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Can an autonomous firefighting drone stop a wildfire before it spreads? Seneca is building AI-powered firefighting drones designed to reach early-stage fires in minutes—before a small ignition becomes an acre-scale...

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The U.S. has 95,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel sitting in parking lots across 30 states — and Stafford Sheehan thinks it's the country's biggest unclaimed asset. His company, Project Omega, is turning that "waste" into...

Fewer than 10% of U.S. manufacturing facilities have a single robotic arm. By 2030, America will have over 2 million unfilled manufacturing jobs. Filip Aronshtein, CEO of Dirac, says this isn't a labor problem — it's a...

Is selecting embryos to avoid devastating diseases the same thing as eugenics? Jonathan Anomaly of Herasight says no — and the data behind his argument might change your mind. In this episode of Optimists Make Money, we...

Could synthetic jet fuel become cheaper than fossil fuel? Syntholene CEO Dan Sutton believes geothermal energy, high-temperature electrolysis and captured carbon could bring that cost crossover within reach. In this...

AstroForge is attempting what no private company has ever done: reach a metal-rich asteroid, mine it for platinum and bring that material back to Earth. If it works, the company could create an entirely new source of...

<p >Matt Ridley has spent decades studying evolution, innovation, energy, genetics, and the forces that shape human progress. In this conversation, he argues that many of today's biggest debates about AI, energy...

<p >For the last 30 years, software created many of the world's biggest fortunes.</p> <p >But according to Wave Function Ventures Partner and former SpaceX engineer Jamie Gull, that era is changing.</p> <p >In this...

For the last 30 years, software created many of the world's biggest fortunes. But according to Wave Function Ventures Partner and former SpaceX engineer Jamie Gull, that era is changing. In this conversation, we explore...

What if we've been trying to fix housing the wrong way all along? Most companies are trying to build better houses. Cuby is trying to reinvent the entire process of construction. In this episode, Cuby co-founder Aleks...

<p>What if we've been trying to fix housing the wrong way all along?</p> <p>Most companies are trying to build better houses. Cuby is trying to reinvent the entire process of construction.</p> <p>In this episode, Cuby...

<p >Joe Liemandt, founder of Trilogy Software and principal of Alpha School, is betting $1 billion that a two-hour AI-powered learning sprint can replace the traditional six-hour school day — and deliver top 1% academic...

Joe Liemandt, founder of Trilogy Software and principal of Alpha School, is betting $1 billion that a two-hour AI-powered learning sprint can replace the traditional six-hour school day — and deliver top 1% academic...