Building physical intelligence @ Western Chemicals, prev stewarding the weather @RainmakerCorp, and accelerating with the guys @DiscipulusVent
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Proud to have made history with the team at @RainmakerCorp.
This spring at @DiscipulusVent, I met @jared_western. Spent two hours at a party with him going deep on waste-to-energy. By the end of the week I knew I was leaving SLC.
Since high school I've been obsessed with one question: why can't we turn our waste into cheap fuel?
This summer I get to answer it — building the physical intelligence layer at Western Chemicals in El Segundo. Western deploys duckweed to wastewater plants and converts the output into fuel cheaper than trad petrochem processes.
Looking for housing in the LA area, ideally close to the refinery. DM if you have leads.
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When people say, “You can’t have a Christian Prince in the modern world,” I simply say “Bukele.”
Muchos mensajes, análisis y comentarios como este, asegurando que las pandillas de Haití no son como las de El Salvador; que son sanguinarias, que están fuertemente armadas, que nadie ha podido vencerlas, que todas las misiones han fracasado, que estamos cayendo en una trampa, que no sabemos a lo que nos enfrentamos, que será nuestra ruina, que vamos camino a nuestro Waterloo.
Pero cuando Dios nos conceda la victoria, los mismos que hoy dicen todo eso cambiarán su discurso. Dirán que siempre fue fácil, que cualquiera podía hacerlo, que las pandillas de Haití no eran tan peligrosas como se pensaba.
En fin, nunca los hemos escuchado y no vamos a empezar ahora.
Todos los que se han enlistado son creyentes y hemos encomendado esta misión a Dios, mientras que las pandillas de Haití son satánicas y es de conocimiento público que hacen sacrificios humanos.
Dios nos concederá la victoria. El Creador del Universo está con nosotros.
Deuteronomio 28:7
“Jehová derrotará a tus enemigos que se levantaren contra ti; por un camino saldrán contra ti, y por siete caminos huirán de delante de ti”.
Will never forget the nights spent reading this last winter on the concrete floor of some hangar in Pendleton Oregon…
Thank you guys. I’d like to repost but this is so kind that it would seem vain of me, so I’ll write something separately.
For those that see this reply: 1517 not only wrote rainmaker’s first VC check, but Rainmaker plausibly wouldn’t exist hadn’t it been for @William_Blake ‘s book. The spark of inspiration that paper belt on fire gave me was instrumental in my initial research and eventual conviction to found @RainmakerCorp .
@DStrachman michael and @zslayback are the best
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“US needs more hardcore deep tech early stage funds”
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Plastic.
I produce it for 50% cheaper than China.
We import $15B of it.
China's dominance in the plastic trade will end by my hand and I swear to God I will replace every single Chinese product on our shelves.
- 🇺🇸 Indigo Ethylene
The ethylene must flow.
Indigo Ethylene (indigoethylene.com) — 50% cheaper plastic production
@GarrowGeer 's working unit already produces ethylene, the precursor to plastic, for half the cost. Co-founder: 13 years in catalyst R&D, expert in oxidative dehydrogenation.
📩 [email protected]
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The @DiscipulusVent Fall Cohort just wrapped up in Gundo. 🇺🇸
Joined by @isaiah_p_taylor, @shaunmmaguire, @ADoricko & more throughout the week.
9 hardtech teams building for the American Interest. Companies below 🧵👇
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@gearsdotco will make billions of gears and gearboxes in America!
Thank you @jakobdiepen and @Chasecaffrey, the @DiscipulusVent was an amazing experience 🫡
Also thanks to @shaunmmaguire @isaiah_p_taylor @ADoricko @jimbelosic for spending time with us, sharing your knowledge and inspiring to move fast
Gears (gears.co) — Gears for robots in America
Gears account for 30% of a robot's bill of materials, and foreign parts are facing bans. @alexpodkin is solving the gear shortage at home. Shipping gears in 3 weeks.
📩 [email protected]
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The @DiscipulusVent Cohort has arrived in Gundo (feat. @jared_western and 2 reactors)
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Rainmaker has raised $100M to become the world’s best lab for weather modification and atmospheric science.
Thank you @noavctech @upfrontvc @DCVC @lowercarbon @DreamVenturesVC and other visionary partners.
We are aggressively hiring and scaling our research org to create a flywheel of atmospheric data collection, synthesis, understanding, and intervention.
We will solve the weather and we will set the stage for the terraformation of Earth.
More in my essay below.
