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Hi, everyone. Welcome to the A6NZ podcast. Today's episode is with one of our newest portfolio

companies, which is applying nanoscale material science to fruit and vegetables. In this

episode, we cover everything from how that affects what we taste and what we see at the grocery

store, to farming and both local and international food supply chains, to how nature, the

ultimate complex system works.

And then more generally, we talk about how material sciences advances are playing out differently

today thanks to a few interesting things. And just why we, okay, I heart material science so

much. We have with us today A6 and Z partner Malinka Walioladi and James Rogers, who is the

CEO and founder of Appeal.

Formerly Appeal Technology and now Appeal Sciences.

And that's Appeal with APE-E-E-L, not A-P-P-E-A-L.

We like our puns.

Well, it's really appealing and interesting what you're working on, so I couldn't resist.

You like your thoughts there.

I couldn't resist.

I hope we have a fruitful discussion. Oh no, God. Stop right there. The investment memo that I wrote up was full of puns.

I actually spent extra time thinking about apples to apples or avocados or avocado.

You did not.

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