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Critical Mineral-Free Batteries for America’s Data Centers with Group1’s Alexander Girau

Alexander Girau, CEO and cofounder of Group1 and Energy Transition Fellow at UT-Austin’s Energy Institute. Group1 builds critical-mineral-free potassium-ion batteries for data centers and national security.   

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Building the Google Maps of the Underground with Delta.g’s Tony Lowe

Tony Lowe is the CEO of Delta.g, a University of Birmingham spinout developing quantum gravity sensors for underground mapping and navigation.

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Reindustrialization and Deep Tech Investing with 8090 Industries’ Grant Brown

Grant Brown is a principal at 8090 Industries, an early-stage industrial deep tech venture firm backing the next generation of industrialists.

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Solving Quantum Computing’s Helium Crisis with kiutra’s Alexander Regnat

Alexander Regnat is co-founder and managing director of kiutra, a Munich-based company developing magnetic refrigeration systems for quantum computing and research applications.

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Converting Carbon Waste to Chemicals with Kaio Labs’ Will Purvis

Will Purvis is the co-founder and CEO of Kaio Labs, a company using automation and machine learning to develop modular reactors that convert waste emissions into chemicals.

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Chasing Superior Unit Economics in Climate Tech with Voyager’s Leo Banchik

Leo Banchik is a director at Voyager Ventures, a VC focused on early stage climate technology companies creating the foundation of a decarbonized global economy. 

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Engineering Human Tissues From Scratch With Frontier Bio’s Eric Bennett

Eric Bennett is the founder and CEO of Frontier Bio, a tissue engineering company developing lab-grown human tissues and organs for medical applications.

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The Future of Autonomous Ships with Blue Water Autonomy’s Austin Gray

Austin Gray is a cofounder and chief strategy officer at Blue Water Autonomy, a defense technology company developing autonomous ship-sized vessels for the U.S. Navy and allied forces.

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Japan’s Deep Tech Paradox with Monozukuri Ventures’ Nobuhiro Seki

Nobuhiro Seki is a managing partner at Monozukuri Ventures, a venture capital firm that connects deep tech startups with Japan’s manufacturing ecosystem.

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From Sci-fi to Sci-fact with AlleyCorp’s Abe Murray

Abe Murray is a general partner at AlleyCorp, an early-stage venture fund that invests across deep tech, healthcare, enterprise software, and consumer tech.

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Putting Tech on the Hill with Station DC’s James Barlia

James Barlia is the Executive Director of Station DC, a non-profit connecting innovators, policymakers, and industry leaders in Washington, D.C.

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Resolving Mismatched Time Horizons with Compound’s Michael Dempsey

Michael Dempsey is a managing partner at Compound, a thesis-driven research-centric venture capital firm investing in deeply technical and scientific areas.