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May 5, 2023 45 min

Mining asteroids with AstroForge CEO Matthew Gialich | E1736

from This Week in Startups Hosted by Jason Calacanis

AstroForge CEO Matthew Gialich joins Jason to discuss his startup's lofty goal of mining Platinum Group Metals from asteroids (1:11). They discuss the recent launch of their Brokkr-1 space vehicle, the company's road map to gather PGMs successfully from space, and SpaceX's impact on the space industry (5:42). Then, Founder University's Kelly Schricker gives a presentation on how to set up a fundraising process for your startup (31:51). (0:00) AstroForge's Matthew Gialich joins Jason (1:11) The purpose of mining asteroids (5:42) Brokkr-1 mission (12:09) AstroForge's roadmap (16:07) Unit economics of hardware-based businesses (17:38) Scaling Virgin Orbit and Virgin Galactic (20:51) Pilot - Get 20% off the first 6 months at https://pilot.com/twist (22:20) The evolution of the space economy (30:43) Crowdbotics - Get a free scoping session for your next big app idea at http://crowdbotics.com/twist (31:51) How to set up a fundraising process FOLLOW Matt: https://twitter.com/MattGialich FOLLOW Kelly: https://twitter.com/KSchricks FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Subscribe to our YouTube to watch all full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkhmBWfS7pILYIk0izkc3A?sub_confirmation=1 FOUNDERS! Subscribe to the Founder University podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/founder-university/id1648407190

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