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Deeptech Decoded: Frontier Builders | AI | Product Taste

Deeptech Decoded: Frontier Builders | AI | Product Taste

Kitchen-table conversations with frontier builders creating what doesn't exist yet - from quantum computing to orbital infrastructure, from AGI to superintelligence. Just builders thinking out loud about the hardest product decisions.

6 episodes

Is NVIDIA’s Moat a Psyop? 28x More Efficient AI Chips | Elias Almqvist, Zetta (YC S24)

Is NVIDIA’s Moat a Psyop? 28x More Efficient AI Chips | Elias Almqvist, Zetta (YC S24)

The entire AI industry runs on hardware that the people using it don't actually like. Why? Elias Almqvist believes the answer is Inertia and the window to displace it is opening faster than most reali

Mar 10, 20261h 10m
Building the Space Superhighway: Service Stations in Orbit | Ashi Dissanayake, Spaceium

Building the Space Superhighway: Service Stations in Orbit | Ashi Dissanayake, Spaceium

Ashi Dissanayake is building Spaceium — in-space refueling stations that will enable satellites to travel further, carry more payload, and extend their missions. From building hardware in a laundry ro

Feb 5, 202659m
Harvard & YC Insider: Backing the Builders in AI, Quantum & Defense — Matthew Sutton

Harvard & YC Insider: Backing the Builders in AI, Quantum & Defense — Matthew Sutton

Even if Y Combinator never existed, Matthew Sutton would still be backing the top builders. Most investors wait for traction. Matthew Sutton backs builders before there’s proof, sometimes before there

Jan 15, 20261h 36m
The AI Software Preventing Million-Dollar Failures | Shapol M., Entangl (YC S24)

The AI Software Preventing Million-Dollar Failures | Shapol M., Entangl (YC S24)

65% of data-center outages are caused by human error, sometimes as simple as flipping the wrong switch.Shapol M., founder & CEO of Entangl (YC S24), went from building reusable rockets in the UK to pr

Nov 13, 20251h 28m
AI × Quantum: YC’s Bet to Turn 27 Years of Work into 2 Minutes | Brandon Severin, Conductor Quantum

AI × Quantum: YC’s Bet to Turn 27 Years of Work into 2 Minutes | Brandon Severin, Conductor Quantum

Quantum computing is about to leave the lab and land on your laptop.In this episode of Deeptech Decoded, Nihal Kurth sits down with Brandon Severin, CEO & Co-Founder of Conductor Quantum (Y Combinator

Nov 4, 20251h 27m
Data Centers in Space: The Future of AI Compute | Philip Johnston, Starcloud

Data Centers in Space: The Future of AI Compute | Philip Johnston, Starcloud

Join us for an in-depth AMA and podcast conversation with Philip Johnston, Co-founder & CEO of Starcloud, the world’s first orbital data center company. 🚀 We cover: 1. Why orbital infrastructure is t

Oct 3, 202551m

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