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January 9, 2024 13 mins

Tough Tech Today is transitioning seasons, recapping our Season 3 themes exploring the tough tech domains of biology, space, and fusion energy. We are also preparing for the show's fourth season and we are really excited for it!

Upcoming themes:

  • Blue tech – The advanced technologies of the maritime industry. Incredible machines, sustainable oceans, and mysteries to solve in our planet's seas.
  • Quantum sciences – A wild world where physics gets weird, we are super curious about opportunities in computing, sensing, and communication.
  • Artificial Intelligence – While it was only fairly recently that "A.I." has debuted on the pop-culture zeitgeist, for years tech trailblazers have been developing incredible applications of machine intelligence to solve our world's toughest challenges.

Thank you, our Season 3 guests!

  • BioTech
    • New Equilibrium Biosciences - Virginia Burger
    • Elevian - Mark Allen
    • Concerto Biosciences - Cheri Ackerman
  • Space
    • Space Capital - Chad Anderson
    • Mithril Technologies - Scarlett Koller
    • Arkenstone Ventures/USAF USSF - Preston Dunlap
  • Fusion
    • Proxima Fusion - Francesco Sciortino
    • TDK Ventures / Type One Energy - Tina Tosukhowong
    • Focused Energy - Thomas Forner and Pravesh Patel

P.S. Thank you to our tough tech champions. We really appreciate your support! If you’d like to level-up your support of our work, take a look at our pay-if-you-can membership options so you can help us bring Tough Tech Today to more folks!

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