Build The Future

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, w...

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 sp...

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,...

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...

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 explora...

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,...

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 o...

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...

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 t...

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 st...

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...

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....

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...

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,...

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.buildthefutur...

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...

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 ti...

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, foll...

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 revie...

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...

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....

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.co...

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/...

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...

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...