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Let's talk to the people building the future so we can see what's coming and how close it really is. We interview mostly Y Combinator funded startup founders, hard core engineers, and the most successful risk takers (base-jumpers and the like) to understand how the future is being made.
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LayerZero Website: https://layerzero.network/Ryan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanzarickApply to join the LayerZero team: https://layerzero.network/careersListen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS0:03 - Intro + what is LayerZero?8:24 - Why hasn't anyone already done this?15:27 - Past; from here to there24:45 - Scenarios where things can go wrong37:35 - What's the incentive for LayerZero?50:34 - The culture of LayerZero57:42 - Work opportunities + how to connect
David Vorick is the lead developer at Sia & Skynet - censorship resistant file sharing, storage, and web sites.David's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidVorick Email to reach out to: hello@skynetlabs.comSia Tech Website: www.sia.techSia on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Sia__FoundationSkynet Labs Website: www.skynetlabs.comSkynet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SkynetLabs Listen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS 0:03 - Introducing David 6:09 - David's motivations 15:40 - Moving from zero sum to positive sum games 25:36 - Money being politicized + improving the monopoly held by tech giants 30:40 - What crypto actually is 32:52 - Where things are with Sia and Skynet 38:03 - Recruiting engineers + positions they need to fill 43:41 - How to get in touch with David 47:20 - Censorship resistance + decentralized web
Today we're joined by Bennett Hoffman, a software architect and early crypto advocate (since 2010) who explains how this new tech can be used to kill cancel culture and avoid censorship by making podcasts, like Joe Rogan's, truly unstoppable and censorship resistant. This is the future. Some call it web 3, some call it the unstoppable internet, but whatever you call it, it's inevitable. Enjoy this fascinating conversation with one of the smartest people I've ever met in the crazy world of INTERNET MONEY!Listen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsET
Our guest, Austen Allred, is the Co-Founder & CEO at Bloom Institute of Technology.BloomTech is a Y Combinator from the Summer 2017 batch.Learn more and connect with Austen:Website: www.bloomtech.com/Twitter: mobile.twitter.com/AustenEmail: austen@bloomtech.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/austenallredListen to more episodes here: bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS:0:03 - What does Austen do? 8:03 - Income share agreements 15:50 - Optimizing human capital23:02 - How BloomTech acquired their hiring partners 29:32 - Upgrading outcomes through upgrading mindsets37:30 - Growing tensions between politics and tech43:55 - Zero-sum games vs. positive-sum games 52:58 - The dangers of incentive structures + college experiences shifting58:12 - Thoughts on investing + impact from companies 1:04:07 - The world we are moving towards + Web3 1:09:03 - Following up with Austen + where to learn more about BloomTech
Our guest, Ali Abramovitz, is the Co-Founder and CEO of Chorus Meditation.Chorus Meditation is a Y Combinator from the Winter 2021 batch.Learn more and connect with Ali:Website: https://chorusmeditation.com/iOS App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chorus-meditation/id1557561444#?platform=iphoneEmail: ali@chorusmeditation.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abramovitz-cook-69458459/Listen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS:0:00 - Intro2:25 - What drew Ali to entrepreneurship + background story 10:30 - The inspiration for Chorus20:18 - Making triggers that lead to meditation habitual + benefits 27:17 - What gave Ali the conviction to pursue their unique approach?29:39 - Live community classes 33:00 - Where is Chorus within their product development?42:37 - How do you deal with the changing times? 50:12 - Perspective on censorship 54:00 - How to connect with Ali and get started on Chorus Meditation
Our guest Justin Kilpatrick is the CTO and Co-Founder of Althea.Learn more and connect with Justin:Website: https://althea.net/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kilpatrickjustinListen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS:0:03 Intro0:44 What is Althea?5:30 Uncensored Internet/Creation of Althea13:10 Fiber internet20:00 Metered Access24:00 Benefits of Althea31:22 Fiber engineering39:30 Data Storage48:00 Politics in data50:00 Process nodes55:30 When will computers get good enough?57:00 Following up
1Our guests, Andrew Lee, is the CEO of Purse. Andrew is a novice carpenter, fisherman, and aspiring farmer.Learn more and connect with Andrew:Website: https://purse.io/Twitter: https://twitter.com/2drewleeListen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS:0:03 Andrew introduction & going remote 5:02 Coronavirus influence on inflation + was COVID-19 engineered? 13:41 Living away from the cities 15:56 What attracted Andrew to applied cryptography? 21:33 Do we need to print more money? 30:52 China the new power 34:05 Is Bitcoin becoming the unit of account in the national trade? 39:24 Grey & Dark economies
Our guests, Andreï Klochko and Franck Lahaye, are the CEO and Co-Founders of Airthium.Airthium is a Y Combinator from the Summer 2017 batch.Learn more and connect with Andreï and Franck:Website: https://www.airthium.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrei-klochko-20093224/?locale=en_USLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francklahayeListen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS:0:00 Introduction1:40 The story of Airthium technology5:02 Multi-season energy storage6:13 Nitrogen production7:29 Commercialization8:05 Civilization energy use14:28 Technology & environment33:44 Government and technologists42:47 Contact info
Our guest, David Mayman, is the CEO of JetPack Aviation.JetPack Aviation is a Y Combinator from the Winter 2019 batch.Learn more and connect with David:Website: https://jetpackaviation.com/Email: david@jetpackaviation.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmaymanListen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS:00:03 Intro & the speeder 04:05 How did this start?07:02 The skies are a bit of a wild west 13:23 When will speeders be available commercially? 18:30 Flying & becoming one with the turn 23:08 Making a safe vehicle with a fun factor 28:52 Computer & Tech 35:05 Batteries & Energy storage 41:29 How does David keep showing up? + AI 56:39 Contact info
Our guest, Prashanth Balasubramanian, is the CEO of Lastbit.Lastbit is a Y Combinator from the Winter 2021 batch.Learn more and connect with Prashanth:Website: https://lastbit.io/Email: support@lastbit.ioLinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/pbioListen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS:0:03 Intro 1:53 Fiat money vs. crypto 5:56 Crypto is coming fast 14:33 NFTs & melt-up 21:02 Addictive crypto 25:57 The next billion internet money users 27:06 What is going on in India? 38:43 Navigating the climate we are in 40:50 PB`s business 42:43 The situation with financial institutions & internet money 46:38 The reaction of the establishment 47:43 Contact info
Our guest, Victor Darolfi, is the CEO & Founder of RoboTire.RoboTire is a Y Combinator from the Winter 2020 batch.Learn more and connect with Victor:Website: https://robotire.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/robotireincLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-darolfi-92b17311/Listen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS:0:03 Victor`s background & work 5:13 The future of robotics 7:58 Going to market 9:30 Faster than humans 12:11 How did this situation affect your business? 15:04 Human maintenance 17:12 Computer vision 20:56 Fascination of tires & robots 24:25 Robot arms 30:11 Trucking tires 33:19 Business model & cost back time 38:03 RoboTire is hiring
Driverless vehicles that are supervised by humans remotely for deliveries and vehicle-on-demand services. Our guest, Ain McKendrick, is the CEO & Founder of Faction.Faction is a Y Combinator from the Winter 2021 batch.Learn more and connect with Ain:Website: https://www.factionmoto.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ainmckendrick/Listen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS:0:03 How to pronounce Ain`s name 0:40 What does Ain do? 6:44 The technology12:03 Self driving cars 15:28 Ain`s other project 17:13 10 years from now 25:24 Th facilitation 31:39 Founder experience as the technologists are being attacked 37:36 Tech makes you better off 42:23 Ain`s journey 47:03 The most surprising advances 54:24 How does Ain keep showing up? 58:47 Singularity 1:02:21 Machine learning 1:04:49 What about the aviation? 1:16:01 Connect with Ain
Satellites are getting smaller, lighter, more powerful, faster to produce, and magnitudes cheaper… Meet my new friend who is working to create 100% reusable systems. Our guest, Andy Lapsa, is the Co-Founder of STOKE Space Technologies, Inc.STOKE Space Technologies is a Y Combinator from the Winter 2021 batch.Learn more and connect with Andy:Website: https://www.stoke-space.com/Email: andy@stoke-space.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-lapsa-96a7b771/Listen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS:0:06 Connecting Earth & orbit 4:35 What do you do different? 6:13 How did you get here? 10:32 How far along are you? 13:02 The crazy journey we have been on 15:16 Machine learning & AI 19:21 Orders of magnitude 26:53 How do you feel as a maker? 28:07 Humans in space 33:25 Alternate propulsion ideas & reasons for building 36:03 Sequencing 39:53 Launching 42:46 Price-performance improvement 44:39 Follow up information
A new tool that has a different way to combat urgent microbial challenges in human health and beyond.Our guest, Robert McBride, is the Co-Founder and CEO of Felix Biotechnology.Felix Biotechnology is a Y Combinator from the Winter 2020 batch.Learn more and connect with Robert:Website: https://www.felixbt.com/Email: rob@felixbt.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/felixbiotechLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/felixbt/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robcmcbride/Listen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS:0:08 Fasting 3:13 Robert`s introduction 6:37 Will the antibiotics stop working? 9:54 How did you realize it was possible? 12:20 How did you get here? 15:42 Construction a "robot sniper" 20:59 How do they make the map? 22:55 How much better do things get? 25:24 Studying evolution 32:20 Robert`s thoughts on the connection of technology and humans 35:46 Starting the company & YC 37:28 When do you start treating people? + FDA regulations 42:28 From trials to main stream 46:08 Follow up information
Healthy livers are becoming harder to come by due to unhealthy lifestyles of donors... meet the guys who are working to help solve this problem. Our guests, Jack O'Meara and Quin Wills, are the Co-Founders, CEO, and CSO of Ochre Bio.Ochre Bio is a Y Combinator from the Winter 2020 batch.Learn more and connect with Jack and Quin:Website: https://www.ochre-bio.com/Email: contact@ochre-bio.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/OchreBioLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackomeara/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/quinwills/Listen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS:0:06 Jack`s work 4:18 The underlying issues 9:19 Jack & Quin`s story 13:13 YC experience 15:43 The founding situation 18:20 Post YC 21:36 How does it work? 24:08 The timeline from here to use 27:04 Thoughts on regulation 33:41 Why are the trials so expensive? 35:34 Sequencing Ochre Bio 38:21 What are we going to see in the life span extension? 43:15 Biology ruling all 46:35 DNA for compute 50:31 How do you use AI & machine learning? 53:35 Recruiting + reach out to Jack & Quin
Nano technology is only one step up from the quantum level... meet my new friend who is working to bring this technology into everyday life applications.Our guest, Perry Everett, is the CEO and Co-Founder of Arylla.Arylla is a Y Combinator from the Winter 2017 batch.Learn more and connect with Todd:Website: https://www.arylla.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/arylla_incEmail: perry@arylla.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perry-everett-77402176Listen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS:0:03 Intro + What is nano technology? 2:03 Newtonian physics 5:01 Arylla introduction 8:14 Applied nano technology 9:28 What got Perry here 11:45 From Waterloo to a start-up 16:25 Waterloo makes productive makers 25:04 Is the new world power a non-physical space?28:24 How will nano reshape our world? 32:54 Twisted graphene34:42 The nano commercialization timeline 38:23 Where will they take the product? 41:46 Unisocs 54:30 Thoughts on the future 56:37 Reach out to Perry
Website testing is one of my least favorite things and today's guest is making it much easier with automation that anyone can make without writing any code, hallelujah!Our guest, Todd McNeal, is the Co-Founder of Reflect.Reflect is a Y Combinator from the Summer 2020 batch.Learn more and connect with Todd:Website: https://reflect.run/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddmcneal/Listen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS:0:03 The situation we are in 2:54 Kids & Startups 7:08 Unimportant tasks vs. important tasks 11:48 Feedback loops 14:23 Todd`s work 15:27 Todd`s story 19:09 The future 23:06 Thoughts on AGI 24:21 Todd's opinion on inflation 26:35 No-code future 28:28 Todd`s work in grandma friendly language 31:28 Why nobody did this before 35:34 No-code trends 42:45 Customer experiences 47:48 Sells cycle 49:31 How it works 54:02 Scaling 1:04:05 Political desire to regulate technology 1:13:40 Gillon`s flat line 1:15:30 Inflation risks 1:22:32 COVID hit the fast forward button 1:24:44 Recruiting 1:26:18 The hybrid approach 1:33:31 Follow up info
Is writing 1 exabyte of data on DNA possible?Our guest, Jiahao Huang, is the Founder and COO of Nuclera.Learn more and connect with Jiahao:Website: https://www.nuclera.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nucleraTwitter: https://twitter.com/jiahao28LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jiahao-huang1/Listen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS:0:03 What is it like over the pond? 1:09 Nuclera introduction & storage 5:23 Writing DNA quickly 10:27 Where are we with DNA writing? 13:20 The hourly throughput 16:29 Does the read/write system make sense because it is so easy to copy DNA? 17:17 DNA compute 18:03 Jiahao's story 22:49 What is the scene like for funding bio-tech companies? 27:43 Biology helping to make a change 35:04 Sequencing Nuclera 42:50 Security for Bio-tech 45:43 How far away we are from writing 1 exabyte of data in 1 hour? 51:47 We learn by mistakes 55:19 How do you find the balance between the future and getting through today? 1:00:03 Thoughts on unique markers 1:01:22 How does Jiahao keep showing up? 1:02:53 Get in touch with Jiahao
Uploading your brain to the internet is closer than you think... thanks to this guy.Our guest, Robert McIntyre, is the CEO of Nectome.Nectome is a Y Combinator from the Winter 2018 batch.Learn more and connect with Robert:Website: https://nectome.com/Email: r@nectome.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aurellemListen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS: 0:03 Archiving human minds 3:58 History of writing & language 9:54 Robert McIntyre & Nectome introduction 16:22 Neuron scanning complexity & number of neurons in different spices 19:27 Storing your thumb & storage size 29:38 Scanning a human brain - the storage capacity 32:30 Electron microscope price 36:27 The storage & compute cost 44:54 Fib-sim image 48:46 Seeing synapses & proteins 50:55 Archiving human minds in the future 55:29 Compute requirements 57:58 Printing or growing a "person" future 1:01:59 Robert's thoughts on the future efforts 1:08:41 Robert's story & cryo-preservation 1:28:54 The sequencing steps for human brains 1:30:15 Much better brain model & the difference between perfusion & diffusion 1:36:19 Taking the technology to market 1:38:02 What is the engram? 1:42:03 When will we be able to use Nectome services 1:45:05 Getting in touch with Robert
What if you could store your brain.... forever?Our guest, Sylvain Gariel, is the Co-Founder and COO of DNA Script. Learn more and connect with Sylvain:Website: https://dnascript.com/Sylvain's Email: sg@dnascript.coLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sylvain-gariel-21455735Listen to more Calls From the Future here: https://bit.ly/2STWsETTIMESTAMPS:0:04 How we connected 4:31 The back story of DNA Script 9:09 What is the state of the memory now? 13:35 When will the technology be accessible to general public? 18:00 The basic premise of how the basic printing will work in the future 23:36 Making the apply engineering part work 24:31 Sylvain's Law-performance increases 26:48 Will there be as much demand as supply? 31:08 Sylvain's story 36:40 A lot more than just storing data 38:10 Data storage is the next market for DNA script 39:21 With great power comes great responsibility 41:50 Why does Sylvain keep showing up? 45:43 Sylvain's heroes 48:14 Reaching out to Sylvain 48:36 Sylvain's typical week 50:03 What is San Francisco like these days? 51:11 How did COVID influence DNA script? 53:59 What is the end game of DNA Script?
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