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First Principles with Christian Keil
by Christian Keil
On First Principles, Christian Keil, Host and Chief of Staff at Astranis, dives into the heart of innovation, making the complex world of deep tech startups approachable without needing a PhD.
Episodes
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Is It Possible to Build SAFE Nuclear Reactors? | Matt Loszak, Aalo Atomics
Matt Loszak is building a nuclear reactor factory for a new kind of reactor: one that is almost impossible to melt down.
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The World's Safest Humanoid Robots
1X Technologies is building the world's safest autonomous, humanoid robots. And they want to start selling robots into consumer homes next year. How do you make a robot safe for humans? The answer is complicated — so I went to 1X HQ in Sunnyvale, CA to find out.
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The World's Quietest Electric Engine | Ian Villa, Whisper Aero
Engines are loud — Whisper Aero is changing that.
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How To Build a 1-Terawatt, 600,000 Amp Pulsed Power Generator | JC Btaiche, Fuse Energy
Season 2, Episode 1: JC Btaiche, Fuse Energy ====== Links: ElectroBOOM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PcBgym21TA Fuse's Paper in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-67774-4 Fuse — https://www.f.energy People: JC Btaiche — https://x.com/JCBtaiche10 Christian Keil —...
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#15: The First Principles Approach to Not Dying | Bryan Johnson
Today’s episode is brought to you by Strata. Modernize your IAM with Identity Orchestration. Visit https://strata.io/firstprinciples to learn more! ====== Episode 15: Bryan Johnson spends $2m/year to not die. But this is more than just a health craze — it’s the birth of a new, secular religious...
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#14: Quantum Computing Isn’t Dead Yet | César Rodríguez, Commutator Studios
Today’s episode is brought to you by Coda. If you want a platform that empowers your team to collaborate effectively and focus on shared goals, you can get started with Coda today for FREE. Head over to https://coda.io/fp ====== Episode 14: César Rodríguez has dedicated his career to quantum...
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#13: Simon Pickup - Exploring Use Cases for Hydrogen Fuel | Teralta
Today’s episode is brought to you by Strata. Elevate your enterprise identity with Strata today. Visit https://strata.io/firstprinciples to learn more! ====== Episode 13: The most abundant element in the universe also has the highest energy content of any common fuel by mass. Teralta helps...
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#12: Deep Prasad - How to Build a Physics-Fluent AI System
Brought to you by NordVPN. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/firstprinciples. Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! ====== Episode 12: Discovering new materials is how we unlock new branches of the tech tree. But there is no way for the world’s most powerful AI tools...
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#11: Aleh Kandrashou & Aleksandr Gampel - Building the Factory that Builds the Homes
Today’s episode is brought to you by Strata. Elevate your enterprise identity with Strata today. Go to https://strata.io/firstprinciples to learn more! ====== Episode 11: Cuby is creating the Factory that builds the Homes. These factories can generate 1 home per day, but instead of building the...
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#10: Sam D'Amico - How to Boil Water in 40 Seconds (and Revolutionize the Grid)
EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/firstprinciples Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! ====== Episode 10: Impulse Labs has a master plan to revolutionize the grid by building the world’s highest-performance home appliances. They started with a stove. Here’s how it...
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#9: Justin Lopas - Introducing the Next-Gen Home Battery
Today’s sponsor: If you want a platform that empowers your team to collaborate effectively and focus on shared goals, you can get started with Coda today for FREE. Head over to https://Coda.io/fp ====== Episode 9: Justin worked at SpaceX and Anduril before starting Base Power, which is aiming to...
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#8: Ben Nowack - Selling Sunlight to Solar Farms After Dark
Episode 8: Ben Nowack built a fusion reactor in high school. Now he’s building huge mirrors in space that reflect sunlight onto solar farms at night. ====== (00:00) - Intro (00:39) - What Reflect Orbital is Building (02:30) - How the Satellite Mirrors Work (06:16) - Deploying the Mirrors in Space...
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#7: Nato Saichek - Shooting Satellites Into Orbit at Hypersonic Speeds
Nato decided against building a laser-powered rocket in favor of Longshot Space: a gun powered by pressurized air that can shoot payloads into orbit. ====== (00:00) - Intro (00:42) - Nato's Early Idea for a Laser Rocket at Astranis (02:30) - Nato Initially Being Skeptical of Longshot's Gun Idea...
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#6: Danielle Fong - An Engine Powered By Light
Sponsor: Remove your personal information from the web at JoinDeleteMe.com/FP20 and use code FP20 for 20% off DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com ====== Episode 6: When heated, sodium emits energy via visible light at 2.1eV (or 589 nm wavelength). So, if you make…
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#5: Garrett McCurrach - Underground Hyperlogistics Delivery Drones
Episode 5: Garrett wants to deliver any good in under ten minutes, for under a quarter, using drones that burrow underground. ====== (00:00) - Intro (00:50) - What Pipedream is Building (02:17) - Garrett's Background and Learning to Build Businesses (04:02) - How Pipedream Moves Things…
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#4: Augustus Doricko - Weather-Modification Drones Are Coming Soon
Sponsor: Remove your personal information from the web at JoinDeleteMe.com/FP20 and use code FP20 for 20% off DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com ====== Episode 4: Augustus Doricko isn’t trying to play God with his weather-modification company, Rainmaker, but he...
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#3: Extropic - Why Thermodynamic Computing is the Future of AI (PUBLIC DEBUT)
Episode 3: Extropic is building a new kind of computer – not classical bits, nor quantum qubits, but a secret, more complex third thing. They call it a Thermodynamic Computer, and it might be many orders of magnitude more powerful than even the most powerful supercomputers today. Check out their...
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#2: Casey Handmer - Pulling Methane From Thin Air (Terraform Industries)
Sponsor: Remove your personal information from the web at JoinDeleteMe.com/FP20 and use code FP20 for 20% off DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com ====== Episode 2: Casey Handmer, the polymath founder and CEO of Terraform Industries, explains the first principles...
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#1: Ian Brooke – Electric Adaptive Jet Engines (Astro Mechanica)
Sponsor: Secure by Design - http://tinyurl.com/5ds2pyjv ====== [Series Premiere] Founder Ian Brooke gives his first public interview to talk about Astro Mechanica, a new startup building electric-adaptive jet engines. And, possibly, the world’s fastest plane. And the cheapest way to orbit. (It’s…
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#0: Welcome to First Principles
Episode 0: On First Principles, Christian Keil ( https://twitter.com/pronounced_kyle ), Host and Chief of Staff at Astranis, dives into the complex world of deep tech startups — and hopes to make them approachable, and PhD-optional. ====== Production and marketing by The Deep View (...
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On First Principles, Christian Keil, Host and Chief of Staff at Astranis, dives into the heart of innovation, making the complex world of deep tech startups approachable without needing a PhD.
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