☕ Climate Tech Coffee: Robin Langtry, CEO of Avalanche Energy

Fellow Climate Warriors, this is a replay of our Climate Tech Coffee episode with Robin Langtry of Avalanche Energy— this was the shorter, usually sober version of Climate Tech Cocktails.

We are re-releasing a few coffee episodes as we prepare to evolve transition to Hope Dose.

🍾 This episode marked the announcement of FUSIONWERX, the first-of-it’s kind commercial-scale testing facility for advanced fusion technologies.

📣 READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT HERE!

Avalanche Energy has since gone on to raise and addition $29m since posting this episode on Substack!

Join us as we sit down with Robin Langtry, CEO and Co-founder of Avalanche Energy, a fusion startup building micro-sized fusion reactors. We dive into how their “orbital fusion” technology works, why smaller might be better, and how this team of fusion rebels plans to electrify the future — one table-sized reactor at a time.

Grab your favorite form of caffeine, and hop on board.

📝 Show Notes Below 👇

🎧 New podcast episode:

“I just didn’t want to build software anymore — I wanted to build something that could change the physics of the planet.”

— Robin Langtry, CEO of Avalanche Energy

Enjoy the show!

🚀 Companies / Startups Mentioned

⚛️ Avalanche Energy

🛰️ DARPA

🚀 Anduril

⚡ Zap Energy

🔋 Helion

⚡ Oklo

🌎 People / Places / Things Mentioned

📍 Seattle

📍 Los Alamos

📍 Montana

📍 DOE (Department of Energy)

📍 Air Force

📍 Austin

🔬 Ion guns

🔋 High-voltage capacitors

🎮 Sci-fi inspired design

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

[00:00] Intro

[01:23] Meet Robin

[03:48] From Montana to Micronuclear

[07:15] Fusion in a Truck?!

[12:45] Avalanche's Breakthrough

[17:30] Competing with Big Fusion

[22:00] National Security + Energy

[28:49] The Road Ahead

[33:58] Outro