The speaker reflects on their childhood in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and their fascination with science fiction and computers. They discuss their journey into studying mechanical engineering and working on self-driving cars. They also talk about their transition into the business world, their discovery of the internet, and their role as President of the Internet Club.
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Raj Kapoor, co-founder of Climactic, to talk about growing up in Pennsylvania (3:10), his early days in Silicon Valley (8:00), making himself president of the Internet (club) (10:30), his first startup (16:30), Cleantech 1.0 (22:00), joining Lyft (25:00), self-driving cars (28:30), raising a first fund at Climactic (32:15), using software to cut emissions (37:00), and remaking the electric grid (45:00).
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