The Importance of Collection in Textiles

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In terms of our... You made me feel very good, by the way, about doing my job since I've asked like four or five good questions in a row. Yeah, that's a great question. The reason why we pick textiles is just because, like you're describing collection. So for most waste streams, you're talking about things that go through garbage and recycling. And those are very specific challenges where suppose you're getting like a gatorade bottle, or, you know, like a water bottle here. If as long as someone can tell that is a water bottle, you know what that material looks like.

Jason starts the show by discussing First Citizens acquiring SVB’s assets (2:03) before diving into a Reddit post detailing how generative AI changed a 3D artist’s job overnight (9:09). Jason wraps by interviewing Sarika Bajaj, the CEO, and Co-founder of Refiberd, as she dives into the reality of the recycling process, how they are using spectroscopy to recycle textiles, and more (20:28)!

(0:00) Jason kicks off the show

(2:03) A breakdown of First Citizens’ purchase of SVB

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(9:09) Reddit Post: A radical change for 3D artists

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(20:28) Sarika Bajaj, CEO of Refiberd joins Jason

(21:00) What happens to our textiles?

(25:20) Refiberd’s solution

(30:31) Solving for inefficiencies in the recycling process

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(39:33) The state of recycling today

(49:23) Raising capital in today’s market