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0:00 What is Fuse? 1:16 Background (pre-potato guns) 3:22 Founding at 19, why? 4:13 Why fusion? 5:47 Energy transportability 6:43 Potato guns 8:38 Main Fuse facilities 11:01 Intense Fuse culture 12:27 Why? 14:01 Fixing bureaucracy 15:28 How do you think 16:45 Learnings 20:06 US vs China in fusion 21:52 Deep tech issues 23:30 The S³ problem 26:52 Current life philosophy 

Anjan Katta is the innovative CEO and founder of Daylight Computer, pioneering new display technology. In this engaging conversation, he shares how personal experiences with ADHD and Asperger's shaped his approach to creating tech that boosts well-being and productivity. Anjan dives into the hardships of startup life, the transformative power of 'kink' in reclaiming personal agency, and the importance of intuition in design. His unique life philosophy, likened to phototropism, highlights the significance of trusting the process and embracing growth.

Interview with CEO & Cofounder of Forward Adrian Aoun for Episode 44 of S³ 0:00 What & why is the CarePod? 3:21 A career in AI 6:01 Future of AI 7:47 The Google Problem 12:42 Larry Page’s right hand man 15:08 First principles thinking 17:16 Founder learnings 19:57 I wanted to start a police force 22:35 The future of society & AI 25:39 Inspiring people 29:34 How do you think? 31:28 Current life philosophy

Interview with CEO & Cofounder of Hermeus AJ Piplica for Episode 42 of S³. 0:00 What is Hermeus 0:57 Why go fast? 5:09 Founding inspiration 10:16 Planning something big 15:50 First 6 months 18:44 Pain of building 21:45 Mental models for speed 24:41 Why haven’t we done this yet? 28:25 Keeping high speed travel 32:15 What to build 34:58 Current life philosophy 

Kevin Martin, CTO & Cofounder of unspun, discusses inventing 3D weaving, catching up to China in innovation, and inspiring Gen-Z. He explores the future of robotics, distributing automation wealth, and shares his life philosophy emphasizing hard work and authenticity.

Interview with quantum maxer, e/acc founder, thermodynamic pioneer, CEO & Cofounder of Extropic Guillaume Verdon for Episode 41 of S³ 0:00 What’s behind you? 1:29 What is Extropic? 4:08 Young Gill 7:12 Why Extropic? 11:25 Secret quantum lab experience 13:05 How does Extropic work? 16:20 Hardest technical challenge 17:50 Quantum & silicon strapping 20:56 Why decentralize AI 24:00 Doomerism 25:48 E/acc vitality 28:13 Regulatory capture 30:32 Founder learnings 31:36 How do you think? 33:23 What does deep tech get wrong? 35:53 How do we inspire people? 37:22 Current life philosophy

Interview with founding member of Oculus, hardware-pioneer, and CEO of Framework, Nirav Patel. 0:00 Breaking into Framework HQ 1:11 Experience at Apple 2:05 Becoming employee 0001 at Oculus 3:20 What worked for Oculus?  4:30 Founding Framework 6:32 GTM for Framework & Linus 9:48 Advice for hardware 12:22 Nirav on AI Hardware 15:36 Raising little, huge impact 17:00 Hardest technical challenge 18:33 Emerging research/tech 19:06 How do you think? 20:26 Master plan 22:01 Consumer Hardware mistakes 23:12 Why Consumer Hardware? 23:48 Helpful founder resources 25:17 Branding for Framework 27:08 Framework manufacturing story 24:45 Fundraising is hard 35:45 Judging Consumer Hardware 36:47 Current Life Philosophy 

Interview with carbon-carbon printer, artificial solar sun schemer, space robotics guru, and future-space pirate Cole Nielsen-Cole, CTO of Orbital Composites. 0:00 Founding inspiration 4:53 Similarity between drones & satellites 6:20 Why Carbon Fiber is hard 9:42 Heat treatment for rocket nozzles 14:38 Cole’s artificial sun 16:59 List everything you’re doing 21:28 What first inspired you?  24:44 More projects 27:58 Orbital & Artemis mission 30:39 Why care about Mars? 35:10 How do you focus?  36:14 Hardest challenge 38:17 What does deep tech get wrong? 40:26 The inspiration problem 42:56 How do you think? 46:55 Why build hard things?

Interview with Loyal CEO and Founder Celine Halioua for Episode 37 of S³. 0:00 Dogs! 1:05 Celine’s founding inspiration 5:37 Research vs. spinning out 7:20 Celine’s superpower 8:20 Hardest technical challenge 10:14 Can bio revolutionize? 15:32 Stories from raising 18:56 Bio vs Hardtech vs Software 21:38 How do you think? 24:14 Founder learnings 26:38 Solo vs Cofounding 27:23 What deep tech gets wrong 32:01 Current life philosophy

0:00 Casey’s background 6:52 Casey’s Mars map 8:08 Terraform inspiration 15:04 Vision quest 17:32 Hardest technical challenge 19:35 How do you think? 24:48 Exciting future tech/research 31:11 Uncommon question 35:03 Inspiring the world 38:26 Current life philosophy