#64 - Building the Road to Autonomous Labs | Rui Campos, Automata

<p>First to market with NFC payments two years before Apple Pay. First smartwatch for tarmac environments. Now helping the largest life sciences companies in the world build autonomous labs. Rui Campos has been ahead of the market his entire career, and he&#39;s here to talk about where lab automation is actually going.</p><p><br></p><p>Rui Campos is VP of Product at Automata, leading product, engineering, design, data, and AI. Before life sciences, he drove digital transformation across payments, supply chain, airport operations, and IoT. He brings a cross-industry perspective to lab automation that this industry rarely sees.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode:</p><ul><li><p>Why the problems in lab automation aren&#39;t unique—the environment is</p></li><li><p>What product-market fit actually looks like in life sciences</p></li><li><p>What AI-native teams actually do differently</p></li><li><p>What autonomous labs really mean versus the hype</p></li><li><p>Why only 1% of professionals are actually using AI</p></li></ul><p>Guest: Rui Campos, Automata</p><p>Hosts: Sura Hadi &amp; Mike Ouren</p><p>Series: Science Means Business</p><p><br></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/ruicampos" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://linkedin.com/in/ruicampos</a></p><p>Automata: <a href="https://automata.tech/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://automata.tech</a></p><p><br></p><p>Email: <a href="mailto:helicalbrew@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">helicalbrew@gmail.com</a></p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/oaLvdLOQuQw" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/oaLvdLOQuQw</a></p><p><br></p><p>CHAPTERS</p><p>00:00 Cold Open</p><p>00:20 Welcome &amp; Guest Intro — Rui Campos, Automata</p><p>07:53 Icebreaker — How Do You Know When You&#39;re Early vs Simply Wrong?</p><p>10:56 Segment 1 — What Life Sciences Can Learn From Other Industries</p><p>12:16 Segment 2 — Product Market Fit in Lab Automation</p><p>22:48 Segment 3 — AI Native Teams vs AI Theater</p><p>37:59 Segment 4 — The Road to Autonomous Labs</p><p>49:50 Pick of the Week</p><p>55:54 Where to Find Rui</p><p><br></p><p>@helicalbrew</p>