The Future of American Manufacturing with Chris Power

The American Compass Podcast

The second Trump administration has spurred a wave of domestic industrial investment and a recognition that making things in America matters. But what does that look like from the factory floor?

Chris Power, founder and CEO of Hadrian, joins Oren to discuss how his company is helping lead reindustrialization efforts here in the United States. He explains the revolutionary technologies Hadrian uses to compete at scale with foreign firms and highlights just how different the manufacturing jobs of today are compared to what many think of as “factory work.” Finally, he and Oren talk through ways policymakers can support the domestic industrial startups we need to return America to its place as the world’s leading technological and industrial power.

Further reading:

• The Techno-Industrial Policy Playbook, published this week by American Compass, FAI, IFP, and NAIA
• Not By Tariff Alone by Chris Griswold
• What An Enduring Industrial Policy Requires by Charles Yang
• Tear Down this Paper Wall by Christopher Koopman and Josh T. Smith