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Azeem Azhar's Exponential View

Supercritical’s Mission to Help Tech Reach Net Zero (with Michelle You)

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View

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51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Companies of all sizes and sectors have committed to net-zero emissions targets, but getting there is not straightforward. Measuring carbon dioxide output is tricky, carbon markets are fragmented, and the quality of offsets varies hugely. Michelle You, co-founder and CEO of Supercritical, is on a mission to help companies better measure, reduce, and remove carbon emissions – and her first target is the tech sector.

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0:00.0

There's no shortage of tech podcasts, but few give you a true dose of the future.

0:06.0

The A16Z podcast is an exception.

0:09.0

It takes you straight to the innovators behind new materials, data centers, self-driving cars,

0:14.0

even electric boats, eavesdrop on the future with the A16Z podcast.

0:24.0

HBR presents.

0:35.0

Welcome to the exponential view podcast.

0:37.0

I'm your host, Azim Azar.

0:39.0

Now every week I speak to the people shaping our future as an entrepreneur and analyst

0:44.0

and investor.

0:45.0

I've been on the inside of the tech industry for over 20 years.

0:48.0

And during that time I have observed how exponentially developing technologies are

0:52.0

changing the face of our economies, business models, and culture in unexpected ways.

0:57.0

I wrote about those changes in my book, the exponential age, and I dig into them every

1:01.0

week in my newsletter, exponential view, and of course on this podcast.

1:06.0

Now my guest this week is an entrepreneur working on an issue that is as difficult as it is

1:11.0

important, removing excess carbon dioxide from our atmosphere.

1:15.0

Michelle Yu runs Supercritical, which helps companies get to net zero by measuring their carbon emissions,

1:20.0

reducing that output and buying high quality carbon dioxide removals that permanently extract

1:25.0

CO2 from the atmosphere.

1:28.0

Michelle is part of a wave of entrepreneurs who got their start in consumer or business

1:32.0

to business internet companies and are now turning their attention squarely to climate.

1:36.0

She co-founded the Music Recommendation Service Song Kick where she was also chief product

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