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Het Deep Tech Fonds van het ministerie van Economische Zaken en Invest-NL krijgt er 360 miljoen euro bij. Het durfkapitaal is bedoeld voor Nederlandse bedrijven die werken aan technologie als kwantumcomputers en AI-chips, vertelt Stijn Goossens in deze Tech Update. Minister Heleen Herbert van Economische Zaken maakte de uitbreiding bekend op een congres in Amsterdam, zo meldt het Financieele Dagblad. Het extra geld is beschikbaar voor zowel nieuwe bedrijven als partijen die al eerder een investering uit het fonds ontvingen. Het Deep Tech Fonds startte vier jaar geleden met 250 miljoen euro aan durfkapitaal. Dat geld ging onder meer naar chipbedrijven Axelera AI en Nearfield Instruments, en naar QuantWare, dat aan kwantumcomputers werkt. Kenmerkend voor deeptech is dat de technologie forse investeringen vraagt en pas na lange tijd geld oplevert; voor reguliere investeerders is dat vaak te risicovol. Daar wringt de schoen in Nederland: er wordt te weinig durfkapitaal geïnvesteerd, waardoor concurrenten in de Verenigde Staten harder kunnen groeien. Afgelopen jaar werd in Nederland een miljard euro in deeptech geïnvesteerd, terwijl het gemiddelde in de VS bijna vier keer hoger ligt dan in Europa. Partijen zoals Techleap pleiten daarom voor grotere investeringsfondsen en belastingvoordeel voor investeringen in deeptech-startups. Verder in deze Tech Update OpenAI overweegt zijn AI-modellen goedkoper te maken in de concurrentiestrijd met Anthropic. Intern wordt gekeken naar het verlagen van de kosten per token, terwijl het bedrijf nog altijd flinke verliezen draait. Beide AI-bedrijven willen dit jaar het liefst nog naar de beurs. Instagramgebruikers kunnen binnenkort zelf bepalen wat het algoritme ze voorschotelt. Topman Adam Mosseri erkent dat de interactie met het algoritme te eendimensionaal is geworden en mogelijk bijdraagt aan negatieve gevoelens bij sociale media. Gebruikers kunnen straks per thema aangeven wat ze wel en niet willen zien. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Groove Mania Show: Rheinbass Sound Artist: Rheinbass Guest: MATTEO (IT) Air Date: 11 June 2026 Genre: House / Tech House Welcome to the very first episode of Groove Mania, presented by Rheinbass Sound and hosted by Matteo (IT) 60-minute journey curated by Matteo (IT), blending House, Tech House and Deep Tech grooves straight from the Rheinbass universe. Broadcast bi-weekly on Data Transmission Radio at 14:00 UK time (15:00 CET), Rheinbass Sound showcases underground music, exclusive selections and the artists shaping the label's vision. Groove Mania is the first of two monthly Rheinbass Sound editions hosted by Matteo (IT). This edition comes ahead of the Rheinbass Records Release Party on Friday at H26 Cologne, featuring David San, Matteo (IT), Fabio Broox & Violahaiti. Expect a selection packed with dancefloor-driven energy, current favourites, unreleased material and future gems. Missed the show? All Rheinbass Sound radio episodes, selected recordings and Rheinbass Records releases are also available via the Rheinbass Sound SoundCloud page. Enjoy the ride. Tracklist: Tracklist not published. This mix contains unreleased material and forthcoming releases from Rheinbass Records and associated artists. For track IDs and further information, feel free to get in touch. Originally broadcast on Data Transmission Radio. Listen live and explore the archive: https://radio.datatransmission.co

In this episode of the Ardan Labs Podcast, Ale Kennedy talks with François Bitouzet, Managing Director of Viva Technology, about the forces shaping the future of technology and innovation. François shares his journey from studying in France to leading one of the world's largest technology and startup events, connecting entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders from around the globe.00:00 Introduction02:58 Education and Early Influences08:53 Early Career and Communication17:47 Communication in a Changing World32:25 Innovation and Technology42:40 Creativity and Marketing49:38 Leadership and Career Growth54:54 Adapting to Technological Change59:42 The Future of Events01:06:54 AI and Society01:11:20 Startups and Innovation01:15:35 Deep Tech and the FutureConnect with François: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fran%C3%A7ois-bitouzet-180a89/Mentioned in this Episode:Viva Technology: https://vivatechnology.comWant more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!Online Courses : https://ardanlabs.com/education/ Live Events : https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/ Blog : https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog Github : https://github.com/ardanlabs

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In this episode of Tank Talks, Matt Cohen sits down with Aidan Madigan-Curtis, Partner at Eclipse, for a sharp conversation on physical AI, frontier tech, robotics, manufacturing, and the future of building in the real world. Aidan shares her unlikely path from a small mountain town in Penticton to Harvard, Bridgewater, Apple, Samsara, and now Eclipse, where she invests at the intersection of atoms and bits.She breaks down what factory floors taught her that most software-first founders miss, why physical AI is becoming one of the biggest venture capital opportunities of the next decade, and what the U.S. and Canada must understand about China's manufacturing advantage. From launching the first Apple Watch manufacturing lines to scaling Samsara's hardware operations and investing in autonomous excavation, robotics, energy, defense, and supply chain technology, Aidan brings a rare operator-investor perspective to one of the most important shifts happening in tech today.Buckle up to understand why the next wave of AI won't just live in software; it will reshape factories, robots, infrastructure, and the physical world around us.The Unlikely Path from Penticton to Harvard (00:04:25)Aidan shares the wild story of growing up in a tiny Canadian mountain town, applying to Harvard almost by accident, and nearly missing her acceptance letter because it sat undelivered in a PO box. She reflects on how community support, risk-taking, and a willingness to swing big shaped the rest of her career.Bridgewater, Systems Thinking, and Conviction Investing (00:09:00)Aidan explains how Bridgewater's fundamental, systematic approach to markets shaped how she evaluates venture opportunities today. She breaks down why Eclipse starts with deep theses, pressure-tests industries, and backs founders before the market fully understands where the world is going.The Factory Floor Lesson Every Founder Needs (00:17:27)Drawing from her time launching Apple Watch manufacturing lines, Aidan explains why the best founders must balance brutal honesty with extreme optimism. She argues that founders who get “high on their own supply” lose touch with reality, while founders without belief cannot rally a team to do the impossible.Why Physical AI Was the Bet Before It Was Cool (00:20:34)Aidan walks through her career pattern of choosing the “unsexy” path before it becomes obvious: Bridgewater before it was famous, Apple supply chain when software was eating the world, Samsara before industrial IoT was hot, and Eclipse before physical AI became a major venture category.China's “Vibe Manufacturing” Advantage (00:28:37)Aidan unpacks Eclipse's China Field Notes and explains what “vibe manufacturing” really means: a deeply layered, highly competitive, fast-moving manufacturing ecosystem that can turn ideas into physical products at extraordinary speed. She discusses China's compounding advantage in tooling, suppliers, human capital, robotics, and government-backed industrial competition.Where the U.S. Is Ahead and Behind in Robotics (00:37:18)Aidan breaks down the robotics race between the U.S. and China. She says the U.S. remains highly competitive in embodied AI, autonomy, and goal-oriented machine intelligence, but lags badly in manufacturing depth, actuators, magnets, physical iteration speed, and lower-level robotic control.The Robotics Data Problem (00:41:14)Aidan explains why video data alone is not enough to build general-purpose robotics. She discusses the need for proprioception, haptics, physics data, and real-world interaction data, plus why China's robotic data farms could become a major strategic advantage.Canada's Opportunity in AI, Energy, and Deep Tech (00:44:47)As a Canadian-born investor, Aidan lays out where Canada can win: talent attraction, smart immigration policy, abundant clean energy, AI infrastructure, university research, biotech, quantum, defense, and strategic government offtake. She argues Canada has the raw ingredients to become a major player if it moves with urgency.Eclipse's Interest in Canadian Founders (00:49:20)Aidan shares that Eclipse is already investing in Canada, including companies in Toronto and Vancouver, and is actively interested in deep tech and physical AI founders coming out of Canada's strongest ecosystems.About Aidan Madigan-CurtisAidan Madigan-Curtis is a Partner at Eclipse, where she invests in physical AI, robotics, manufacturing, energy, defense, supply chain, and frontier technology companies. Before Eclipse, she was an early executive at Samsara, helping scale the industrial IoT company from pre-product to public company. She previously worked on Apple's manufacturing team for the first Apple Watch and began her career at Bridgewater, where she developed a systems-thinking approach to markets and complex industries.Connect with Aidan Madigan-Curtis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidan-madigan-curtis/Visit the Eclipse website: https://eclipse.capital/Connect with Matt Cohen on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/matt-cohen1Visit the Ripple Ventures website: https://www.rippleventures.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tanktalks.substack.com

Welcome to another episode of The Brand Called You featuring Shubham Mishra, Founder & CEO, Energy AI Labs.In this enlightening conversation with Ashutosh Garg, Shubham shares his entrepreneurial journey—from building E-bikes to pioneering cutting-edge battery diagnostics in India. Discover the challenges of Deep Tech innovation, the evolution of EV Doctor, and the vision behind creating a universal Energy OS for homes and businesses.Shubham also delves into battery myths, the impact of AI and field data on diagnostics, and what the future holds for Energy Super Intelligence.Whether you are passionate about EVs, AI, or the sustainable energy revolution, this episode delivers practical wisdom, fascinating stories, and a glimpse into the future of how the world will produce, consume, and value energy.

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Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.Welcome back to another episode of Venture Unlocked, the podcast that takes you behind the scenes of the business of venture capital.In this episode, I'm joined by three deep tech investors and friends of the show, Nate Williams, Sunil Nagaraj, and Guy Perelmuter, for a roundtable on the state of deep tech and the changing venture landscape. We dig into what deep tech really means today, why it's suddenly attracting so much capital, and how economics, government tailwinds, and AI as a “killer app” have pulled these once niche technologies into the mainstream. We also explore the growing concentration of capital in a handful of hyperscale winners, the tension between consensus vs. non-consensus investing, and what all of this means for emerging managers, LPs, and founders operating at the zero-to-one stage.Thanks for listening to another episode of Venture Unlocked. I hope you enjoyed this conversation with Nate, Sunil, and Guy. If you'd like to get Venture Unlocked content straight to your inbox, go to ventureunlocked.substack.com and sign up, or head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and subscribe. Thanks again for listening.Nate Williams is the Founder and Managing Partner of DeepTech seed firm UNION (Union Labs, Union Peak VC funds) and formerly served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) at Kleiner Perkins focusing on vertical “Physical AI” opportunities across Climate/Resilience, PropTech, and Mobility. Nate has made over 40 early-stage investments, including Urban Sky, Butlr, Antimatter (acquired by Databricks), Proxy (acquired by Oura), Ruby Robotics (acquired by Intuitive Surgical) and Klue (acquired by Medtronic). Before transitioning to full-time VC, Nate built a track record as a hands-on operator with senior leadership roles across startup, growth, and turnaround stages, culminating in successful exits for 4Home (to Motorola, 2010), Motorola Mobility (to Google, 2012), Motorola Home (to ARRIS, 2013), and August Home (to Assa Abloy, 2017). Earlier in his career, Nate was an Analyst in the Digital Home Group at Intel Corp. Nate holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and a Bachelor's degree in Comms from the University of Connecticut.Sunil Nagaraj is the Founder and Managing Partner of Ubiquity Ventures, a seed-stage venture firm investing in “software beyond the screen,” including robotics, AI, industrial automation, and frontier technologies. Prior to founding Ubiquity, Sunil spent over a decade at Bessemer Venture Partners, where he invested in companies across cloud computing, developer tools, and emerging technologies. He is widely recognized for his early conviction in deep tech and infrastructure-driven innovation before it became mainstream in venture capital.Guy Perelmuter is the Founder and Managing Partner of GRIDS Capital, a venture firm focused on deep tech, AI, and advanced industrial technologies. With a background spanning engineering, technology, and investing, Guy has built his career around backing highly technical founders tackling complex global problems. He is known for his insights into the convergence of AI, infrastructure, and industrial transformation, as well as his emphasis on technical depth and long-term value creation in venture investing.Timestamps:Topics in this conversation include:* Definition of Deep Tech by Technical Prowess and Advanced Engineering (2:51)* Hardcore Technology, Difficulty to Build, and Hardware Misconceptions (3:51)* Drivers Of Deep Tech Tailwinds: Maturing Technologies and Government Push (6:12)* Excess Investor Interest After SpaceX and Other Breakout Successes (9:18)* Historical Analogy to Electrification and AI as New Infrastructure Layer (14:43)* Need For Specialized Deep Tech Expertise and New VC Org Structures (19:36)* Schizophrenic Risk-on Behavior and King-making of Consensus Winners (22:08)* Why Normal M and A and IPO Outcomes Still Matter For Smaller Funds (26:53)* Fund Proliferation, New Managers, and What Will Prove Transient (28:49)* Access Capital, Hollywood-ization of Venture, and Coming Bust Risks (33:34)* Consensus Growth Obsession, 10x Expectations, and Metric Distortions (38:02)* How Seed Managers Adapt and Curate Downstream Capital for Portfolios (41:01)* Founder-led Investor Selection and Power Shifting To Specialist Seed GPs (44:53)* Myths About VC Impact, Trend Surfing, and Overstated GP Influence (48:18)* Final Thoughts and Takeaways (53:11)Follow me @SamirKaji and give me your insights and questions with the hashtag #ventureunlocked. If you'd like to be considered as a guest or have someone you'd like to hear from (GP or LP), drop me a direct message on X. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ventureunlocked.substack.com

China processes nearly 90% of the world's rare earths.Rare earths are hidden inside everything from EVs and smartphones to fighter jets, making them one of the most critical materials powering the modern economy.When China restricted rare earth exports in April 2025, the world saw the huge risk of depending on a supply chain controlled by a single country. For Bhaktha Keshavachar, however, it was validation of a bet he had made 6 years earlier.After exiting Ezetap, Bhaktha founded Chara Tech to create electric motors that don't need rare earth magnets at all. The journey was anything but easy. Six years of R&D. Investors who didn't understand the problem. Customers who weren't convinced. And a motor technology that engineers had known about for over 200 years but never successfully commercialized at scale.Today, Chara is shipping hundreds of motors, signing major customers, and finding itself at the center of a global geopolitical shift. Bhaktha explains how software became the breakthrough that made rare-earth-free motors practical and what it takes to build a deep tech company long before the market believes the problem exists.If you are interested in building deep tech for the world, this episode is for you.0:00 - Trailer01:10 - When China bans rare earth exports04:15 - How today's rare earth shortage is like 1970s oil embargo05:26 - Are rare earths really rare?07:23 - Why China has a monopoly11:43 - 3 reasons why Chara was founded15:11 - How Chara made a 200-year-old technology practical16:45 - How software protects deep tech startups18:53 - The conviction to build deep tech in 201621:52 - Why electricity is still the biggest opportunity26:59 - 4+1 technologies every country should possess28:17 - The story of 6 years in R&D33:16 - The response from early customers36:10 - How China's ban changed Chara's journey39:30 - Why Growth-stage fundraising for DeepTech is Hard44:28 - What India needs to win in deep tech52:53 - 3 things needed for a deep tech startup55:10 - Why the wealthy should invest in deep tech58:00 - Where Chara is today01:03:47 - Why Intel lost the race it was winning-------------India's talent has built the world's tech—now it's time to lead it.This mission goes beyond startups. It's about shifting the center of gravity in global tech to include the brilliance rising from India.What is Neon Fund?We invest in seed and early-stage founders from India and the diaspora building world-class Enterprise AI companies. We bring capital, conviction, and a community that's done it before.Subscribe for real founder stories, investor perspectives, economist breakdowns, and a behind-the-scenes look at how we're doing it all at Neon.-------------Check us out on:Website: https://neon.fund/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneonshoww/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/neon-fund/X: https://x.com/TheNeonShowwConnect with Nansi on:LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/nansi-mishraX: https://x.com/nansi_mishra-------------This video is for informational purposes only. The views expressed are those of the individuals quoted and do not constitute professional advice.Send us Fan Mail

Martin Guespereau, directeur général de l'EPA Paris-Saclay, Gabriel Eleuterio, cofondateur et président d'Advanced Care Technologies, et Florian de Ponnat, fondateur de Summon, étaient les invités de François Sorel dans Tech & Co, la quotidienne, ce lundi 1er juin. Ils se sont penchés sur l'événement Paris-Saclay SPRING 2026, sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au jeudi et réécoutez-la en podcast.

ALL INCLUDED SESSIONS Welcome to ALL INCLUDED. Every 15 days a new session mixed live in my studio. Deep house,Deep Tech,Melodic Techno, Progressive house, Tech House, Techno ... Electronic Music.Hope you like it and enjoy it. Thank you for following and listening. Have fun!! This radio show is also available on Apple Podcasts or any podcast platform or app, and also on my Youtube channel (jayme_tube). Feel free to suscribe yourself. You can follow me on Instagram (@jay.me_world), X (@jayme_deejay) or Facebook (@jay.me.dj.page) Contact me at: mailto.jay.me@gmail.com EPISODE #232 TRACKLIST 1. Space Food - Up & Down (Extended Mix) 2. Amanda Baron - Freedom (Extended Mix) 3. Rafael Vilches - You Know the Ride 4. Doctor Jeep - Mecha (Ploy's On The Podium Mix) 5. Matt & FRANCO BA - I Don't Want You To Go (Original Mix) 6. ID ID, Greggio - Higher (Instrumental) 7. Bigfett - DANCE ALL NIGHT (Extended)

Back this week with LTHM Podcast Episode 851 mixed by Diego Valle.This session explores the deeper side of underground house music through techy grooves, abstract textures, rolling percussion, and trippy vocal elements woven throughout. Built around movement and rhythm, the mix stays locked into a steady flow while shifting through hypnotic moments, late-night energy, and festival-ready atmospheres.Whether you're on a dancefloor, under open skies, or deep into the afterhours, this one is designed to keep moving forward.Featuring music from YokoO, NTFO, Joeski, Josh Butler, Christian Burkhardt, Los Suruba, Octave (RO), and more.Tracklist:YokoO – OrtusDaniel Meister – PhinkRoch – Maverick (Arkady Antsyrev Remix)NTFO – CircularaBrunello, Hilel Lev – ApathyJosh Butler – Sweet Spot (Extended Mix)Joeski – VibrationsLos Suruba, Octave (RO) – AlucinoxisRolando – Junie (Cinthie Remix)NTFO – CaraxChristian Burkhardt – FlowlessListen + explore:https://linktr.ee/lthm_music

In this episode of the Sifted podcast, host John Thornhill sits down with Carissa Véliz, AI ethicist, philosopher and associate professor at Oxford University to explore how algorithms and data are reshaping our lives and workplaces. Carissa's latest book, Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, describes how ancient oracles, medieval soothsayers and modern-day AIs all tend to tell the powerful what they want to hear. What does that mean, for example, when we apply AIs to hiring and firing decisions at our companies or VCs?John and Carissa also explore whether tech giants are capable of meaningful self-regulation and what it would look like to build AIs that work for people rather than surveil them.Sign up to Sifted's Daily and Deeptech newsletters here: https://sifted.eu/newsletters

Iaros Belkin caught up with Owen Healy at ETHCluj, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in what turned into one of the more honest conversations I've had at a crypto conference this cycle. Healy is the Founder and Director of Owen Healy Blockchain Talent, a boutique Irish recruitment firm that has placed lots of people from 25+ countries into blockchain projects since he entered the space in early 2021. He built the whole thing from a standing start during COVID, living in rural Ireland, unemployed, with nothing but a LinkedIn account and a genuine curiosity about the technology. That backstory matters. It means when Healy talks about the current market, he isn't protecting a fund position or managing a narrative. He's telling you what he actually sees from the candidate and employer side simultaneously. And right now, what he sees is sobering. On AI and job displacement The WEF Future of Jobs report projects 92 million roles displaced and 170 million created by 2030. Net positive on paper. Healy isn't buying the framing. "There are a lot of companies that historically would have been over-bloated and overstaffed, and they're conveniently using AI as an excuse to conduct layoffs," he told me. "AI is replacing jobs, but maybe not to the extent that the corporate world would like you to believe." He's equally clear that nobody is immune. "Everyone is using the benefits of AI and suffering the consequences of it at the same time." On developers Developers who were comfortable at €150K two or three years ago are now accepting €120K. Healy is direct about why: the market is an employer's market, full stop. Location matters more than it did. The US and Asia are moving; Europe is quiet. And developers are being pushed up the stack regardless. "People are being forced to effectively do more and leverage the best AI capabilities. Sometimes it's reasonable, sometimes it's not." On institutional money arriving This is the part of the conversation that surprised me most. Healy's read is that institutional entry is changing the candidate profile the industry actually wants. "We're entering an industry where hoodies are less in demand and suits are in more demand." For years, TradFi professionals were crypto-curious but couldn't stomach the risk of leaving stable, pensionable careers for a space where ten-year jobs are rare and use cases can be murky. That's changing. JP Morgan, BlackRock, and others are doing blockchain-related hiring now, and it's pulling a cohort of talent that was always interested but never had a comfortable entry point. London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore: that's where institutional-adjacent hiring is concentrated. On EthCC feeling like a funeral It was an offhand remark that landed harder than most prepared conference soundbites. "EthCC felt like a funeral in many respects," Healy said. His reasoning is rooted in what he sees from the inside: projects that look fine externally, companies still putting on a brave face while quietly running out of runway. He mentioned Code4rena winding down as one example, a business he described as legitimate and genuinely useful to the space. "Nobody's going to invest in you or use your services if you're anticipating you'll run out of business in six months." The one piece of advice he offered for a bear market Go to events. Build the relationships now that pay off when conditions improve. He did it in 2023. He's doing it again. Practical. Unglamorous. And coming from someone who built a 100-placement recruitment business from a rural Irish village during a pandemic, probably worth listening to. Iaros Belkin is a founder of Belkin Marketing, a boutique agency serving as Strategic Advisor to Deep Tech, Web3 and AI Founders. Two decades of experience navigating high-stakes global markets and orchestrating everything a good venture team needs: from grants and key partnerships to VVIP events elevated experience. See more breaking stories here. Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publ...

In today's Tech3 from Moneycontrol, we unpack Ashish Kumar's new Rs 2,000 crore deeptech and AI-focused fund under the Fundamentum ecosystem, backed by Nandan Nilekani. We also look at CERT-In's warning on AI-powered cyberattacks and why companies are now being asked to patch critical vulnerabilities within hours. Plus, India's GCC ecosystem continues to expand, but IT services firms still power a major part of the tech workforce behind the scenes. And finally, India and the US move closer on rare earth and critical minerals cooperation as global supply chain concerns intensify

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An interview with Mat Rowe — Founding Parter and Executive Director of Outset Ventures, New Zealand's leading deep-tech incubator and investment platform.Mat has spent more than two decades working at the intersection of science, engineering, and commercialization, helping turn breakthrough technologies into globally significant companies. Before founding Outset Ventures, he was part of the founding team at LanzaTech, contributing to the scale-up of one of the world's most recognized industrial biotech companies across the US, Europe, and Asia.He has also co-founded and supported multiple deep-tech ventures including Dotterel Technologies, focused on UAV audio systems and drone noise reduction, and Mint Innovation, which recovers precious metals from e-waste using biometallurgy. Through Outset Ventures, Mat has helped build an ecosystem supporting some of New Zealand's most ambitious science and engineering founders — including companies connected to aerospace, climate tech, advanced materials, biotech, and robotics.Mat is known for his hands-on approach with technical founders and his passion for helping breakthrough ideas move from prototype to global impact.Hosts:  SpaceBase Founder Emeline Paat-DahlstromResources:Outset Ventures - NZ incubator and investment platformWhat Founder's Want - resources platform for startup FoundersY Combinator - US based startup accelerator and venture capital firmSupport the show

For years, the United States told itself a reassuring story: China could manufacture and copy, but it couldn't innovate. That story is no longer credible. From DeepSeek's compute-efficient AI model to BYD's dominance of the global EV market, China is producing both volume and quality across sectors that matter. The question is no longer whether China can compete — it's whether the United States is playing its own hand well.In this episode of TechSurge, host Michael Marks speaks with Vivek Chilukuri, Senior Fellow at CNAS, where he focuses on U.S.–China technology competition, AI policy, and digital geopolitics. Vivek's path from counter-terrorism work at the State Department to tech policy in the Senate gives him an unusually grounded perspective on how government actually functions — and where it keeps failing itself.Vivek and Michael work through the full competitive landscape: the wake-up moments that shifted Washington's focus from manufacturing to technology dominance, why the dual-use nature of advanced technology has pulled the national security community into conversations once left to industry, and what Made in China 2025 actually achieved — and where it fell short.The conversation goes deep on America's policy toolkit: what the CHIPS Act accomplished and why it wasn't enough, how export controls on advanced semiconductors are working and what they're missing, and why Washington is far too weighted toward restriction at the expense of the "run faster" side of the equation. Vivek is also candid about what DeepSeek really tells us — not just about Chinese innovation, but about the gap between building a model and deploying AI at scale.They also explore the global dimension: China's "easy button" approach to technology exports, what the U.S. AI exports program is trying to do in response, the rise of "AI sovereignty" movements from Brussels to Delhi, and why the talent and immigration decisions of the past year amount to a serious self-inflicted wound.The United States still holds the best hand in the world for this competition. The question Vivek keeps returning to is whether we're playing it well — and right now, his honest answer is no.Sign up for our newsletter at techsurgepodcast.com for updates on upcoming TechSurge Live Summits and future Season 2 episodes.Episode Links:Connect with Vivek: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekchilukuri/Learn more about CNAS: https://www.cnas.orgTimestamps:[02:11] Wake-Up Calls: Chips & 5G[04:17] Atoms vs Bits in AI[07:27] China's Innovation Surge[10:57] Systems Capital vs Planning[14:14] Made in China 2025 Scorecard[17:23] US Tools: Chips & Controls[24:12] DeepSeek & Compute Scarcity[26:47] Energy Constraints & Scaling[29:01] AI Exports & the Easy Button[32:43] Allies & AI Sovereignty[36:13] Talent Flows & Immigration[39:04] Beyond AI: The Biotech Frontier[43:30] Founder Advice: Global South[45:20] Wrap-Up & Key Takeaways

Updated re-release. A year ago we left one question unresolved. Where do foundational AI models end and where do the applications begin? Nick Tippmann returns in a fresh epilogue.  A year on, the tension has only sharpened. Specificity is the differentiator when inches matter. Nick Tippmann, founding partner of TipTop VC, explains how vertical AI is rewriting the software industry by going deeper instead of wider. From the transition beyond SaaS to the gray zone between foundational models and high-stakes applications, we get into how vertical AI can transform laggard industries and why Austin might lead the race.The Agenda00:00 Defining vertical AI05:07 Where general AI fails09:36 Vertical AI software, not just chatbots16:44 Pricing logic after the seat model24:04 Underwriting at pre-seed and seed 27:20 Capital intensity and seed-strapping36:48 TAM analysis and the Frontiers Market example41:46 OpenAI's Instacart hire and the gray zone45:55 Austin as a vertical AI hub58:21 Epilogue: Where the models end and applications beginGuest Links and BiosNick Tippmann, TipTop VCNick Tippmann is the Founder and Managing Partner of TipTop Ventures, an early-stage venture fund focused on Vertical AI. Before becoming an investor, Nick spent nearly a decade as a founding team member and CMO at Greenlight Guru, where he helped scale the company from zero to category leader with more than 250 employees, tens of millions in ARR, and a nine-figure investment from JMI Equity.An operator turned investor, Nick now partners with founders building industry-specific AI and software businesses, bringing hands-on experience in go-to-market strategy, scaling, community building, fundraising, and company development. He has also been an active angel investor since 2021, with more than 100 startup investments. -------------------Austin Next Links: Website, X/Twitter, YouTube, LinkedInEcosystem Metacognition Substack

Peter Carlsson is Co-founder and former CEO of Northvolt, the European battery manufacturing company that raised more than $13 billion to build a homegrown battery supply chain for Europe, before filing for bankruptcy at the end of 2024. Before Northvolt, Carlsson spent more than a decade at Ericsson building global supply chains and later served as VP of Supply Chain at Tesla during the launch of the Model S. In this live episode of Inevitable from the AENU Summit in Berlin, Carlsson reflects on the rise and fall of Northvolt, the realities of competing with China's electro-industrial stack, and what Europe still gets right in manufacturing and innovation. Peter breaks down why batteries became strategically essential to Europe, what operational challenges slowed Northvolt's scale-up, and how changing EV markets, policy shifts, and financing pressures compounded those problems. Carlsson also mentions his new ventures: Aris Machina, an agentic operating system for manufacturing and Sonder Labs, a sodium-ion battery company focused on building chemistry and supply chains less dependent on China. He talks about AI-driven manufacturing, industrial automation, battery geopolitics, and where Europe can still compete in the next generation of energy and hardware systems.  Episode recorded on April 28 2026 (Published on May 19, 2026).  In this episode, we cover:  (0:00) What happened at Northvolt (2:33) Takeaways from Ericsson and Tesla on factory operations (5:52) Why Europe needed a battery champion like Northvolt (7:01) Northvolt's strategy (8:47) The fall of Northvolt (12:23) The decision Peter wishes he had made differently (15:46) Was Northvolt's chemistry bet a mistake? (17:29) Sonder Labs: The promise of sodium-ion batteries (21:42) Can Europe still compete with China in batteries? (24:05) Aris Machina: AI agents for manufacturing operations (27:31) How AI changes factory productivity and the labor market (29:05) Data sovereignty, AI infrastructure and software challenge (32:35) Industrial automation, precision manufacturing, and fusion (34:48) Where Europe still wins (36:01) Final thoughts on Europe's industrial future Enjoyed this episode? Please leave us a review! Share feedback or suggest future topics and guests at info@mcj.vc.Connect with MCJ:Cody Simms on LinkedInVisit mcj.vcSubscribe to the MCJ Newsletter*Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant

For this episode, I interviewed Eugene Malobrodsky, partner at One Way Ventures and former founder of AnchorFree, the company behind HotSpot Shield, one of the first consumer VPN products to scale globally. Before becoming a VC, Eugene spent 15 years building and scaling a startup through the 2008 financial crisis, painful layoffs, difficult fundraising environments, and the long grind from idea to acquisition.  Today, he backs immigrant founders building applied AI, deep tech, fintech, healthcare, and enterprise startups at the pre-seed and seed stage. Topics include: Why many founders become founders for the wrong reasons What venture capitalists really mean when they talk about “100x outcomes” How to think about fundraising runway and dilution Why technical founders often struggle with storytelling What makes a startup venture-backable versus a profitable lifestyle business The most common mistakes early technical teams make How investors evaluate first-time founders with no track record Why customer discovery matters more than building features too early Why the best founders are often “angry at the problem” they're trying to solve He also spoke about what immigrant entrepreneurs misunderstand about networking in Silicon Valley, and the growing uncertainty around H-1B visas and startup immigration policy. RUNTIME 56:28   EPISODE BREAKDOWN (2:13) "I'm just not great at following directions and working for somebody else." (5:44) How Working in VC Changed His Thinking (7:42) What Founders Misunderstand About VC Funds (20:53) A Practical Framework for Seed-stage Fundraising (25:50) What Makes Him Take the Meeting (31:19) Where One Way Ventures is Betting in Deep Tech  (35:11) The Most Common Mistakes Technical Teams Make (38:23) Why Founders Need a 90-second Story (43:16) Growing Uncertainty for Immigrant Tech Workers and Founders (51:33) Practical Networking Advice for First-time Founders (54:38) The One Question H1-B Candidates Should Ask the CEO During an Interview LINKS Eugene Malobrodsky One Way Ventures Investing in Funds vs Investing as an Angel One Way Ventures Expands to San Francisco from Boston with Eugene Malobrodsky, Co-founder of Consumer Privacy Company AnchorFree, Joining as Partner SUBSCRIBE

Rob Black is Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico Economic Development Department, and Bruce Brown is Head of Strategic Climate Initiatives at the New Mexico State Investment Council, the state's $72B sovereign wealth fund. Together, they are driving one of the most ambitious state-level strategies in the U.S. to turn energy wealth into long-term climate innovation and economic growth. The conversation also features MCJ portfolio founders building in the state: Carrie von Muench, Co-founder of Pacific Fusion, developing modular fusion energy systems, and Carl Hoiland, Co-founder and CEO of Zanskar Geothermal, using AI to discover and scale geothermal resources. Together, our guests explore how sovereign capital, policy, and startups intersect—from funding venture managers and attracting hyperscale projects to enabling first-of-a-kind (FOAK) infrastructure. The episode highlights what it actually takes to build (climate) companies in a new geography, and how New Mexico is positioning itself as a hub for advanced energy and climate tech. This episode of Inevitable was recorded in front of a live audience on April 22, 2026 at the SVB Experience Center during SF Climate Week. (Published on May 12, 2026). In this episode, we cover:  (0:00) Overview of New Mexico's development strategy (2:06) Becoming a climate innovation hub (4:31) An overview of the state's sovereign wealth fund: $72B capital (6:27) Investing for returns while hedging energy transition risk (10:34) Economic growth, poverty reduction, and workforce investment (14:20) Why New Mexico is betting on climate and energy (17:32) How the state supports startups: incentives and “white glove” service (20:26) The shift in strategy: from local funds to global venture partners (22:36) Scaling the model: billions into venture and new industries (25:03) Transmission, infrastructure, and enabling energy deployment (27:00) Building data centers, microgrids, and large-load demand (35:11) Pacific Fusion: building modular, scalable fusion systems (35:23) Zanskar Geothermal: AI-driven geothermal discovery and development (40:23) Why New Mexico: resource potential vs. siting strategy (45:29) What founders actually get from the state and what still needs work (50:22) Lessons for builders: permitting, incentives, and scaling fast Enjoyed this episode? Please leave us a review! Share feedback or suggest future topics and guests at info@mcj.vc.Connect with MCJ:Cody Simms on LinkedInVisit mcj.vcSubscribe to the MCJ Newsletter*Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant

Starting with deeper house textures and soulful vocal moments, this mix gradually shifts into a more late-night flow built around thumping grooves, rhythmic movement, and rolling energy while staying rooted in depth throughout.The second half moves into more minimal and tech-driven territory with hypnotic rhythms and subtle vocal effects layered across the mix before closing in a deep and driving state of hypnosis.A soundtrack for sunset fading into dusk.Outdoor underground energy for the heads.Music:1.Fred Everything, Joseph Malik – Not A Club Song (Jimpster's Unreleased Vocal Remix)[20_20 Vision Recordings]2.Ron Carroll, Aires Adora, West – Waited (West Turn Right Around Underground Dub Remiz)[Quantize Recordings]3.Josh Butler – Hideout (Huxley Extend Remix)[ORIGINS RCRDS]4.Staffan Lindberg, MC G7 – Botá (Octavio Remix)[Studio Barnbhus]5.Sammy Alexander – Quack Slap (DeWalta Remix)[Ezy St. Records]6.Satoshi Tomiie – 07 Dub (Original Mix)[Phonogramme]7.Al Bradley – Transparent Fruit (Lee Guthrie Remix)[Click Theraphy Recordings]8.M.O.Z. -Dvine Law [Whoyostro Black]9.James Dexter – Bless Up [Inermu]10.Johannes Albert – Patterns [Permanent Vacation]11.Markus Homm – Nightwalker [Hoomidaas]12.Satoshi Tomiie – 48 Steps Deep [Phonogramme]Follow + explore: https://linktr.ee/lthm_music

This week on Swimming with Allocators, Erik Balck Sørensen joins Earnest and Alexa to share his journey from serial founder in an almost non-existent Danish startup scene to CIO of Denmark's Export and Investment Fund, a sovereign platform backing innovation at scale. Erik explains how Denmark went from having no venture funds or ecosystem infrastructure to becoming a global player in biotech, green tech, and deep tech, and why “giving back” and tight founder communities were crucial to that evolution. He breaks down what it really means to run a sovereign wealth fund with a dual mandate, balancing financial returns for taxpayers with societal impact, and how political momentum, past missteps, and investment discipline shape their strategy. Erik also details Denmark's 2030 plan: moving faster, professionalizing as an LP and direct investor, and doubling or tripling down on stronghold verticals like life sciences, selected green technologies, quantum computing, and European growth-stage capital. Additionally, Chuck Daly explains how evolving market dynamics, LP demands, and longer-dated, more complex venture products are reshaping the regulatory landscape for VC managers, driving greater scrutiny on valuation, fund structures, and exemptions, and highlighting the value of Sidley's deep, shared institutional expertise for GPs navigating this shift. Highlights from this week's conversation include: Erik's Journey From Founder to Sovereign Wealth CIO (0:13) Community Building and Giving Back Culture (5:26)   Corporates, Biotech, Green Tech, and Deep Tech (8:17)   What Denmark's Export and Investment Fund Is (9:39)   Balancing Political Momentum, Purpose, and Profit (12:52)   Small Country Strategy and Global Fund Partnerships (15:51)   2030 Strategy to Move Faster and Smarter (19:42)   Priority Verticals: Biotech, Quantum, Green Tech, Growth (32:08)   Misconceptions About the Fund and New Operating Style (36:58)   Infrastructure Bets: AI Supercomputer and Quantum Facility (40:48)   Technological Sovereignty and Europe's Tech Dependence (44:14)   Defense Technology Catch-Up with US Partners (48:47)   Optimism From Founders and How to Contact Erik (51:01)   Denmark´s Export and Investment Fund is a new, state-owned fund which proves a single point of contact to all Danish companies in need of state financed risk capital. We cover both the entrepreneur, small and medium-sized companies who need capital to unfold their full potential, and export companies who wish to conquer new or emerging markets. We can guide you all the way, from the company´s tentative beginnings through substantial growth to entry into the global markets with export guarantees and stock market listings, because our mission is to help to grow the Danish economy and green the globe. http://www.eifo.dk Sidley Austin LLP is a premier global law firm with a dedicated Venture Funds practice, advising top venture capital firms, institutional investors, and private equity sponsors on fund formation, investment structuring, and regulatory compliance. With deep expertise across private markets, Sidley provides strategic legal counsel to help funds scale effectively. Learn more at sidley.com. Swimming with Allocators is a podcast that dives into the intriguing world of Venture Capital from an LP (Limited Partner) perspective. Hosts Alexa Binns and Earnest Sweat are seasoned professionals who have donned various hats in the VC ecosystem. Each episode, we explore where the future opportunities lie in the VC landscape with insights from top LPs on their investment strategies and industry experts shedding light on emerging trends and technologies.  The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice; instead, all information, content, and materials available on this podcast are for general informational purposes only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Europe isn't a collection of isolated hubs. It's an interconnected system where talent, capital and industry come together to build deep tech.That's the perspective Julien Fredonie⁠, Program Lead for Europe and Africa at ⁠Honda Xcelerator Ventures⁠, shared on our latest episode hosted by Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier. They spoke about why Europe's deep tech moment is real, how the pipeline of founders is improving and why corporates are key to scaling hardware innovation.They also explore the rise of specialised investors and where CVCs still get team evaluation wrong.Key highlightsEurope's deep tech moment is structural, not hypeGlobal investors have shifted from doubt to active allocationFounder quality is rising through education and support systemsCVCs are critical to scaling deep tech companiesCVCs miss critical signals when evaluating deep tech teamsTimestamps(00:00) Europe as a deep tech “mesh”, not fragmented(04:00) Julien's role and investment scope at Honda Xcelerator Ventures(08:00) Why Europe's deep tech moment is happening now(12:00) Education strength and rise of deep tech founders(16:00) Team composition: diversity and complementarity(20:00) New generation of deep tech GPs and hardware expertise(26:00) The role of CVCs in scaling deep tech(34:00) Team blind spots and founder evolution over 10+ yearsSubscribe to EUVC, the home of European tech, for more insights: https://www.eu.vc/subscribe

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On this episode of the Sifted podcast, associate editor Freya Pratty sits down with news editor Martin Coulter, to unpack how Silicon Valley giant Anthropic is making big waves in European tech.The LLM builder and OpenAI rival has released new products that go head-to-head with some of Europe's buzziest AI companies like Loveable and Legora, raising questions about the defensibility of businesses built on top of third-party models.Freya and Martin also discuss how Europe's fintechs are scrambling for access to Anthropic's new model Mythos and a possible deal with chip maker Fractile, an Oxford spinout that's winning support from the UK government.Sign up to Sifted's Daily and Deeptech newsletters here: https://sifted.eu/newsletters

This week on Swimming with Allocators, Wes Panek joins Earnest and Alexa to share his unconventional journey from consulting and international development to venture capital, and ultimately to his current role as an LP at the Astera Institute, a multi-billion-dollar foundation focused on deep tech and frontier science. Wes explains how his family background shaped his desire to make markets work for everyone, what he learned evaluating hundreds of emerging managers at Screen Door, and why he believes there is no single playbook for success in venture. He breaks down how and why Astera is adding fund investing alongside grants and research, the structural advantages of foundations backing deep tech funds, and the gaps he sees in LP coverage of technical managers. Wes also offers practical lessons on building a new fund-of-funds program from scratch, including the importance of deploying capital sooner, being highly selective with time, and leveraging flexibility without losing discipline. For LPs and GPs interested in deep tech, he shares advice on underwriting technical strategies without a PhD, the rare “unicorn” profile of ideal managers, and concrete qualifiers for funds that might be a fit for Astera's capital. Additionally, Chuck Daly of Sidley explains how today's SEC and global regulators are refocusing on core anti-fraud, valuation, conflicts of interest, and disclosure principles for venture managers, with growing state and international scrutiny—especially around process, governance, and ESG — outside the US. Highlights from this week's conversation include: Wes's Journey From Consulting to International Development and Venture (0:35)   Learning GP–LP Dynamics and Two Customers in Venture (3:55)   Mission of Astera Institute and Focus on Frontier Tech (5:54)   Adding Fund Investing and Deep Tech Focus at Astera (7:19)   Designing Astera's Deep Tech Fund Strategy as an Experiment (11:05)   Regulatory Priorities for VC Managers: Communication and Anti Fraud (15:45)   SEC Expectations on Valuation Process and Consistency (20:21)   Global Regulatory Trends and ESG Focus for Venture (23:20)   Foundation vs Fund of Funds: Flexibility, Risk, and Time Horizon (28:36)   How Astera Underwrites Deep Tech Funds and Direct Investments (29:09)   Do LPs Need To Be Technical and How To Skill Up (34:43)   Ideal Traits of Deep Tech GPs and Wes's Bias Toward Technical Founders (39:52)   Fund Parameters Wes Backs: Size, Stage, and Themes (43:20)   Astera Institute is a philanthropic organization dedicated to advancing frontier science and technology for the benefit of humanity. The Institute supports in-house scientific research, grantmaking, direct investments, and fund investing to accelerate progress in areas such as artificial intelligence, neuroscience, energy, and other deep-tech domains. Learn more at asterainstitute.org.   Sidley Austin LLP is a premier global law firm with a dedicated Venture Funds practice, advising top venture capital firms, institutional investors, and private equity sponsors on fund formation, investment structuring, and regulatory compliance. With deep expertise across private markets, Sidley provides strategic legal counsel to help funds scale effectively. Learn more at sidley.com. Swimming with Allocators is a podcast that dives into the intriguing world of Venture Capital from an LP (Limited Partner) perspective. Hosts Alexa Binns and Earnest Sweat are seasoned professionals who have donned various hats in the VC ecosystem. Each episode, we explore where the future opportunities lie in the VC landscape with insights from top LPs on their investment strategies and industry experts shedding light on emerging trends and technologies.  The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice; instead, all information, content, and materials available on this podcast are for general informational purposes only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On this episode, Anna Brady-Estevez, PhD, joins the show. She is the founding partner of American Deep Tech, a technology investment firm that focuses on aerospace & space tech, energy, AI, biotech, and more.  Anna has served as a Program Director at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), where she led the Small Business Innovation Research portfolio […] The post Funding Innovators in AI & Deep Tech: Interview with Anna Brady-Estevez first appeared on Composites Weekly. The post Funding Innovators in AI & Deep Tech: Interview with Anna Brady-Estevez appeared first on Composites Weekly.

PODCAST EPISODE | An Analog Brain In A Digital Age With Marco Ciappelli Pablos Holman has built spaceships, zapped malaria-carrying mosquitoes with a laser, earned thousands of patents, and is now betting his venture capital on the inventors Silicon Valley forgot to fund. His new book, Deep Future: Creating Technology That Matters, is a call to arms against a tech industry that got drunk on software and forgot about the other 98% of the world.

Join us for an insightful conversation on The Brand Called You with RK Patil, Co-Founder and CEO of Vayavya Labs, in conversation with Ashutosh Garg. Discover his journey from the Indian Air Force to building a deep-tech company in Belagavi, India.Explore how Vayavya Labs bridges software complexity and semiconductor innovation through concepts like left shift development and cleaner hardware-software interfaces, while building ecosystems beyond metro cities.Leadership lessons from the Indian Air ForceEarly startup journey in IndiaSoftware and semiconductor convergenceMeaning behind “Vayavya”Role of automation and toolingBuilding tech ecosystems beyond metros

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This was not the episode we planned. Will Johnson, founder and CEO of Gyde, and Alex Cohen, founder and CEO of Hello Patient, came on to talk about innovation in the business of health. Instead it became our off the record conversations, but behind the microphone. An unfiltered field report on what it actually feels like to build a startup in Austin right now. The talent math, hunting for mid-size office space, the venture culture, Austin vs Miami, the press gap, and the political friction. All of it from two founders who chose this city, are hiring here, and are naming what needs to change because they want it to work. Agenda0:00 Why Alex and Will chose Austin5:17 The engineering talent gap 14:10 Who gets hired and the conference hustle 20:58 Miami, Palantir, and competing for wins 26:02 What SF's venture culture has that Austin is still building32:58 Operator density problem and the office gap 41:05 Why selling to Main Street works better from Austin 50:16 More storytellers needed59:16 SXSW's decline 1:05:18 King of Austin for a dayGuest Links and BiosAlex Cohen: X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Hello PatientWill Johnson: X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Gyde -------------------Austin Next Links: Website, X/Twitter, YouTube, LinkedInEcosystem Metacognition Substack

Welcome to episode #1033 of Thinking With Mitch Joel (formerly Six Pixels of Separation). We spent the last twenty-five years calling software "technology," which was convenient, profitable and just a little bit delusional. Apps got smarter. Feeds got stickier. Ads got creepier. Dashboards got dashboards. Meanwhile, the real world kept asking harder questions. How do we produce enough clean energy for eight billion people? How do we build things again? How do we manufacture without waste? How do we use AI for science, not just better chatbots and faster slop? Pablos Holman has spent his career living inside those questions. He is a hacker, inventor, venture capitalist, and founder of Deep Future, an invention capital firm backing the mad scientists, rogue engineers and maverick entrepreneurs trying to build technologies that actually matter. His career has touched everything from cryptocurrency in the 1990s and AI for financial markets to the early days of Blue Origin and the launch of Intellectual Ventures Lab, where the work included mosquito-killing lasers, malaria-diagnosing microscopes, vaccine coolers, advanced antennas and nuclear reactors powered by waste. His book, Deep Future - Creating Technology That Matters, argues that the next wave of innovation will not come from making software marginally more addictive. It will come from solving the physical, messy, expensive, essential problems that humanity depends on: energy, water, food, waste, construction, manufacturing, medicine and infrastructure. In this conversation, Pablos makes the case for optimism with teeth. Not optimism as a mood. Optimism as a discipline. A willingness to stare at massive problems without flinching… and then go build something. We talk about why software can't save the world by itself, why energy may be the root problem behind almost everything, why AI's most meaningful work may happen in science, and why the future belongs to people willing to work on problems big enough to scare everyone else. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 1:04:47. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Listen and subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. Listen and subscribe over at Spotify. Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Thinking With Mitch Joel. Feel free to connect to me directly on LinkedIn. Check out ThinkersOne. Here is my conversation with Pablos Holman. Deep Future - Creating Technology That Matters. Check out Pablos on the Tim Ferriss Podcast: One of The Scariest Hackers I've Ever Met — Pablos Holman. Follow Pablos on LinkedIn. Follow Pablos on X. Follow Pablos on Instagram. Chapters: (00:00) - Introduction to Deep Future and Venture Capital. (02:47) - The Shift from Software to Deep Tech. (06:08) - Revolutionizing Manufacturing with Robotics. (08:49) - The Environmental Impact of Energy Production. (12:13) - Innovative Solutions for Energy Challenges. (15:08) - The Role of AI in Scientific Advancements. (17:53) - Cultural Shifts in Manufacturing and Education. (20:55) - The Future of Energy and Nuclear Solutions. (23:56) - The Importance of Long-Term Thinking. (26:45) - Connecting Work to Meaning and Purpose. (30:13) - The Role of Corporations in Infrastructure Investment. (33:03) - The Future of Jobs in an Automated World. (36:13) - AI's Role in Solving Global Problems. (39:01) - The Need for Optimism in Technology. (41:59) - Final Thoughts and the Future of Humanity.

ICON has been telling the same story since 2018. Humanity has a construction problem that solving for regulations and supply-demand incentives alone won't fix. We need fundamentally new ways to build. Jason Ballard, ICON's founder and CEO, and Will Hurd, the former CIA officer, congressman, and OpenAI board member who just joined as President of ICON Prime, came on to lay out what happens when a non-consensus thesis held for eight years starts to materialize in the real world. The conversation cuts across the full stack, housing, AI, robotics, labor, reindustrialization, and space. The through-line is Ballard's argument that breakthrough technologies are never narrow, that building the technology for a moon base solves the housing and building crisis on Earth. Agenda0:00 What ICON is building and why shelter is broken 6:40 The regulation stack and ICON as a technology company 11:40 Customer shapes, business model, and the innovation stack 17:10 AI, ChatGPT from the inside, and the case for optimism 23:40 The spoons-and-ditches fallacy and Hurd's regulation inversion 30:30 What is ICON Prime and the barracks crisis 36:40 Military construction, Afghanistan, and expeditionary printing 42:40 The moon base, Olympus, and in-situ resource utilization 49:40 Eight years of the same thesis and software's limit 56:40 Austin's talent gravity and the ICON diaspora 1:00:40 The moon in our lifetime 1:04:40  National security, espionage, and Austin as a target 1:08:40 Laser on the moon, 2028 Previous ICON Episode with Evan LoomisGuest Links & BioJason Ballard: X/TwitterWill Hurd: LinkedInICON: Website, ICON Prime, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTubeJason BallardJason Ballard has dedicated his life to working on big problems in service to humanity, most recently and notably as the co-founder and CEO of ICON, the construction technologies company using construction-scale 3D printing to tackle the global housing crisis and prepare to build on other worlds. ICON has been named one of the "Most Innovative Companies in the World" by Fast Company and recently profiled on CBS's 60 MINUTES.  Raising $451 million to date in funding, ICON has delivered communities of resilient 3D-printed homes at high-speed and lower cost in the U.S. and internationally and forged partnerships with world-renowned architects, builders and housing organizations missionally aligned to shift the paradigm of homebuilding. In fall 2022, ICON was awarded $57.2 million from NASA to develop a lunar surface construction system that will target humanity's first-ever construction on another planetary body. In 2019, Ballard was awarded the Austin Under 40 Award in the Technology category. In 2021, Ballard was named to TIME100 Next as one of the emerging leaders shaping the future as well as Newsweek's America's Greatest Disruptors: Visionaries and Innovators Who Are Changing the World. Prior to co-founding ICON, Ballard served as CEO of an eco-friendly home upgrade company that normalized sustainable and healthy approaches to home improvement. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Ballard worked at a homeless shelter, in various roles in sustainable building, and as an environmental consultant for ACRT. Ballard is a GLG Social Impact Fellow and served on the Carbon War Room / Rocky Mountain Institute Energy Think Tank. Ballard hails from East Texas and studied conservation biology at Texas A&M University. He also completed a masters program in Space Resources at Colorado School of Mines in 2022. He enjoys astronomy, ultrarunning, chess, comic books, and outdoor activities when he has free time.  He resides in Austin, TX with his four children.Will HurdThe Honorable Will Hurd is a former CIA officer and congressman whose career spans intelligence, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence policy, and public service. He currently serves as Division President of ICON Prime, a space and defense tech company and will lead ICON Prime's strategy and government partnerships as the company scales its robotic construction technology across the national security enterprise and beyond Earth.  He is also the author of American Reboot: An Idealist Guide to Getting Big Things Done. Hurd brings deep expertise at the intersection of technology, national security, and governance to his board roles and ongoing policy work.Hurd began his career serving overseas in the CIA, where he worked to prevent attacks on the United States and disrupt efforts to smuggle nuclear materials into the country. He later held roles at Crumpton Group and FusionX, helping defend critical infrastructure from cyber threats. In 2014, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Texas's 23rd District, where he served three terms and played a key role in shaping technology and national security policy.Following his time in Congress, Hurd held leadership roles at Allen & Company and CHAOS Industries. He also previously served on the boards of In-Q-Tel and OpenAI.He currently serves on the board of directors for Personal.AI, The Aerospace Corporation, the Council on Foreign Relations, and advisory boards of Palo Alto Networks and the Center for European Policy Analysis.A San Antonio native, Will received a BS in Computer Science from Texas A&M University.  -------------------Austin Next Links: Website, X/Twitter, YouTube, LinkedInEcosystem Metacognition Substack

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Gilad Shai, Managing Director at BMI Capital International,  reveals the harsh realities and hidden opportunities in the InsurTech ecosystem. From launching InsurTech LA with 10 people in 2015 to watching billion-dollar valuations evaporate 90% post-IPO, Gilad shares unfiltered insights on why most InsurTech startups are stuck in "purgatory" and what it really takes to succeed in insurance innovation. In this episode, you'll learn: [01:13] Building the InsurTech LA community [05:26] The evolution of InsurTech over the past decade [10:50] Are we early or late in InsurTech? [15:01] Why innovation in insurance is harder than it looks [19:43] Advice for founders entering InsurTech [23:05] IPO failures and M&A realities The nonprofit organization Gilad is passionate about: Gift of Life About Gilad Shai Gilad Shai is a Managing Director at BMI Capital International. A Global InsurTech expert and lead advisor at BMI, Gilad has over 20 years of professional experience. He invests directly and is an active advisory board member in several organizations. Gilad's experience spans multiple industries and company sizes. He worked for large brands Intel, Hearst, Yahoo!, and Farmers insurance and has launched several startups. Gilad is a host, a speaker, and an author on the InsurTech subject. He has been organizing InsurTech LA events and hosting guest speakers since 2017. He has given keynote presentations and moderated panels at major global conferences in NYC, London, Chicago, Vegas, and Tel Aviv. Gilad co-authored The InsurTech book, published by Wiley, and featured in Financial Times and other media outlets and podcasts. About BMI Capital International BMI Capital International is an investment firm focused on the intersection of insurance and technology. The firm specializes in identifying and supporting innovative solutions that transform how insurance products are created, distributed, and managed. BMI Capital provides strategic capital and industry expertise to help portfolio companies navigate the complex insurance ecosystem and achieve meaningful scale. Subscribe to our podcast and stay tuned for our next episode.

LTHM Podcast 846 – Mr. BremsonA minimal, moody house session built around steady grooves and controlled energy. This mix holds a consistent flow throughout — subtle shifts, deep textures, and a locked-in rhythm designed for late hours.Catch Mr. Bremson live Saturday, April 18 at LowBrau, back to back with Diego Valle alongside Pumatron.Follow + explore:https://linktr.ee/lthm_music

Deep tech is not about complexity. It is about compounding R&D that builds defensibility and demands a different approach to investing. This is the lens Sasha Vidiborskiy, Partner at Atomico, applies to backing frontier technologies.In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Sasha, a quantum physicist turned VC investing in complex products and deep tech.They explore what defines deep tech, how to assess founders, and how Atomico underwrites and invests in technically complex companies, from diligence to timelines and risk.Key highlightsWhy deep tech is driven by compounding R&D, not complexityWhy timelines are hard to predict, especially in areas like quantum computingWhat sets great deep tech founders apartHow Atomico evaluates and underwrites deep tech opportunitiesWhy Europe is gaining ground in deep techWhy deep tech requires a different investment approachTimestamps(00:00) Intro & Sasha's background(03:00) From quantum physics to venture capital(07:30) Quantum computing timelines(12:00) What defines deep tech(18:30) Founder traits(26:00) Evaluating deep tech investments(34:00) Atomico's investment framework(42:00) Europe's deep tech momentSubscribe to eu.vc, the home of European tech, covering the people, capital, and companies building Europe: https://www.eu.vc/subscribe

When Sci-Fi Becomes the Business Plan A Brand Highlight Conversation with Jacob Flores, Head of Research at Type One Ventures There is a version of investing that asks what the return will be. And then there is the version that asks what kind of future the investment makes possible. Jacob Flores, Head of Research at Type One Ventures, is working firmly in the second category. Type One Ventures takes its name from the Kardashev Scale — a framework developed by Soviet astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev that ranks civilizations by their level of technological advancement. A Type One civilization has mastered its home planet and is beginning to extend its reach beyond it. That is the destination this firm is trying to fund. Flores, a former engineer and product manager with roughly a decade of experience across industries, leads the research function at Type One with a focus on AI, neurotech, and biotechnology. The firm's investment lens is as much philosophical as it is financial. Type One looks for platform builders — companies whose core technology can be stacked across multiple applications, cultivating new marketplaces and entirely new categories of industry. Manufacturing in space is one clear example: in microgravity, it becomes possible to grow proteins, print circuits, and develop materials that cannot be produced the same way on Earth — yet those products have immediate, tangible value back on the ground. The thesis extends well beyond orbit. Type One is also backing neurotechnology companies working to restore vision and movement for people who have lost those abilities, and longevity research aimed at extending healthy human life. Flores frames these not as moonshots for their own sake, but as the new foundation layer for an entirely new level of global industry. This is a Brand Highlight. A Brand Highlight is a ~5 minute introductory conversation designed to put a spotlight on the guest and their company. Learn more Host Marco Ciappelli, Co-Founder, ITSPmagazine Guest Jacob Flores, Head of Research, Type One Ventures Resources Type One Ventures Type One Ventures on LinkedIn Want to tell your story? Full Length Brand Story Brand Spotlight Story Brand Highlight Story Keywords: Jacob Flores, Type One Ventures, Marco Ciappelli, brand story, brand marketing, marketing podcast, brand highlight, space technology, deep tech, venture capital, multi-planetary civilization, Kardashev Scale, manufacturing in space, neurotech, longevity, AI, biotechnology, frontier technology, space investing, human longevity, platform builders Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

LTHM Podcast 845 – Diego ValleA gradual progression from deeper, laid-back grooves into a more driving and techy space, without losing the core depth and atmosphere.Chunky rhythms, subtle vocals, and long blends designed for late-night listening and dancefloor flow.Featuring: Zopelar, Alexis Cabrera, Demuja, Traumer, Franck Roger and more.Track List:1.Zopelar – Night Rider [Phonogramme]2.Alexis Cabrera, David Gtronic, Elena Moroder – Parlami [Personality Disorder Music]3.Nico Cortazzo – DisClub (Extended Mix) [Sift Music]4.Vitali – Little Helper 435-2 [Little Helpers]5.FLETCH (GB) – All Night (Tuccillo Remix) [MFF (Music For Freaks)]6.Demuja – Groove 3 [MUJA]7.Traumer, Anton, antraum, HAPPIE – Hamu feat HAPPIE (Extended Version [omakase_dgtl]8.Pixel8 Trax – Rat Race (Extended Mix)[Follow The Yellow Bird]9.Ackermann – Alter (Simon Hinter Remix)[Safe Space]10.Daryl Baalki – Heavenly Sweetness (Session Victim Remix)[Deeppa Records]11.Franck Roger – Fantazy [Earthrumental Music]12.Franck Roger Sokette [Seasons Limited]Follow + explore: https://linktr.ee/lthm_music

Debjit Mukerji, Partner at NGP Capital, explains why deep tech's defining moment has finally arrived. Drawing on a thesis-driven approach, he shares how he evaluates companies at the intersection where “atoms meet bits”, backing founders building in the physical world. Debjit breaks down the convergence of three powerful forces—labor shortages, generative AI's expansion into industrial use cases, and faster hardware development cycles—that are unlocking a new era of opportunity for physical technology companies. In this episode, you'll learn: [05:28] Why venture capital? [07:40] Inside NGP Capital's deep tech focus [11:05] Why now is the moment for deep tech [17:02] What Debjit looks for in founders [19:17] The Tractian story: founder intensity [31:39] Key deep tech trends: Robotics & AI [35:43] What makes a great deep tech pitch The nonprofit organization Debjit is passionate about: MedShare About Debjit Mukerji Debjit Mukerji is a Partner at NGP Capital, where he focuses on Deep Tech investments across robotics, AI, and industrial systems. With over two decades in venture capital, Debjit brings a strong technical foundation, holding a PhD in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. His career has spanned roles across multiple leading firms and industrial technology platforms, where he has consistently focused on translating breakthrough research into real-world impact. He is particularly passionate about backing founders building at the intersection of software and the physical world—where innovation is hardest, but most enduring. About NGP Capital NGP Capital is a global venture capital firm dedicated to investing in Deep Tech companies. With a focus on “digital-physical convergence,” the firm backs startups that apply AI, software, and hardware to transform physical industries. NGP Capital invests primarily at the Series A and B stages, with a global footprint spanning North America, Europe, and beyond. The firm partners closely with founders building in sectors such as robotics, industrial software, space technology, and connected systems, supporting companies that aim to redefine how the physical world operates. Subscribe to our podcast and stay tuned for our next episode.