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Investing lessons from West Point to The Apprentice with Moonshots Capital’s Kelly Perdew
Kelly Perdew is co-founder and managing general partner of Moonshots Capital, an early-stage VC firm investing in extraordinary leadership.
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DTN 121: Neo-Industrial Biomanufacturing
Plus: Starlink narco subs, robotic coyotes, autonomous surgical robots, deep sea mineral extraction, nuclear waste reprocessing, reversing Parkinson's, and more.
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DTN 120: Silicon Valley’s Arms Dealer
Plus: Cyborg beetles, robotic beehives, tree-planting drones, pulling water from thin air, US Army tests laser weapons, rare earth deal with China, and more.
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Investing in Pre-Seed Deep Tech with Boost VC’s Gus Domel
Gus Domel is a Principal at Boost VC, a venture firm investing in pre-seed deep tech startups.
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DTN 119: Space Weed
Plus: Spacecraft lost at sea, superconducting motors, the Navy’s 400kW laser, wildfire-spotting satellites, NY’s new nuclear plant, mosquito drones, 3D-printed bones, and more.
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Silent aerospace propulsion with Whisper Aero’s Ian Villa
Ian Villa is COO and co-founder of Whisper Aero, an aviation and aerospace company developing ultra-quiet and electric propulsion systems for aircraft, drones, and other air-moving applications.
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DTN 118: DoD Smashes Wireless Power Transmission Record
Plus: Honda launches and lands a reusable rocket, Chinese satellites attempt on-orbit refueling, Finland warms up its sand battery, nuclear for desalination, nuclear for space travel, missiles as a service, FDA fast lane for new drugs, and more.
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Busting deep tech myths with Bison Ventures’ Caleb Appleton
Caleb Appleton is partner at Bison Ventures, a VC firm investing in early-stage frontier technology companies focused on creating healthier people and a healthier planet.
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DTN 117: Waymos on Fire
Plus: First large-scale error-free quantum computer, AI hurricane forecasting, rebooting dead human brains, stratospheric airships, illegal AI therapy bots, and more.
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Taking drone manufacturing technology into space with Orbital Composites’ Amolak Badesha
Amolak Badesha is the CEO and co-founder of Orbital Composites, a company building autonomous systems, from tactical drones to reentry heat shields, that reshape how aerospace hardware gets built.
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DTN 116: Rare Earth Magnet Doomsday
Plus: Neuromorphic computing, driverless semis, electronic tattoos, fungal batteries, human brain cells on a chip for sale, another private lander crashes on the moon, preparing for deaths in space, and more.
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Helping deep tech defense startups go hypersonic with Lavrock Ventures’ Alex Poulin
Alex Poulin is a partner at Lavrock Ventures, a VC fund investing in founders solving the most critical problems at the intersection of software, deep tech, and national security.