Nuclear and energy founders
Founders and investors building compact nuclear reactors, off-grid power for AI data centers and solar in orbit, on what it takes to bring new energy online.
Moments
Ten years doing technology M&A at Bennett Jones
Graeme Harrison, Augur VC & Simply Silicon
Mitch's NASA work on kilometer-scale structures becomes a company
Pele Collins, Beyond Reach Labs
Overseeing Hardware 3 at Tesla during Model 3 production hell
Casey Spencer, Voxel Energy
Wearing two hats: Augur VC and Simply Silicon
Graeme Harrison, Augur VC & Simply Silicon
The pop-up tent idea and the patented flat-packing structure
Pele Collins, Beyond Reach Labs
Repurposed Tesla Model 3 and Y batteries as the speed advantage
Casey Spencer, Voxel Energy
How a 1998 Kurzweil book set the energy AI thesis
Graeme Harrison, Augur VC & Simply Silicon
Why bigger solar arrays get floppy and slow satellites down
Pele Collins, Beyond Reach Labs
Why the best grid connection is no grid connection
Casey Spencer, Voxel Energy
The cold email and MFN SAFE that won Beyond Reach Labs
Graeme Harrison, Augur VC & Simply Silicon
Bigger arrays let satellites switch to cheap silicon cells
Pele Collins, Beyond Reach Labs
Ten megawatts in about 200 days against a five-year average
Casey Spencer, Voxel Energy
Why cities need air-gapped inference networks
Graeme Harrison, Augur VC & Simply Silicon
Customer prototypes and a first flight of their own
Pele Collins, Beyond Reach Labs
How car batteries absorb GPU training spikes without the utility
Casey Spencer, Voxel Energy
Securing 12 megawatts inside a regulated district heating plant
Graeme Harrison, Augur VC & Simply Silicon
Over a hundred drop tests to qualify Dragon's parachutes
Pele Collins, Beyond Reach Labs
A 60 megawatt neocloud build and $10,000 land contracts
Casey Spencer, Voxel Energy
How generalist VCs demoralize technical founders
Graeme Harrison, Augur VC & Simply Silicon
How a software pitch to YC turned into a hardware company
Pele Collins, Beyond Reach Labs
Where the 26% efficiency gain over AC comes from
Casey Spencer, Voxel Energy
Hiring Mikey at 18
Graeme Harrison, Augur VC & Simply Silicon