Fellow Hope Dealers,
๐ปHope Dose @SFCW time extended to 9pm on 4/20!
๐๐ฝ Since some hope dealers have donated above the suggested amount for the bar tab for Mondayโs Hope Dose happy hour weโre extending the end time to 9pm!
Join us at Vesuvio on Monday, April 20th from 5-9pm during SF Climate Week!
๐ฅRSVP HERE while the gettinโs good!
๐ข Shout out to all of the companies that will be doing lighting intros! Come out to meet and cheers the founders!
โFeaturing lighting intros from:
โโจBOOMITRA
โโจDIMENSIONAL ENERGY
โโจDISPATCH GOODS
โโจDREX
โโจFLORRENT
โโจGRIDIQ
โโจLOA CARBON
โโจPYTHAG TECH
โโจSCALVY
โAre you a climate tech company and want to join the lightning round???
โ
โโ๐ฝ APPLY HERE ASAP!!
โWe only have 4 spots left!
ALSOโฆ
We are re-releasing a few coffee episodes as we prepare to evolve transition to Hope Doseโso stay tuned!
โ 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 Energyโ this was the shorter, usually sober version of Climate Tech Cocktails.
๐พ This episode marked the announcement of FUSIONWERX, the first-of-itโs kind commercial-scale testing facility for advanced fusion technologies.
๐ฃ 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 โorbital fusionโ technology works, why smaller might be better, and how this team of fusion rebels plans to electrify the future โ one table-sized reactor at a time.
Grab your favorite form of caffeine, and hop on board.
๐ป Listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audacy and Substack๐
๐ Show Notes Below ๐
๐ง New podcast episode:
โI just didnโt want to build software anymore โ I wanted to build something that could change the physics of the planet.โ
โ Robin Langtry, CEO of Avalanche Energy
Enjoy the show!
๐ Companies / Startups Mentioned
โ๏ธ Avalanche Energy
๐ฐ๏ธ DARPA
๐ Anduril
โก Zap Energy
๐ Helion
โก Oklo
๐ People / Places / Things Mentioned
๐ Seattle
๐ Los Alamos
๐ Montana
๐ DOE (Department of Energy)
๐ Air Force
๐ Austin
๐ฌ Ion guns
๐ High-voltage capacitors
๐ฎ Sci-fi inspired design
โฑ๏ธ TIMESTAMPS
[00:00] Intro
[01:23] Meet Robin
[03:48] From Montana to Micronuclear
[07:15] Fusion in a Truck?!
[12:45] Avalancheโs Breakthrough
[17:30] Competing with Big Fusion
[22:00] National Security + Energy
[28:49] The Road Ahead
[33:58] Outro