Build The Future: Recent Episodes
Cameron Wiese
Build The Future shares the compelling visions of the future and the stories of those building it. We explore frontier technologies, innovative research, and ambitious projects from around the world that will shape our future. Our guests are entrepreneurs, thought leaders, researchers, and anyone else actively working to build the world we want to live in.
Rajat Bhageria is an entrepreneur, investor, and the CEO of Chef Robotics.
What does it actually take to build and deploy generally intelligent robots? Rajat's company is actively scaling robotics in the food industry and is here to tell us all about it.
In this conversation, we talk about what the current food manufacturing process looks like, the challenges and opportunities in robotics, what the coolest AI and robotics companies are on the market today, why the future might look like WALL-E, and much more.
00:00:00 Introducing Chef Robotics
00:03:50 Automating Food Assembly
00:08:23 Technical Backend
00:16:45 Robotics Complexity
00:22:55 Deployment & Scaling
00:34:39 The Future of Robotics
00:45:22 Startups & Self-Actualization
00:49:01 Positive Vision of the future
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Today, we're talking with Don Davis, an artist and illustrator who has spent his career helping us imagine the wonders of space. His work with NASA, Carl Sagan, and the U. S. Geological Survey's branch of Astrogeologic Studies has been seen by millions and helps us bridge the gap between imagination and reality.
In this conversation, we talk about Don's childhood fascination with space, the influence of science fiction on his work, and how the ideas around space colonization evolved.
(00:00) Reflecting on historical parallels between Apollo 11.
(05:32) Fascination with space exploration during childhood.
(08:01) Joining the USGS
(12:57) Moon Paintings
(15:38) Meeting Carl Sagan
(20:40) Relationship between knowledge and art
(22:45) Dinosaur reconstruction
(27:49) Exploring Mars
(31:58) Miniatures & Models
(35:04) Painting Space Settlements
(37:30) Future of rocketry
(42:29) 2001: A Space Odyssey
(43:59) Willie Lay and,"Engineer's Dreams"
(51:13) What's next for Don
(53:42) Quote from "Shape of Things to Come"
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Today, we're talking with Isaiah Taylor the founder of Valar Atomics — a new energy startup using nuclear fission to create oil & gas from thin air. At Valar, their goal is to bring the cost of energy down 10-100x and unlock a new era of superabundance.
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Today, we're talking with Rick Guidice, an artist and illustrator renowned for his visionary depictions of space habitats and futuristic concepts, which have significantly contributed to NASA's Ames Research Center's visual explorations. His iconic work has played a pivotal role in shaping public perception of space exploration and human settlement beyond Earth.
In this episode, we talk the impact of Rick's space-themed artwork on envisioning future possibilities; his artistic process, inspirations, and the cultural influence; and the evolution of space exploration imagery and its role in shaping public perception and enthusiasm for space endeavors.
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Show Notes/Links Mentioned:
- The Mandalorian
- Space Settlements: A Design Study
- Emerging Ecologies Exhibit
- "Megastructures" by Neil Blevin
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Today, we're talking with Jim Pethokoukis, the author of "The Conservative Futurist" and the newsletter "Faster, Please!" where he writes about innovation, economics, and the potential of future technologies.
In this episode, we talk about the optimistic cultural zeitgeist of the 1960s space race, the unfulfilled promises of that era, such as nuclear-powered space exploration, the role media plays in shaping societal attitudes towards the future, and much more!
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Show Notes/Links Mentioned:
- "Faster, Please!" on Substack
- The Conservative Futurist: How We Get the Science Fiction Future We Were Promised
- "For All Mankind" TV series
- SpaceX Mars colonization video
- "The Peripheral" by William Gibson
- "The High Frontier" by Gerard K. O'Neill
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Issac Arthur is a physicist turned YouTuber and science educator.
Join us as we discuss the roots of progress and its potential into post-scarcity futures, the challenges of building in practice, Issac's favorite science fiction media and his vision for his channel, his personal journey studying physics to becoming a YouTuber, and what innovation and future utopian scenarios may be possible, including space colonization and virtual reality.
Issac's story is proof that passion and optimism can blossom into a lasting career. We hope you find inspiration in his story to go build your own visions for a positive future!
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Today, we're talking with Don Clark (instagram), the incredible artist behind Invisible Creature.
Links mentioned:
- David Klein Art
- Stan Galli
- Syd Mead
- Phantom City Creative
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Today, we're talking with Eliot Peper (twitter) the novelist behind great science fiction books like Reap3r, Veil, Cumulus, and Bandwidth.
Links mentioned:
- Our World in Data
- Nadia Asparouhova's tweet
- Man in Space
- Oliver Mortin's The Moon
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Today, we're talking with Jason Green, the CEO and Cofounder of Upward Farms. At Upward Farms they're helping shape the future of food by growing organic, leafy greens and fish in a complete vertical farming ecosystem. In this conversation we cover the future of food, the work they're doing at Upward and how the tide is turning, how business as usual is over, and how we now have the opportunity to step up and build the future that we want to live in.
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Today, we're talking with Ian Rountree the founder and partner of Cantos.vc, a venture fund investing in near frontier technologies that will change the world. In this conversation Ian and I cover the changing landscape of venture, financing the future, and bounce around quite a bit between the various facets of the future that are being built right now.
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Today, we're talking with Sam Bhagwat, the Cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer at Gatsby. Gatsby's an open source web firmware that enables developers to create websites optimized for the modern web. In doing so, they're ensuring that this digital web infrastructure, that we all take for granted, keeps improving and getting better.
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Today, we're talking with Larry Pang, the head of Biz Dev at IoTeX, a decentralized ecosystem building the Internet of things. We cover all things Crypto in decentralization and of course, the Internet of things.
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Today, we're talking with Alex Trembath, the deputy director of Breakthrough, a global research center focused on promoting technological solutions, environmental and human development challenges. Specifically, we touch on two facets of the future here - feeding our growing population and creating a high-energy planet but not at the expense of our climate.
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Today, we're talking with Thomas Eiden, the founder of Atomic Alchemy and a former nuclear engineer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thomas is the expert of all things nuclear, so he gave us an awesome primer on the future of energy, nuclear space and the exciting future that might lie ahead with the clean and abundant nuclear energy.
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Today, we're talking with Adrian Fenty, the founding managing partner at MaC Venture Capital and the former major of Washington DC. We cover everything from investing in the future, changing the landscape of education, the importance of local political involvement and the future that we hope to build.
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Today, we're talking with Courtney Boyd Myers, the founder of Akua. At Akua they're building a household brand for sustainable sea greens based foods including their delicious kelp jerkey and kelp burger. I loved talking about the future of food, kelp and about changing global travel landscape with Courtney in this conversation.
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Today, we're talking with Justin Kolbeck, the CEO of Wildtype. At Wildtype they're advancing the future of food with cellular agriculture, starting with Sushi Grade Salmon.
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Today, we're talking with Gary Sheng, the co-founder of Civics Unplugged. Gary and I connected over our shared belief that this decade, the 2020s, is a make or break for humanity and that we have a lot of exciting work to do. On his end, Gary's working to train a new generation of leaders, committed to universal human flourishing.
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Today, we're talking with Aaron Slodov. Aaron's the founder of the stealth startup Atomic Industries where they're building the future of manufacturing with the goal of building a more efficient and less wasteful world.
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Today, we're talking with Laura Crabtree the founder of Epsilon3 and a former SpaceX engineer. At Epsilon3 they're building a software stack to help teams advance in space exploration and complex engineering projects operate more efficiently.
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Today, we’re talking with Pat Riley, a creative director at Bitcoin Magazine. At Bitcoin Magazine, they’re promoting the future of digital currency through media and the organization of the annual Bitcoin conference.
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Today, we're talking with Rohit Krishnan, a VC and the writer of Strange Loop. Strange Loop is a weekly newsletter about the systems underlying progress, innovation, and the world of technology — and in the process, he's trying to create a philosophy of business.
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Today, we're talking with Robin Dechant, the founder of Aveo and the writer behind The Future of Manufacturing Newsletter. In his work, Robin's helping shape the future of manufacturing and, in the process, helping people develop the skills they need to build the world of tomorrow.
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In this episode of Build the Future, we’re talking to Chris Power the founder and CEO of Hadrian. At Hadrian they build autonomous component factories that help customers make rockets, satellites, jets and electric vertical take off and landing vehicles - 2x faster and cheaper. In doing so they're ensuring the manufacturing of our future and the companies leading the way in defense and space have the tools they need to go build.
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In this episode of Build the Future, we’re talking to Dan Grech the founder and CEO of Global OTEC. At Global OTEC they're deploying OTEC (ocean thermal energy conversion) technology to advance an underutilized path to clean energy production!
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In this episode of Build the Future, we’re talking to Dr Yael Joffe, the founder and CSO of 3x4 Genetics. At 3x4 Genetics they’re taking a new approach to genetic testing to provide people with actionable insights based on their genes. In doing so, they’re helping build the future where people can make decisions that help them live longer, healthier, and better lives.
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In this episode of Build the Future, we’re talking to Jonathon Barkl, the CEO of AirGarage. At AirGarage they’re reimagining the use of parking, real-estate and cities. More specifically, they’re working to repurpose the 30% of the American city currently occupied by parking and automate the operation of these parking lots. In doing so, they’re helping transform the landscape of our cities turning these single-use spaces into multi-use hubs — all to to support a future filled with cloud kitchens, micro-mobility, autonomous vehicles, on-demand fulfillment, and more.
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In this episode of Build the Future, we talk to Liam Cadigan and Nick Warren, the co-founders of InspectAR. At InspectAR, they’re building augmented reality software that helps engineers building circuit boards visualize and test their circuit boards in real time. In doing so, they’re helping drive practical adoption of augmented reality technologies and reducing the friction in developing circuit boards...which are just about everything these days!
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In this episode of Build the Future, we talk to Matt Gaboury who’s on the solids team at Brightmark. At Brightmark, they’re working to create a world without waste. They are turning plastic into renewables, oil or wax, that can be used from transportation to newer plastics.
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In this episode of Build the Future, we talk with Rick Pilgrim, the CEO of DuXion. At DuXion, they're developing electric motors to help us accelerate into a future where all transportation is done sustainably.
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In this episode of Build the Future, we talk with Derek Morris, a Director of Engineering at United Therapeutics. At United Therapeutics they’re on a mission to develop novel, life-extending technologies for patients battling with lung disease. In addition to developing medicine and transplant technology, they’re also leading cutting-edge research on organ manufacturing (3D printing of organs) which Derek leads.
This episode should be reclassified as a schedule 1 stimulant — full of energy and optimism, we go off track on a wild tangent adventure covering art, media, inputs, the future, the World's Fair, and of course the incredible work being done at UT to print 3D organs.
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In this episode of Build the Future, we talk with Nick Donahue, the CEO of Atmos. At Atmos they help people design, buy, and build custom homes online. In doing so, they are literally helping build the future where building a home you love is as simple as buying one.
We cover the future of home building (and buying!), Miami (kinda), community living, and how we build.
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In this episode, we talk with Zach Dwiel, the CEO of of Terran Robotics. At Terran Robotics, they're developing drones and artificial intelligence to 3D print homes. We talk about the future of construction, teaching drones to learn, and building new cities.
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In this episode of Build the Future, we talk with Adam Keating, the CEO & Co-founder of CoLab. At CoLab they’re building software to simplify design reviews for engineering teams building complex products. In doing so, they're enabling the engineers who are building our future to build faster and more collaboratively.
We talk about CoLab, the future of work, Hyperloops, and how bright our future is looking.
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In this episode of Build the Future, we talk with Dr. Celeste Holz-Schietinger, the VP of Product Innovation at Impossible Foods. At Impossible Foods they’re recreating foods at a molecular level to give people the taste and nutritional benefits of meat without the negative health and environmental impact of traditional meat products.
We talk about the future of food, sustainability, engineering protein, and more!
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In this episode of Build the Future, we talk with Noor Siddiqui, the CEO of Orchid Health. At Orchid Health they’re developing advanced preconception screening to help families safely and naturally mitigate their families' genetic predispositions. In doing so, they're building a future where couples can have the healthiest child possible.
We talk about Orchid, in-vitro fertilization, the future of conception, and more!
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In this episode of Build the Future, we talk with Doug Petkanics, the CEO of Livepeer. At Livepeer they're building a decentralized video streaming network built on the Ethereum blockchain. In this conversation, we cover the technical side of Livepeer, the implications of decentralized video, Web 3.0, and more!
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In this episode of Build the Future, we talk with Roman Teslyuk the founder and CEO of Earth AI. Earth AI is a vertically integrated metals exploration company that finds and develops metal ore deposits required to manufacture technologically advanced products. In this pursuit, they're helping ensure sustainable energy production and clean mining practices.
We cover the definition of value, tribal signaling, sustainable energy, and more!
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In this episode of Build the Future, we talk with Phnam Bagley, Co-Founder of Nonfiction - a creative studio specializing in industrial design, engineering, strategy, branding, user experience design, and space architecture. Nonfiction turns science fiction into reality for a better future.
We cover the future of space architecture, design, the self, and more!
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In this episode of Build the Future, we talk with Dr. Anton Howes the author of Arts & Minds and the historian-in-residence at the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce.
In this conversation. Dr. Howes & I discuss his research, how institutions help drive progress, the history of invention, and of course, the Great Exhibitions.
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In this episode of Build the Future, we talk with Ro Gupta the CEO of Carmera. At Carmera, they maintain the maps that move the world — from HD maps for autonomous cars to consumer maps for human navigation.
We cover the future of maps, autonomous vs. human driving, autopilot, and more!
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In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Anna Cheniuntai of Apis Cor. At Apis Cor, they're developing the robotics & materials technology to 3D print buildings both here on earth and eventually on Mars.
We cover the process of printing buildings, a little bit of the material science, the future of construction, and how 3D printed buildings are critical to our ability to inhabit Mars.
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In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Geffen Avraham the CEO of Pandion Orbital. At Pandion Orbital, they're making it easy for anyone to deploy a Cubesat (personal satellite) and get involved in Space — the final frontier. We cover satellites, the future of space, city aesthetics, and more.
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In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Elliot Roth the CEO of Spira. At Spira, they are currently farming algae, with a goal to produce the basic materials and goods needed locally, to replace the many chemicals and animal compounds currently being used in our foods today. We cover the importance of algae as a sustainable food source, what the future of food looks like, Elliot's NASA simulation, and more.
Links mentioned:
- Spira Website
- Spira Instagram
- Elliott Roth Twitter
- Spira Twitter
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In this episode we talk with "Captain Planet," born Samuel Ian Rosen, founder and CEO of Tap. At Tap, they're democratizing access to clean water by connecting water to the internet.
We talk about the future of water, America's water problem, greenwashing, water ATM's, and how all of us should be thinking about our relationship with water.
Links Mentioned:
- Tap on Instagram
- Tap Twitter
- Samuel Ian Rosen's Website
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In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Dival Banerjee, founder of Vuecason. At Vuecason, they're developing the technology to 3D print metal like we can currently print plastic. We cover what additive technology is, how to print metal, and the moral imperative for technology to improve life on Earth (and in Space!)
Links Mentioned
- Boom
- Hyperloop
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In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Sri Kosuri, CEO & co-founder of Octant. At Octant they engineer biology to design multi-targeted small molecule drug leads to transform the treatment of society’s most complex diseases. We talk about their drug discovery engine, engineering biology, genetics, advances in biotech, and much more!
Links Mentioned
- Octant Launches Polypharmacology Drug Discovery Engine for Complex Diseases with $30 Million Series A Financing Led by Andreessen Horowitz article on biospace.com
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In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Galen Wolfe-Pauly the cofounder and CEO of Tlon. At Tlon, they're helping develop a new decentralizing computing platform called Urbit which is a new operating system and network built for the 21st century. We cover the future of the internet, privacy, the changing of the guard and more!
Links Mentioned
- The Digital Archipelago: How to Build an Internet Where Communities Thrive, a Coindesk Article by Galen Wolfe-Pauly
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In this episode of Build The Future, we talk withCeline HaliouaCEO & Founder of Loyal. At Loyal, they're developing drugs intended to delay and reverse aging in dogs. We cover the aging in both humans and dogs, the longevity space, and building a biotech.
Links Mentioned
- How to Build a Biotech
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In this episode of Build The Future, we talk withDryden Brown, CEO & Founder of Bluebook Cities. At Bluebook, they're building the city of the future for Praxis which is a society of founders, engineers, artists, researchers, and young aspirants building towards a shared vision for the future through the pursuit of heroic projects.
We cover the future of cities, herofuturism, college campuses & trailer parks, David Bowie's pool, and more.
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In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Manu Ignatius, CEO of Subnero, about the future of underwater wireless communications.
In addition to talking about the work they're doing at Subnero, we cover: the state of underwater networks today, marine research, underwater robots, and the future of our oceans.
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In this episode of Build The Future, we will speak with Rahul Rana, Author of Making Moonshots. He tells us about his life and the unique paths that led to writing his book about Moonshot companies and why it is so important that we continue to build the future with these types of innovative and forward-thinking companies.
“It is time for conventional thinkers to stand aside and give way to the crazy ones, the contrarians, the radically creative geniuses who work outside the box to create massive breakthroughs.” Rahul Rana
We will also cover:
· What is a moonshot company?
· Why majoring in finance helped him realized his true passion for innovation.
· Who influenced him and how he decided to write his book?
· How a Georgetown Professor helped to guide him through the writing of his book.
· The process for picking the topic for his book.
· The literal blood, sweat, and tears that went into researching and writing the book.
· His positive views about the future of Moonshot companies.
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In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Gabriel Luna-Ostaseski, Founder and CRO of BrainTrust — the first user-controlled talent network that connects organizations with world-class tech talent.
We talk about how Braintrust is building the future of work through their decentralized job marketplace, the token model they've built on, and how the future of this marketplace is owned by the users.
Key Ideas & Questions
[1:14] Tell me about the future you're building with Braintrust, what's the vision?
[3:33] What does it mean for the network to be owned and operated by the talent?
[4:43] How does this shift in a talent owned marketplace grow and evolve over the coming decades?
[6:39] Because there are global demands of highly technical talent, what does the future of work look like for individuals operating that world?
[8:00] How do we get everyone around the world upscaled and how do we think about this moving forward, if a lot of work is going to be project based and decentralized?
[10:19] How do you see this evolving in a way where instead of pursuing traditional modes of higher education, people would go to the Braintrust Academy to learn the skills they need to immediately be valuable? Or to immediately have a job in the market?
[11:21] How Braintrust will build camaraderie and teamwork, while using their company model.
[12:56] How Braintrust is organically building teams within their group of multidisciplinary experts, where they bid and do projects as a group, not only as an individual consultant.
[13:54] Description of the Hollywood Model of work and how it compares to what Braintrust is doing.
[16:54] How Companies are beginning to understand the benefit of a highly flexible and autonomous workforce and answers the question on where there is still friction for companies that are slowly moving to adopt this model?
[18:59] The types of soft skills needed in order to thrive in this future.
[20:50] The biggest misconceptions about this mode of operating.
[21:49] The components of the Blockchain Model that Braintrust currently uses.
[24:48] Why it is important for each individual working with Braintrust to have governance rights and voting rights as well as having the one token one vote system.
[25:59] The evolutionary process of Braintrust becoming a foundation.
[26:53] How individuals will earn the trust tokens and be able to use them.
[28:15] Why Braintrust decided to use this brand new type of business model.
[29:40] What are some of the other facets that are really interesting to you or that you think you would like to see other entrepreneurs, go build?
[31:05] Gabriel speculates on what categories might move into this decentralized model in the future.
[32:46] How would you recommend someone get started in pursuing this independent solo entrepreneur kind of lifestyle? And how does braintrust fit into that?
[33:17] What excites you the most about the future?
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In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Dr. Michael Levin, Principal Investigator at The Levin Lab, where their goal is to "understand how individual cell behaviors are orchestrated towards appropriate large-scale outcomes despite unpredictable environmental perturbations."
We cover his research and insights on:
- How living tissues and cells make decisions
- Cell regeneration
- The benefits of using Xenobots
- The intersection between biology and computer science
- And much, much more!
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In this episode of Build The Future, we will speak with Jamie Gull, CEO of Talyn Air, about their electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft system that separates and recombines in the air. Talyn Air has designed a green, battery operated aircraft system that will be able to take off from a local convenient location, without the hassle of having to fly out of a standard airport. It will be able to take you from city to city in less time than it would take to drive or fly through a commercial airline.
Are you tired of waiting at the airport for hours to travel a short distance? If so, this is the episode to listen to in order to find out more about this new stress free and environmentally safe way to travel.
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In this episode of Build The Future, we will speak with Justin Glibert, Founder and CEO of Foundation, about building the first moon factory. Foundation is designing self-replicating robots, which will use resources from outer space and the moon to replicate and manufacture items and new factories. This will provide a much-needed depot for those traveling in outer space. They will be able to stop by the moon and purchase or make their own needed devices for their space travels, without the need to return to earth. Justin is designing a way for us to live a “Star Wars” life, where you can take vacations on Mars and other outlying planets. If you have been dreaming of intergalactic travel, this is the episode for you.
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In this episode of Build The Future, we will speak with Dr. Sandhya Sriram, CEO & Co-founder of Shiok Meats & SciGlo, about the fascinating world of growing stem cell based meats. If you have ever worried about the future of our food sources and our inability to grow or raise enough food to feed the ever-growing population, this is the episode for you. Dr. Sriram will give us an inside view on the sustainable food industry of animal stem cell meat, with a concentration on crustaceans stem cell meat, and how this will allow us to grow meat without having to kill the animals to attain a clean chemical free meat source.
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In this episode of Build The Future, we will speak with Tyler Hayes, CEO of Atom Limbs, about their highly anticipated mind controlled bionic arm. The bionic arm goes beyond a prosthetic arm and brings us into the new “Human Body 2.0.” We will cover the evolution of the bionic arm and how this is only the beginning of the creation of more bionic limbs and organs. Lastly, we will talk about Tyler’s reasons for being so open and why he is encouraging people to follow along as Atom Limbs creates their products.
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In this episode of Build The Future, we will speak with Matteo Franceschetti, Co-Founder and CEO of Eight Sleep , about their patented sleep fitness technology. If you lack energy during the day because of the low quality of sleep you are getting each night, this is the episode for you. We will cover suggestions on how to improve your overall health with fitness, nutrition, and the proper amount of sleep. We will also discuss the two pillar vision and the technology that Eight Sleep has designed and is now available to improve your sleep.
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In this episode of Build The Future, we will speak with Gonzalo Espinoza Graham, Founder and CEO of Watfly, about the future with flying cars. Gonzalo gives us a behind the scenes view on how the car is being designed and transformed from a recreational vehicle to a multi-passenger air vehicle. We will discuss the difference between an aircraft and an air vehicle and how that changes the licensing requirements as well as no longer needing a runway to launch and return to a location.
If you have ever dreamed about a future with flying cars and feeling the freedom of quicker travel without obstacles, this is the episode for you.
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In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Garrett Scott, CEO of Pipedream Labs, about the world of hyper-logistics. Hyper-logistics is the ability to instantaneously receive goods, delivered to you no matter where you are, within seconds. “Think beyond food!” Hyper-logistics via an underground tubing system will be used to deliver goods and tools, to relieve the need to purchase and store items only needed on occasion, and after the items have been used they can be returned through the pipeline to the sender.
Join us today as we discuss the possibilities of logistics and our ideas to create a better and more efficient future.
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"Imagine having to, every time you want to service your car, take a hacksaw to the body panels, make a hole, and then have to patch it up. That's what you're doing with home construction today. And so what we've done is we've made it so that you can actually unclip our ceiling and wall panels, access everything, and then just put them back up."
In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Alexis Rivas the CEO of Cover where they're building ultra-high quality homes using algorithms and production lines to get us to a future where homes are beautiful, abundant, well-built, and improve the environment.
We talk with Alexis about literally building the future of homes, their Tesla-esque go-to-market strategy, and how our relationships with the home may evolve.
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"So the question was, could we create a community and a venture capital fund that would inspire people to stick to these really important. But tough technologies, right. Ones that could stand the test of time, but take capital and know how and deep knowledge in order to be able to actualize."
In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Katie Rae the CEO and Managing Partner of The Engine which is a venture fund in partnership with MIT that's building an ecosystem to support the development of tough tech companies.
We talk with Katie about building a tough tech ecosystem, science vs. engineering risk, and whether or not Katie agrees that we're in a period of stagnation.
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"The limits of your imagination today define the limits of, of space tomorrow"
In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Felix Ejeckam, the CEO of Akash Systems which is developing and supplying the next generation of extreme bandwidth, hyper-efficient communications gear for space satellites to accelerate the world towards universal and low-cost access to the internet.
We talk with Felix about the revolutionary GaN-on-Diamond technology they’ve invented, what’s happening in the space space, and what it might look like to bring low-cost, high bandwidth internet to all.
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"We believe that every student should have a school and an education that's really designed for you, your learning style, your pace, your interests, and ultimately your goals and aspirations."
In this episode of Build The Future we talk with Indra Sofian, the co-founder of Sora Schools which is an online, project-based high school where students explore their interests and future careers.
We talk with Indra about the sham of standardized testing, the importance of project-based learning, and how we've opened Pandora's Box in education.
"We sort of forgot that this isn't how things used to be, because in no one's collective memory is a time when education was relatively affordable."
In this episode of Build The Future we talk with Wes Wagner, the co-founder of Align where they make it extremely easy for anyone to set up an outcomes-based payment agreement with their students, customers, or clients.
We talk with Wes about the history of higher education, incentives, unbundling, and the role that outcomes-based payment agreements will have on making quality education accessible and affordable for all.
In this episode of Build The Future we talk with Josh Clemente, the co-founder of Levels Health where they help you track your blood glucose in real time, so you can maximize your diet and exercise.
We talk with Josh about the importance of metabolic health, the smart health stack, and the implications of living in a world where we have 24/7 realtime monitoring of all of our essential biometric data.
Resources
- Request early access to Levels Health
- Participate in the Wearable Challenge
- Everything you may want to know about Energy Balance
- The other leaders in the smart health stack ecosystem: Oura, Whoop, Eight Sleep.
"What used to be called outsourcing has become normalized and standardized as remote teams"
In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Alex Bouaziz, the founder of Deel which is a startup that streamlines compliance, onboarding, and payroll for remote teams.
We talk with Alex about the future of work, what people get wrong about remote work & the independent contractor model, and how offloading the work of dealing with laws in every country is going to accelerate us to a future where talent, wealth, and access are available to all.
Resources:
- Learn more about Deel and see how they can help you streamline your global hiring process :)
"*The future looks like a world in which everyone has free and open access to their money, to a financial system that functions in their favor."
*In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Jill Carlson, the founder of the Open Money Initiative which is a non-profit that researches how people use money in closed economies and collapsing monetary systems.
We talk with Jill about what's actually going on in the ground in Venezuela, hyperinflation, Bitcoin, financial security as a basic human right, and much more!
Resources:
- Read more about the Crisis in Venezuela
- Open Money Initiative Announcement
- Follow along & support The Human Rights Foundation
"It's really just about a platform or service that allows restaurants to continue doing what they do best. Right. Which is design great food and prepare great food while taking some of the complexity of the technology out and setting up the integration with couriers, delivery drivers, or these delivery apps, in really seamless way."
In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Ken Chong, the founder of Virtual Kitchen Company which empowers restaurants, chefs, and food entrepreneurs to take advantage of the delivery boom without enduring the challenges of building out additional locations themselves.
We talk with Ken about the food delivery economy, food entrepreneurship, and the role delivery will play in building the future of both food and restaurants!
Resources:
- Read the A16Z Investment Thesis
- Get in touch with the team by emailing hi@virtualkitchen.co
- Order food from their restaurants at localfoodhall.com
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"Forcing people to provide this hugely expensive good that they then have to give away for free has been a mistake and it's resulted in a lot less flexibility for businesses. It's resulted in more expensive housing. It's resulted in cities that are flooded with cars and with buses that are stuck in public transit. And I think we're just getting to the point where we're starting to see the light. And we're starting to realize that perhaps the future could look a little different."
In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Evan Goldin, the founder of Parkade which builds parking software that helps businesses, cities, and individuals better utilize the overabundance of parking spaces around them.
We talk with Evan about the havoc that free parking has wrecked on our cities, the impact of COVID on our city streets, and the role that parking innovation will play in building the future of cities.
"I want all of us to build a world where we in the future and our descendants are as fantastically well off compared to today as we are compared to the past."
In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Jason Crawford, the founder of Roots of Progress. Roots of Progress is an organization promoting the history of technology and industry, and the philosophy of human progress.
We talk with Jason about the three layers of progress, how much better the world is now vs. 100 years ago, the space race, knowledge creation, and so much more!
Take a listen to this episode to understand the importance of understanding the role progress has played in our past and how important it is in building the future.
Resources:
- Follow Jason and Roots of Progress on Twitter
- Learn more about Roots of Progress
- Join the Progress Studies Slack Community
- Participate or learn more about the Young Scholars Program
"If you look outside your window right now and you see a drone hovering there, how would you feel?"
In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Luke Fox, founder of WhiteFox Defense, who is pioneering the future of drone airspace security and safely integrating drones into society. We talk with Luke about autonomous technologies (drones, robots, cars), what's halting progress in this space, and why it's absolutely critical that we create social and technological frameworks to bring forward the future of drones.
If we don't? We'll never get the Amazon Prime deliveries, Westworld drone-copters, or the necessary improvements to our critical infrastructure. Instead, drones will be left in the hands of hobbyists and criminals.
My long term goal is to create a world where people can start countries. Like they start companies today.
In this episode of Build The Future, we talk with Patri Friedman (@patrissimo), the founder of Pronomos Capital where they're supporting the development of charter cities and new forms of governance. In doing so, they're building the future of how new cities are creating, how they're run, and how they innovate.
Key Ideas
- Law as Code, Cites as Product — Similar to code, law can operate as an open source library or database of the best laws that people around the world are continually contributing to and adapting. As a result, the cities and governments that are built off of these laws will be best positioned to serve their people.
- Everything as Insurance — In these charter cities, insurance would be used as a way to control who is allowed to visit the city. Everyone may buy liability insurance based on the risk they pose given their past history, psychological profile, and assets they own. Rather than being discriminatory, the efficiency of markets could make this a very accurate model reducing and providing compensation for any harm or damage that occurs.
- Markets Eating the World — By creating more markets, such as a market for governments, competition between different ways of doing things will arise which forces those who want to be at the forefront to optimize and improve their solutions.
Links:
- Follow Patri on Twitter (@patrissimo)
- Pronomos VC
- Charter Cities Institute
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We had a unique understanding and we said, okay, we're going to rebuild healthcare software, but we're not going to make it look like traditional healthcare software. We're going to make it feel like platforms these people already use. And more importantly, we're going to make it so easy and flexible and affordable for them that it just becomes a no brainer.
In this episode of Build the Future, we talk with Goke Olubusi, the founder and CEO of Helium Health. In Africa where access to technology is very limited and few people know how to use it, Goke and his team at Helium health have made huge strides towards reshaping healthcare without providing new devices or training.
The next question seems to be how?
Due to his extensive knowledge of the African market gathered from previous startups, Goke knew he had to work within people’s existing behaviors. While access to technology and the skills to use it are both constraints, he recognized that most people have a smartphone and are familiar with programs like Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp. From there, Goke shares how he specifically developed a new healthcare software that can be used on a smartphone and has a similar interface to apps people already know.
Key Ideas
- Data-driven decision making: Goke envisions healthcare in Africa and other markets being driven entirely by data and technology. Collecting and analyzing data rather than storing thousands of paper files would allow hospitals in Africa to analyze things such as when they are busiest and need to allocate the most resources, where they are losing money and where they could be more efficient.
- Digital Infrastructure: In order to enable this, Helium is building the digital infrastructure for hospitals. This is a collection of data and metrics that is built on top of the existing infrastructure of smartphones that already exists. Hospitals can then easily access and use this data to operate more efficiently.
- Telemedicine: Similar to other countries, the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the use of telemedicine in Africa. Before coronavirus, Hospitals were not very interested in telemedicine, but they are now looking for a solution because they have never thought of operating virtually and their revenue is down 80% to 90%.
Links
- Connect with Goke Olubusi (@thisgokeboysef)
- Helium Health: Website | Twitter
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"What we're really trying to accomplish is, providing another tool for one of these step changes. Something where we go from an expensive & manual process to one that's highly automated to enable the next generation of machines."
In this episode, we talk with Ryan Dunn the CEO of Mantis Composites.
Mantis Composites has developed a 5-axis, 3D printer for carbon fiber parts. In the development of this technology, they're helping usher in the next step change in materials innovation. Innovation that will enable the technologies of tomorrow to be built more efficiently and affordably — technologies like rockets, satellites, hyper-cars, and planes.
In this episode, we talk about the step changes throughout history; Ryan's most anticipated technologies and their implications; and the role that government can play in helping foster the development of these frontier technologies.
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"To make cities affordable for everyone, it's a ridiculous mission. But it’s ridiculous on purpose, because it should drive us to work on this for the next 50 years."In this episode we talk with Jon Dishotsky the CEO of Starcity.
Starcity builds intentional and sustainable co-living communities to help people find a place to call home in today's cities. In pursuit of their mission to make cities more accessible to everyone, Starcity is shaping the future of urban living, community, and sustainable development.
In this episode, we talk about the trends around city living, the challenges of our individualism, and the role that cities can play in providing opportunity and community.
Items Mentioned:
- Connect with Jon Dishotsky: LinkedIn | Twitter | Email
- Starcity
- Raj Chetty and the Opportunity Atlas
- Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill
- Study: 48% of people have < 1 close friend
- What people regret on their deathbeds
- The Israeli Kibbutz
- The Japanese Ryokan
- US Communes
- Conversation between Elon Musk and Joe Rogan on Space X
- Michael Phelps: Winning as a team vs. winning solo.
- Y Combinator
- Schlep Blindness by Paul Graham
Show Notes:
- Can you tell us a little bit about what you’re building at Starcity and the future you are trying to create? [00:37]
- Is the idea that previously inaccessible areas for a large number of people become more accessible? [03:34]
- How do you see the dynamic of people working remotely and leaving cities working out in the future? [05:21]
- Are cities providing in-person communities the answer to painful social isolation?[10:45]
- Will there be a regression back to cities after people realize living in an affordable house in the suburbs leaves them socially isolated? [13:10]
- How do we build a sense of community into our cities? [15:25]
- How do you think we ended up in this state where everyone is so individualistic and trying to get that glass box in the sky? [19:12]
- Do you think the idea of having to do it alone stops them from starting or does getting support along the way help build that momentum? [23:35]
- Can you tell me about your relationship with work and if you’re doing it at Starcity and how the 10, 20 year lifetime scale factors into that? [28:18]
- It’s like seeing something that needs to exist and recognizing that it’s going to take some time but there’s nothing else I’d rather be doing [31:32]
- Why do you think people don’t go build things? [33:43]
- What’s your favorite city and why? [37:40]
In this episode we talk with Kelly Smith the CEO of Prenda. Prenda is a new type of school — called a microschool — that blends in-person interaction and technology to create personalized learning programs for kids that focuses on mastery and responsibility.
We talk about alternative education models, growth mindset, and how Prenda is working to develop the next generation of empower learners.
Items Mentioned:
- Growth Mindset
- The Inner Game of Tennis
- Kelly's article on taking the red or blue pill when it comes to education.
- Principles by Ray Dalio
- Acton Academy
- Khan Academy
- Mystery Science
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In this episode we talk with Tyler Shaddix the CPO of GoGuardian. GoGuardian is one of the fastest growing education companies in the US. They provide thousands of K-12 schools with the technology they need to create safe and effective digital learning environments.
We talk about how Tyler ended up at GoGuardian, the incentives in the K-12 system, digital learning technology, and how we can use data to create experiences that meet the needs of every student.
“Education is one of the best ways to change the world because you’re basically sculpting the next generation” - Tyler Shaddix
Links to Items Mentioned:
- Connect with Tyler Shaddix: LinkedIn | Twitter
- Go Guardian
- Go Guardian founders: Aza Steel, Advait Shinde and Nick Tyler
- UC Merced
- Go Guardian products: classroom
management tool, suicide prevention, and
learning filter - Build Bridges Before Kingdoms (Tyler's Essay)
- Elon Musk - Plan to colonize Mars
- Minimum Viable Product - MVP
- GoGuardian's Beacon Suicide Prevention Service
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- American Association for Suicidology
- A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
Show Notes:
- The story about how Tyler ended up at Go Guardian. [03:00]
- Courting process for joining Go Guardian. [06:55]
- Technology and internet adoption in the classroom. [08:48]
- What have some of the technology roll-out challenges been? [10:18]
- Tells the story of the kingdom versus bridges analogy. [14:00]
- Incremental steps that lead to building the future. [16:44]
- Building the first step to a 25 year journey. [17:57]
- Story of Beacon, the suicide prevention product. [19:30]
- Has the rise of technology contributed to the mental health crisis? [24:18]
- Student vs. Administrative culture for mental health services. [27:25]
- What are some of the positive implications of new access to data? [34:14]
- Future of Educational content & breakdown of the entire system for creating content. [39:06]
- What advice would you give to your younger self when you were trying to make a decision to go join Go Guardian or not? [40:22]