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Bridging Military Expertise and Tech Innovation with The Veteran Fund’s Mike Sherbakov

Mike Sherbakov is a General Partner of The Veteran Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in military veteran-led technology startups. 

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Brain Organoids for AI Biocomputing with FinalSpark’s Fred Jordan

Dr. Fred Jordan is the CEO and cofounder of FinalSpark, a company growing brain organoids from human neurons as a pathway to artificial intelligence. 

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Scaling AI with In-memory Analog Chips with EnCharge AI’s Naveen Verma

Naveen Verma is the CEO and co-founder of EnCharge, a startup building the world’s most powerful in-memory analog chips for AI. 

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Spider Silk for Heart Valves with PrintyMed’s Jekaterina Romanova

Jekaterina Romanova is the CEO of PrintyMed, a biomedical startup making artificial spider silk for 3D bioprinting and medical devices.

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Industrial Scale Microbiome Mining with Biosortia’s Ross Youngs

‍Ross Youngs is the founder and CEO of Biosortia, the only company practicing Microbiome Mining. 

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3D Printing Coral Reefs with rrreef’s Ulrike Pfreundt

Ulrike Pfreundt is the co-founder of rrreefs, a startup rebuilding coral reefs through 3D printing.

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Investing in the future of transportation with Trucks Venture Capital’s Reilly Brennan

Reilly Brennan is the founding partner at Trucks Venture Capital, a firm funding the entrepreneurs building the future of transportation.

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Bamboo for the Built World with BamCore’s Hal Hinkle

Hal Hinkle is the CEO of BamCore, a company building high-performance beyond zero carbon footprint framing systems for buildings.

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Building the Logistics Backbone for the New Space Era with SpaceRig’s Ian Fichtenbaum

Ian Fichtenbaum is the founder and CEO of SpaceRig, a spacecraft logistics company. 

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Using Perovskites to Power the Electrified Future with Tandem PV’s Scott Wharton

Scott Wharton is the CEO of Tandem PV, a startup commercializing perovskite solar technology. 

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Building Drones for Aerial AI with Flyby Robotics’ Cat Orman

Cat Orman is the COO and cofounder of Flyby Robotics, which is building the first American-made medium-lift drone as a platform for edge AI. 

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Scaling Biomanufacturing with General Biological’s Abhi Godavarthi

Abhi Godavarthi is the CEO and co-founder of General Biological, a startup that has developed a novel biomanufacturing technique to produce specialty chemicals and other products at a massive scale. The following interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.