Why Cheap Energy Is the Foundation of Human Prosperity

What do synthetic neurobiology, an alcohol company sold out of a car, the Department of Energy, and a pesticide-killing RNA startup have in common? They're all stops on Nico Enriquez's path to becoming one of the most interesting VCs in deep tech.As a Principal at Future Ventures, the fund behind SpaceX, Tesla, and Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Nico backs founders solving the world's biggest problems with genuine technological breakthroughs. In this conversation with Ravi Belani, Chairman and Founder of Alchemist, he shares what that actually looks like in practice, why cheap energy is the foundation of everything, and why the most inspiring founder he knows spent 17 years building something nobody thought was possible.If you care about where the world is headed and who's funding the people trying to fix it, this one is for you.New episodes drop regularly. Follow the show so you never miss a chat.