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DTN 156: We're going back to the f*cking moon
Plus: Navy's big bet on automated submarine production, Texas' $350M nuclear fund, demoing underground wireless communication, the gig workers training humanoid robots, and more.
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Bringing Robots to the Boring Industries with Physical Fund's Nima Ashraf
Nima Ashraf is the founder and managing director of Physical Fund, a pre-seed venture fund investing in robotics and automation startups building at the intersection of hardware and software.
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Reindustrializing America's Water with 4Earth's Jahanzeb Khan
Jahanzeb Khan is the founder and CEO of 4Earth, an industrial water technology company building productized, AI-driven systems that treat and reuse wastewater on site for factories, plants, and data centers.
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DTN 155: Physical AI Becomes Manufacturing's Next Advantage
Plus: Uber taps Rivian for robotaxis, SpaceX hits 10,000 Starlinks in orbit, China approves first brain implant, Nvidia unveils hardware for orbital data centers, drone warfare sharpens focus on laser defense, and more.
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Climate Tech's Great Bifurcation with Sabanci Climate Ventures' Drew D'Alelio
Drew D'Alelio is an investment manager at Sabanci Climate Ventures, a $200 million corporate venture capital fund investing in energy and climate technology on behalf of Sabanci Holding, a century-old energy and industrial conglomerate headquartered in Turkey.
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Autonomous Maritime Logistics for Contested Environments with Bulwark Dynamics' Nhat Lieu
Nhat Lieu is the CEO and co-founder of Bulwark Dynamics, a defense technology company building autonomous landing craft for contested maritime logistics.
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DTN 154: Quantum Biology
Plus: Artemis II gets go-ahead, glass AI chips, Iran war threatens helium supply, flying cars take off, brutal times for US battery industry, AI watch towers, and more.
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Deep Ocean Desalination with Flocean's Alexander Fuglesang
Alexander Fuglesang is the founder of Flocean, a Norwegian water technology company pioneering subsea desalination to deliver fresh water from the deep ocean.
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Commercializing Breakthrough Research with Main Sequence's Mike Zimmerman
Mike Zimmerman is a co-founder and partner at Main Sequence, an early-stage deep tech fund investing in companies that commercialize breakthrough research from the Australian research ecosystem.
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DTN 153: TerraPower Gets License to Build
Plus: Graphene-based artificial skin, laser-driven lightsails, offshore datacenters, hyperscalers sign power pledge, and more.
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Contactless care robots for an aging world with Norbert Health's Alexandre Winter
Alexandre Winter is the CEO and co-founder of Norbert Health, an AI-driven care automation company deploying autonomous robots with contactless, medical-grade monitoring in post-acute care facilities.
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DTN 152: America's Battery Boom Redefines the Grid
Plus: Anthropic rejects Pentagon demands, tactical AI evades missiles, Google's $1B battery bet, 26-gram butterfly robot, nuclear waste becomes glass, and more.