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Quotes and lessons on deep tech & space from 22 founders Charles Cormier interviewed on the Founder Wisdom, CEO Wisdom, and YC Wisdom podcasts.
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Basically we help construction companies, specifically general contractors, put together their on-site documentation more easily.
— Arvind Veluvali, Fresco · episode
We do that using generative AI and we've taken a lot of workflows that have been really annoying because they've traditionally only existed on the desktop and move them over to the phone
— Arvind Veluvali, Fresco · episode
Our vision is to be the first mobility, you know, Africa first Africa's first mobility unicorn. Um you know, powering about $10 billion transactions you know, by 2025.
— Ben Oladokun, Shekel Mobility · episode
We have We've built an operating system, right, that helps these dealers buy cars. So, they buy the cars, you know, they fund their wallet to 30%. We provide 70% and they buy the cars within our operating system.
— Ben Oladokun, Shekel Mobility · episode
My name is Dave David. I'm originally from the Netherlands. I'm currently founding a company in the space of the gut microbiome and how the gut microbiome influences how we respond to drugs and foods that we ingest.
— David de Gruijl, Anto · episode
Essentially, like modeling the gut microbiome is incredibly hard. So just building like kind of uh large AI models in the way that we do with text doesn't result in great u great models.
— David de Gruijl, Anto · episode
Elon preaches Tesla it's a great example of that and those are things that I've you know taken to my core
— Gonzalo Espinosa, Double · episode
whenever you know whether a robot delivered or food it was always very fast like 10 minutes 20 minutes
— Gonzalo Espinosa, Double · episode
Corey way means a tree in Patagonia that survives really harsh weather I like that
— Guillermo Acuña, Koywe · episode
We applied before with this idea that change with we discovered this problem that needed to be solved and this is what we're doing and we're gonna do it with or without YC and then we got invited to an interview
— Guillermo Acuña, Koywe · episode
My most recent company that I started about four years ago is focused on deep sea mining with autonomous underwater robots.
— Oliver Gunasekara, Impossible Metals · episode
Well, what's what's valuable is that they're the planet's biggest source of critical battery metals. So, nickel and cobalt. There's also copper and manganese.
— Oliver Gunasekara, Impossible Metals · episode
Our vision is that like there will be a constellation of satellites that has this this product called a space-based interceptor on it.
— Sebastian Fischer, Wardstone · episode
If you need to shoot down one hypersonic missile, that's a significantly like smaller, simpler um constellation of satellites than if you need to defend against a larger number.
— Sebastian Fischer, Wardstone · episode
Contour is a YC uh summer 2023 companies. Vampy's in uh New York and yeah, it's a pretty cool company.
— Vamsi Saladi, Contour · episode
We're building an AI customer support platform specifically for financial institutions.
— Vamsi Saladi, Contour · episode
I'm building the most complex go-to-market workflows just through natural language.
— Vihaar Nandigala, OrangeSlice.ai · episode
The first big lessons and kind of things I wish I knew earlier was just how important the sales function is to startups.
— Vihaar Nandigala, OrangeSlice.ai · episode
I kind of quit my professorship and moved back to San Francisco and continue my startup journey and um it has been a fun ride and this is probably the best place in the world to do startup
— Wesley Zheng · episode
as any startup especially in the hardware space um um is is always a more challenging experience because you are not like a SAS company where you have recurring revenue.
— Wesley Zheng · episode
So essentially what we are is the easiest way for you to build a voice agent that answers your phones.
— Will Bodewes, Phonely · episode
When I was when I was 13 years old, my brothers and I spent 72 days kayaking around Lake Superior, which is 1,200 miles.
— Will Bodewes, Phonely · episode
We just raised our series A and we've been really growing out the team, scaling it a lot. Seeing a ton of attraction attraction traction in the market and a lot of adoption.
— Will Bodewes, Phonely · episode
Where a lot of our competitors are building you know, chatbots that talk, we've been able to build that two years ago and now we build AI agents that are optimized better than any other agent.
— Will Bodewes, Phonely · episode
FAQ
What is Arvind Veluvali's background before starting Fresco?
Arvind originally studied premed and worked as a biologist at NASA doing genetic editing on fungi. He later completed a master's in biotechnology at Brown University, worked in venture capital, and served as a chief of staff at a health tech AI company called January AI.
What does Impossible Metals do?
Impossible Metals focuses on deep sea mining using autonomous underwater robots to collect potato-sized mineral rocks from the seabed floor.
Why did Sebastian Fischer decide to start Wardstone?
After Cruz shut down and realizing he wanted more purpose than a comfortable big tech lifestyle, Fischer identified hypersonic missile defense as one of the biggest opportunities to build a meaningful deep tech company.
What background does Sean Pinnock have in the gaming industry?
Sean Pinnock is a serial entrepreneur in the gaming space who previously worked on EA's Madden franchise and ran Cyberdream, a simulation, training, and gamification company as a solo founder.
What does Terraform Industries do?
Terraform Industries produces natural gas using solar energy, aiming to provide locally produced hydrocarbons and push traditional drilling out of the market.
What is the main focus of Abyom SpaceTech?
Abyom SpaceTech focuses on building reusable launch vehicles to make space travel more accessible for commercial and scientific purposes.
What is OtherShip?
OtherShip is a wellness company and breathwork app co-founded by Robbie Bent that combines physical spaces featuring massive saunas and ice baths with emotional regulation and psychotherapy classes.
How did Robbie Bent start OtherShip?
He started with an ice bath in his backyard with his wife and friends to meet people interested in health, which eventually grew into a garage neighborhood space and then physical bathhouse locations.
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