads, even if that means almost crashing a bike, cold-showing up at Strava HQ, or sketching the first prototype in Microsoft Paint.

Minimis didn’t come from hype. It came from obsession, iteration, and the community that kept pushing the work forward.

Full interview in our bio!

11/23/2025

The Bay Area loves to celebrate disruption, but Istvan Csapo’s path takes it to a whole new level.

A single auction moment (“I’ll just buy one mill”) became the spark that led him into hands-on manufacturing and co-owning an injection-molding shop.

Read the full interview in our bio.

10/21/2025

👀 The unofficial hardware afterparty is happening at Studio 45!

Drinks, demos, and good convos with the people building what’s next in hardware, design, and tech.
Bring what you’re building (or just come to hang out + get inspired).
 ⚡ Tuesday, Oct 28 | 6:30 PM 📍 Studio 45 🔗 RSVP link in bio

10/17/2025

Hardware is hard — but it’s where the future gets built.

We sat down with Lauren Dermody, co-founder of the informal fund, to talk about the realities of early-stage hardware — from investor mindset to community momentum.

Read the full story through the link in our bio.

09/04/2025

🚀 From a 360° green screen in our shop to global stages, PulseJet Studios has been part of Studio 45’s DNA since day one. Founder John Gearty and his team are pushing the boundaries of VR, and now they’re launching Björk’s new VR album experience! Check out John’s full interview through the link in our bio ✨

🎶 Join us Wednesday, September 10th for the SF launch party at Studio 45 and see the future of music, art, and immersive tech collide.

08/20/2025

Owen Murphy, Co-Founder and CEO of Lightmill, is reimagining what’s possible for hardware teams. With a background that spans to hands-on robotics tinkering in high school, Owen is now tackling one of the hardest problems in manufacturing: making high precision metal components faster, cheaper, and more accessible so hardware teams everywhere can move at the speed of their ideas. We sat down with Owen to talk about his path into engineering, the vision behind Lightmill, and how Studio 45 has supported his journey from big ideas to real world machines.

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45 29th Street
San Francisco, CA
94110

Telephone

+14152343085

Website

https://www.workatthestudio.com/

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