7 Ways AI is a Climate Champion vs. Climate Killer

Net Zero Homes: 2.5x Faster, 30% Cheaper, $20M VC Raise

China’s Power Grid Gains — Outpacing U.S. by 2–10x in Power & Solar

Smarter Agriculture: 30x More Produce, 96% Less Water with AI-Powered Greenhouses

Climate Capital Map + Brad Feld’s 30-Year VC Wisdom (and our shiny new pod name)

Reduce A/C Energy by 40%: MIT Spinout + Top Climate Tech VC Investors

9x Founder Becomes Low Carbon Investor. Sustainable Aviation Fuel with 95% Lower GHG. Policy-Proof Climate Businesses. GPT as Your Chief Culture Analyst. Sweat Lodge Ceremony in Costa Rica.

"Give First" Mindset: VC Investor Lessons that Catalyzed 4,500+ Startups

100 Startups in Metals & Mining. Bill Liao @ SOSV ($1 Billion). Better AI Prompts w/ CRAFT Framework. Surprising Life Lesson from Engineering Legend Buckminster Fuller.

Fusion Energy: $36M and World Records for Compact, Modular, Zero-Carbon Power (Kieran Furlong, CEO @ Realta Fusion)

$41M for Biomass to Clean Firm Power. Private Equity Investing in Adaptation & Resilience. Murray McCraig, Investor @ArcTern Ventures. Brad Hartwig, CEO @Arbor. AI Tool for Competitor Analysis.

Sustainable Forestry: $17M Becomes $300M (Plus 375 Tree Farms Without Carbon Offsets or Land Purchases)

#232: Marilyn Waite, Managing Director at Climate Finance Fund – Global South Deserves More Capital for Climate Solutions. 75% of Current GHG Emissions. More Benefit Per $. BlackRock Collaboration.

#231: Paul Gross, CEO of Remora – 28-Year-Old CEO Raises $117M to Capture & Repurpose CO2 from Locomotives & Semi-Trucks. Joy of Doing Hard Things. Focus on Unit Economics. Expertise is Overrated.

#230: Jim McDermott, Managing Partner at Rusheen Capital Management – Private Equity Investor in Carbon Capture & Sustainable Projects. 9x Founder. New Fund Models. Optimism in Climate Investing.

#229: Dr. Liz Dennett, CEO of Endolith – Sustainable Mining with Microbial Power. Copper Extraction from Low-Grade Ores. Critical Metals. Biotech. PhD in Astrobiology. BHP and Rio Tinto Partnerships.

#228: Joe Rodden, CEO of Lydian Labs – $18M for Sustainable Aviation Fuel. 95% Lower Lifecycle Emissions. Solar and Wind Powered. Ex-Form Energy and BlackRock. Japanese Life Design with “Ikigai.”

#227: Ahmad Ghahreman, CEO of Cyclic Material – $53M Series B for Rare Earth Metals. Top Global Hydrometallurgist PhD. 20 Patents. $3.5B Value of Company Value. 3,000 Citations. 95% Less Water.

#226: Chuck Templeton, Managing Partner at S2G – Multi-Stage VC and Debt Investor with $2.5 Billion and 100+ Portfolio Companies in Food and Agriculture, Oceans, and Energy. Stoicism. Fatherhood.

#225: Jigar Shah, Former Director of the Dept. of Energy Loan Programs Office – TIME Magazine's "100 Most Influential People." $107B Invested. Go To Market Strategy for Cleantech. Evergreen Investing.