Ricardo Mendoza, founder and CEO of Pantacor, joins me for a chat at the Open Source Summit in Austin. Ricardo shares why he started Pantacor and describes the differences between IoT, edge, connected, and embedded devices. I ask him how Pantacor fits into the edge continuum, and he explains how Pantacor helps bring embedded devices into the future. Ricardo talks about the open source arm of Pantacor’s strategy, we discuss Pantacor’s unique interest in hardware versus primarily dealing with software, and Ricardo wraps up by sharing his advice for aspiring business owners! 

Highlights:

• Why Ricardo started Pantacor (1:19)
• Difference between IOT edge devices, connected devices, and embedded devices (2:17)
• How Pantacor fits into the edge continuum (4:49)
• Why are embedded systems lagging behind and how does that manifest? (6:22)
• How open source is part of Pantacor’s strategy (9:40)
• How aware are manufacturers of their operating systems and how Pantacor could help them? (13:35)
• Pantacor’s relationship with hardware  (16:45)
• What was the inspiration for the founding of Pantacor? (20:11)
• The difference between cloud developers and their relationship with open source versus the relationship between embedded devices and open source (22:46)
• Is there a disadvantage to being based in Europe? (24:51)
• Advice for someone who wants to start a company or work with embedded devices (26:28)

Links:

Pantacor

• https://pantacor.com/
• https://pantavisor.io/
• Twitter: @pantahub