Rajat Bhageria is an entrepreneur, investor, and the CEO of Chef Robotics . What does it actually take to build and deploy generally intelligent robots? Rajat's company is actively scaling robotics in the food industry and is here to tell us all about it. In this conversation, we talk about what the current food manufacturing process looks like, the challenges and opportunities in robotics, what the coolest AI and robotics companies are on the market today, why the future might look like WALL-E,...
Aug 08, 2024•54 min
Today, we're talking with Don Davis, an artist and illustrator who has spent his career helping us imagine the wonders of space. His work with NASA, Carl Sagan, and the U. S. Geological Survey's branch of Astrogeologic Studies has been seen by millions and helps us bridge the gap between imagination and reality. In this conversation, we talk about Don's childhood fascination with space, the influence of science fiction on his work, and how the ideas around space colonization evolved. (00:00) Ref...
Dec 12, 2023•56 min
Today, we're talking with Isaiah Taylor the founder of Valar Atomics — a new energy startup using nuclear fission to create oil & gas from thin air. At Valar, their goal is to bring the cost of energy down 10-100x and unlock a new era of superabundance. Enjoy! Thanks for listening to this episode of Build The Future. Want more insights about the future? Sign up for updates, new episodes, and essays about the future at https://camwiese.com/ Watch full episodes + video Youtube Full Episodes: h...
Dec 08, 2023•52 min•Ep. 79
Today, we're talking with Rick Guidice , an artist and illustrator renowned for his visionary depictions of space habitats and futuristic concepts, which have significantly contributed to NASA's Ames Research Center's visual explorations. His iconic work has played a pivotal role in shaping public perception of space exploration and human settlement beyond Earth. In this episode, we talk the impact of Rick's space-themed artwork on envisioning future possibilities; his artistic process, inspirat...
Dec 01, 2023•54 min•Ep. 77
Today, we're talking with Jim Pethokoukis , the author of "The Conservative Futurist" and the newsletter "Faster, Please!" where he writes about innovation, economics, and the potential of future technologies. In this episode, we talk about the optimistic cultural zeitgeist of the 1960s space race, the unfulfilled promises of that era, such as nuclear-powered space exploration, the role media plays in shaping societal attitudes towards the future, and much more! Enjoy! Show Notes/Links Mentioned...
Nov 17, 2023•51 min
Issac Arthur is a physicist turned YouTuber and science educator. Join us as we discuss the roots of progress and its potential into post-scarcity futures, the challenges of building in practice, Issac's favorite science fiction media and his vision for his channel, his personal journey studying physics to becoming a YouTuber, and what innovation and future utopian scenarios may be possible, including space colonization and virtual reality. Issac's story is proof that passion and optimism can bl...
Nov 03, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Today, we're talking with Don Clark (instagram), the incredible artist behind Invisible Creature. Links mentioned: David Klein Art Stan Galli Syd Mead Phantom City Creative To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at www.worldsfair.co twitter.com/worldsfairco Don’t forget to leave a review and subscribe. Until next time, g o build ! Thanks for listening to this episode of Build The Future. Want more insights about the future? Sign up for updates, new episodes, and essays ab...
Nov 28, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 74
Today, we're talking with Eliot Peper ( twitter ) the novelist behind great science fiction books like Reap3r, Veil, Cumulus, and Bandwidth. Links mentioned: Our World in Data Nadia Asparouhova's tweet Man in Space Oliver Mortin's The Moon To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at www.worldsfair.co twitter.com/worldsfairco Don’t forget to leave a review and subscribe. Until next time, g o build ! Thanks for listening to this episode of Build The Future. Want more insights...
Nov 14, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Today, we're talking with Jason Green , the CEO and Cofounder of Upward Farms . At Upward Farms they're helping shape the future of food by growing organic, leafy greens and fish in a complete vertical farming ecosystem. In this conversation we cover the future of food, the work they're doing at Upward and how the tide is turning, how business as usual is over, and how we now have the opportunity to step up and build the future that we want to live in. To listen to more episodes and to stay conn...
Nov 09, 2021•40 min•Ep. 72
Today, we're talking with Ian Rountree the founder and partner of Cantos.vc , a venture fund investing in near frontier technologies that will change the world. In this conversation Ian and I cover the changing landscape of venture, financing the future, and bounce around quite a bit between the various facets of the future that are being built right now. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t fo...
Nov 05, 2021•46 min•Ep. 71
Today, we're talking with Sam Bhagwat , the Cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer at Gatsby . Gatsby's an open source web firmware that enables developers to create websites optimized for the modern web. In doing so, they're ensuring that this digital web infrastructure, that we all take for granted, keeps improving and getting better. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t forget to leave a revie...
Nov 02, 2021•40 min•Ep. 70
Today, we're talking with Larry Pang , the head of Biz Dev at IoTeX , a decentralized ecosystem building the Internet of things. We cover all things Crypto in decentralization and of course, the Internet of things. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t forget to leave a review and subscribe. Have a great week and until next time, g o build ! Thanks for listening to this episode of Build The Futu...
Oct 29, 2021•37 min•Ep. 69
Today, we're talking with Alex Trembath , the deputy director of Breakthrough , a global research center focused on promoting technological solutions, environmental and human development challenges. Specifically, we touch on two facets of the future here - feeding our growing population and creating a high-energy planet but not at the expense of our climate. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t...
Oct 26, 2021•39 min•Ep. 68
Today, we're talking with Thomas Eiden , the founder of Atomic Alchemy and a former nuclear engineer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thomas is the expert of all things nuclear, so he gave us an awesome primer on the future of energy, nuclear space and the exciting future that might lie ahead with the clean and abundant nuclear energy. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t forget to leave...
Oct 22, 2021•46 min•Ep. 67
Today, we're talking with Adrian Fenty , the founding managing partner at MaC Venture Capital and the former major of Washington DC. We cover everything from investing in the future, changing the landscape of education, the importance of local political involvement and the future that we hope to build. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t forget to leave a review and subscribe. Have a great wee...
Oct 19, 2021•41 min
Today, we're talking with Courtney Boyd Myers , the founder of Akua . At Akua they're building a household brand for sustainable sea greens based foods including their delicious kelp jerkey and kelp burger. I loved talking about the future of food, kelp and about changing global travel landscape with Courtney in this conversation. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t forget to leave a review an...
Oct 15, 2021•39 min
Today, we're talking with Justin Kolbeck , the CEO of Wildtype . At Wildtype they're advancing the future of food with cellular agriculture, starting with Sushi Grade Salmon. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t forget to leave a review and subscribe. Have a great week and until next time, g o build ! Thanks for listening to this episode of Build The Future. Want more insights about the future?...
Oct 12, 2021•46 min•Ep. 64
Today, we're talking with Gary Sheng , the co-founder of Civics Unplugged . Gary and I connected over our shared belief that this decade, the 2020s, is a make or break for humanity and that we have a lot of exciting work to do. On his end, Gary's working to train a new generation of leaders, committed to universal human flourishing. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t forget to leave a review ...
Oct 08, 2021•40 min•Ep. 63
Today, we're talking with Aaron Slodov . Aaron's the founder of the stealth startup Atomic Industries where they're building the future of manufacturing with the goal of building a more efficient and less wasteful world. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t forget to leave a review and subscribe. Have a great week and until next time, g o build ! Thanks for listening to this episode of Build Th...
Sep 28, 2021•37 min•Ep. 62
Today, we're talking with Laura Crabtree the founder of Epsilon3 and a former SpaceX engineer. At Epsilon3 they're building a software stack to help teams advance in space exploration and complex engineering projects operate more efficiently. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t forget to leave a review and subscribe. Have a great week and until next time, g o build ! Thanks for listening to th...
Sep 21, 2021•38 min
Today, we’re talking with Pat Riley , a creative director at Bitcoin Magazine . At Bitcoin Magazine, they’re promoting the future of digital currency through media and the organization of the annual Bitcoin conference. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t forget to leave a review and subscribe. Have a great week and until next time, g o build ! Thanks for listening to this episode of Build The ...
Sep 14, 2021•45 min•Ep. 60
Today, we're talking with Rohit Krishnan , a VC and the writer of Strange Loop . Strange Loop is a weekly newsletter about the systems underlying progress, innovation, and the world of technology — and in the process, he's trying to create a philosophy of business. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t forget to leave a review and subscribe. Have a great week and until next time, g o build ! Tha...
Sep 07, 2021•39 min•Ep. 59
Today, we're talking with Robin Dechant , the founder of Aveo and the writer behind The Future of Manufacturing Newsletter . In his work, Robin's helping shape the future of manufacturing and, in the process, helping people develop the skills they need to build the world of tomorrow. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t forget to leave a review and subscribe. Have a great week and until next ti...
Aug 31, 2021•37 min•Ep. 58
In this episode of Build the Future, we’re talking to Chris Power the founder and CEO of Hadrian . At Hadrian they build autonomous component factories that help customers make rockets, satellites, jets and electric vertical take off and landing vehicles - 2x faster and cheaper. In doing so they're ensuring the manufacturing of our future and the companies leading the way in defense and space have the tools they need to go build. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at ...
Jul 13, 2021•42 min
In this episode of Build the Future, we’re talking to Dan Grech the founder and CEO of Global OTEC . At Global OTEC they're deploying OTEC (ocean thermal energy conversion) technology to advance an underutilized path to clean energy production! To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t forget to leave a review and subscribe. Have a great week and until next time, g o build ! Thanks for listening to ...
Jun 29, 2021•31 min
In this episode of Build the Future, we’re talking to Dr Yael Joffe , the founder and CSO of 3x4 Genetics . At 3x4 Genetics they’re taking a new approach to genetic testing to provide people with actionable insights based on their genes. In doing so, they’re helping build the future where people can make decisions that help them live longer, healthier, and better lives. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/ca...
Jun 22, 2021•39 min•Ep. 55
In this episode of Build the Future, we’re talking to Jonathon Barkl , the CEO of AirGarage . At AirGarage they’re reimagining the use of parking, real-estate and cities. More specifically, they’re working to repurpose the 30% of the American city currently occupied by parking and automate the operation of these parking lots. In doing so, they’re helping transform the landscape of our cities turning these single-use spaces into multi-use hubs — all to to support a future filled with cloud kitche...
Jun 15, 2021•35 min•Ep. 54
In this episode of Build the Future, we talk to Liam Cadigan and Nick Warren , the co-founders of InspectAR . At InspectAR, they’re building augmented reality software that helps engineers building circuit boards visualize and test their circuit boards in real time. In doing so, they’re helping drive practical adoption of augmented reality technologies and reducing the friction in developing circuit boards...which are just about everything these days! To listen to more episodes and to stay conne...
Jun 08, 2021•36 min•Ep. 53
In this episode of Build the Future, we talk to Matt Gaboury who’s on the solids team at Brightmark . At Brightmark, they’re working to create a world without waste. They are turning plastic into renewables, oil or wax, that can be used from transportation to newer plastics. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t forget to leave a review and subscribe. Have a great week and until next time, g o b...
Jun 01, 2021•29 min•Ep. 52
In this episode of Build the Future, we talk with Rick Pilgrim , the CEO of DuXion . At DuXion, they're developing electric motors to help us accelerate into a future where all transportation is done sustainably. To listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along at https://www.buildthefuturepodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/camwiese Don’t forget to leave a review and subscribe. Have a great week and until next time, g o build ! Thanks for listening to this episode of Build The Future...
May 25, 2021•34 min•Ep. 51
