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Revolutionizing EV Fast Charging with Electric Era’s Quincy Edmund Lee

Quincy Edmund Lee is the CEO and cofounder of Electric Era, a startup on a mission to accelerate electrification with affordable and ubiquitous next-generation EV fast-charging technology.

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Building Stratospheric Robots with Near Space Labs’ Rema Matevosyan

Rema Matevosyan is the CEO and cofounder of Near Space Labs, which builds robotic platforms for very high resolution and rapid response imagery from the stratosphere.

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Social Robotics and Investing in Deep Tech with Calibrate Ventures’ Paolo Pirjanian

Paolo Pirjanian is the CEO and cofounder of the social robotics company Embodied and a general partner at Calibrate Ventures, an early stage deep tech investment firm. The following interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length.

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Life Insurance for the Bitcoin Economy with Meanwhile’s Zac Townsend

Zac Townsend is the CEO and founder of Meanwhile, the world’s first Bitcoin native life insurer.

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Building a Gun that Never Misses with ZeroMark’s Joel Anderson

Joel Anderson is the founder and CEO of ZeroMark, a defense tech startup that used AI and robotics to build a “gun that never misses” to protect warfighters from a growing drone threat.

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Making Hydrocarbon Fuels from Nuclear Energy with Valar Atomics’ Isaiah Taylor

Isaiah Taylor is the founder of Valar Atomics, an atomic energy company focused on mass manufacturing nuclear fission reactors.

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Mycotech, Machine Learning, and Mushrooms with Funga’s Josh Parrish

Josh Parrish is the Chief Growth Officer at Funga.  Prior to joining Funga, Josh led carbon origination and development at Pachama and spent 15 years at The Nature Conservancy, building carbon programs for landowners.  

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Investing in Urbit with Octu Ventures’ Nick Simmons

Nick Simmons is the co-founder of Octu Ventures, a venture DAO that invests in Urbit infrastructure startups. He was previously the Head of Community and Special Ops at Tlon. You can find him on Urbit at ~simfur-ritwed.

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Turning the Desert into an Oasis with Rainmaker’s Augustus Doricko

Augustus Doricko is the founder of Rainmaker, a cloud seeding geoengineering startup that aims to create water abundance in the United States.

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Transforming Hydrogen Fuel Cells with EH Group’s Christopher Brandon

Christopher Brandon is the cofounder and director of EH Group Engineering, a startup building next generation hydrogen fuel cells.

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Decentralizing Longevity Research Funding with VitaDAO’s Laurence Ion

Laurence Ion is a steward at VitaDAO, a community-owned collective funding early-stage longevity research and drug development. He is a longevity advocate, entrepreneur, investor, and a Dealflow Steward in VitaDAO. 

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The De-extinction Business with Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm

Ben Lamm is the cofounder and CEO of the de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences.