Next Unicorns: The Path to Reaching Net Zero with Avnos CEO Will Kain | E1810
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 15 September 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Today’s show:
Avnos CEO Will Kain joins Jason to discuss the importance of direct air capture technology for our planet (4:07), CO2's relationship to climate change (11:02), the path to reaching net zero (36:45), and much more!
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(0:00) Avnos CEO Will Kain joins Jason
(4:07) What carbon capture is and what makes it important
(6:15) The high levels of CO2 in the atmosphere
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(11:02) CO2’s relationship to climate change
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(20:36) Direct air capture (DAC) technology developments and the cost of carbon capture
(26:17) What is takes to power a DAC system, resource efficiency, and Avnos’ unique HDAC
(32:33) Environmental conditions for DAC
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(36:45) The path to reaching net zero
(38:49) Monetization strategies
(42:46) The section 45Q tax credit legislation and the VC angle
(50:48) Avnos’ number one goal
(55:44) Mastering natural systems
(59:36) AI’s impact on DAC technology
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| 0:00.0 | We've only got one planet Earth, |
| 0:01.4 | so we better take care of it, right? |
| 0:02.6 | You know, this is something Elon said to me |
| 0:04.8 | maybe 15 years ago, |
| 0:06.1 | and we're talking about the controversy around this |
| 0:08.7 | when he always got a little more controversial |
| 0:10.5 | that we're talking about. |
| 0:11.4 | And I said, what do you think? |
| 0:12.7 | And he said, I think this is a stupid experiment to run. |
| 0:16.3 | And that's why I'm doing Tesla. |
| 0:17.6 | And I said, you know what? |
| 0:19.0 | The risk is totally asymmetric, isn't it? |
| 0:21.5 | If we do nothing and climate change is a real thing, |
| 0:24.2 | we're up a creek. |
| 0:26.0 | This week in startups is brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs. |
| 0:30.4 | A business is only as strong as its people |
| 0:32.8 | and every hire matters. |
| 0:34.7 | Post your first job for free at LinkedIn.com slash unicorn. |
| 0:40.2 | Fount. |
| 0:41.2 | Do you want access to the performance protocols |
| 0:43.7 | that pro athletes and special ops use? |
| 0:46.6 | With Fount, an elite military operator supercharges |
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