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EPISODE · Feb 25, 2026 · 59 MIN

We Will Green The Deserts | Augustus Doricko, Rainmaker

from Accelerate Bio Podcast · host Mgoes

We can control the weather. But almost nobody is ready for that.Augustus Doricko, founder of Rainmaker, is building precipitation and weather modification technology that flies drones directly into clouds to increase rainfall at scale - and one day terraform entire planets.Hosted by Mgoes → https://x.com/m_goes_distanceBrought to you by SuperHuman Fund → https://superhuman.fund/---0:00 - Climate Change - Mitigate vs Adapt07:50 - Water Scarcity Tech & Cloud Seeding14:52 - Modelling Complex Systems17:32 - Towards Atmospheric Engineering24:52 - Technical Bottlenecks32:29 - China’s $300M Weather Program35:36 - State Bans & Political Backlash40:43 - Public Fear vs Sexy Tech47:17 - Falcon 1 → Terraforming51:10 - Greening Australia55:00 - AI in Weather Modeling---The Accelerate Bio Podcast explores the future of humanity in the age of Artificial Intelligence. Subscribe for deep-dive conversations with founders, scientists, and investors shaping energy, AI, biotechnology, and human progress.---This episode discusses cloud seeding, weather modification, Rainmaker, Augustus Doricko, water scarcity, Great Salt Lake, drought solutions, climate adaptation, geoengineering, precipitation technology, silver iodide, weather drones, atmospheric science, China cloud seeding, water security, terraforming deserts, AI weather modeling, hydroelectric power, water policy, deeptech climate.

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