Core Memory The Famed Hacker Trying To Find The World's Best Inventors - EP 45 Pablos Holman
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Nov 26, 2025 
Pablos Holman, a renowned inventor and hacker with roots in Alaska, shares insights from his colorful career in technology and entrepreneurship. He discusses his transition from computer hacking to deep tech, revealing the underestimated value of inventors over entrepreneurs. Listeners will be intrigued by his early experiences at Blue Origin with Jeff Bezos and his thoughts on advanced nuclear energy. Pablos also highlights the risks of concentrated capital in AI and advocates for a broader focus on deep-tech solutions to tackle major global challenges.
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Target Force-Multiplying Technologies
- Seek technologies that offer force multipliers and can shrink 100-year trends into 10-year opportunities.
- Aim investments at industrial-scale problems (energy, shipping, manufacturing) rather than incremental software plays.
Software's Narrow Focus Left Deep Tech Behind
- Holman argues Silicon Valley over-rotated to software and left deep technologies underfunded for decades.
- He now focuses on deep tech like reactors, lasers, and robotics to tackle larger industries and problems.
From Stage Hacking To Global Network
- Pablos Holman turned live hacking demos into a public speaking career by showing real exploits to non-hacker audiences.
- That visibility built a global network he now uses to find inventors and collaborators.
