Building for the Real World with Rock Yard Ventures' Daniel Dart

Daniel Dart is the founder and solo GP behind Rock Yard Ventures, a venture fund investing in infrastructure and industrial technologies that serve as the foundation for modern society.

DTN 144: Quantum Navigation Counters GPS Jamming

Plus: SpaceX gears up to go public, the US-trained scientist exodus, chatbots getting high, spying vibrators, and more.

Fighting Fire with Sound Waves with Sonic FireTech’s Geoff Bruder

Geoff Bruder is the co-founder and CEO of Sonic FireTech, a company developing acoustic fire suppression systems that use sound waves to extinguish flames.

Investing in American Resurgence with Venrock’s Morgan Hitzig

Morgan Hitzig is an investor at Venrock, where she invests in deep tech companies focused on national security, reindustrialization, and the technologies that support thriving cities.

Building Hardware for America’s Future with Discipulus Ventures’ Jakob Diepenbrock

Jakob Diepenbrock is the founder and general partner of Discipulus Ventures, an early-stage fund and residency backing hardware startups solving critical problems in El Segundo, California.

Building a Future of Abundance with ReGen Ventures’ Tom McQuillen

Tom McQuillen is a partner at ReGen Ventures, a deep tech venture fund backing founders building foundational technologies to power a future of abundance.

DTN 143: Solar Geoengineering Is Getting Serious

Plus: Biology's transformer moment, a novel high-bandwidth BCI, mile-deep nuclear reactor pilot, breathable electronic skin, and more.

Scaling Deep Tech Beyond Series B with Lowercarbon Capital’s Caie Kelley

Caie Kelley is a partner at Lowercarbon Capital, an early-stage climate fund that invests across the spectrum from clean baseload power to climate adaptation technologies.

Micro Funds and Deep Tech with Aldea Ventures’ Gabrielle Cummins

Gabrielle Cummins is a Principal at Aldea Ventures, the leading European deep tech fund-of-funds focused on backing specialized micro VCs investing in deep tech and frontier technologies.

DTN 142: AI Finds Hidden Geothermal Resources

How AI is uncovering hidden geothermal energy resources “Sometimes geothermal hot spots are obvious, marked by geysers and hot springs on the planet’s surface. But in other places, they’re obscured thousands of feet underground. Now AI could help uncover these hidden pockets of potential power. A startup company

DTN 141: Genesis Mission

Plus: Anduril's weapons systems stumble in field tests, F-22 pilot controls drone wingman in flight, Starship explosion during testing, osmotic powerplants, artificial noses, antihydrogen breakthrough, next-gen radar, and more.

Building Europe’s Dual-Use Tech Future with EDT Ventures’ Hugo Jammes

Hugo Jammes is co-founder of EDT Ventures, a new venture firm seeking to back transformational founders building emerging and disruptive technologies for European defense, security and resilience.