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00:00 – Intro & Sponsors: Lehmann's Terms, Climate Finance Solutions, and EarthSearch.

03:27 – Robert’s background: 30+ years in semiconductors to 3D printing batteries.

06:59 – Reinventing additive manufacturing: Printing multi-material active devices.

14:27 – Addressing the 5 battery pillars: Safety, cost, performance, longevity, and recyclability.

20:24 – The economics: Cutting production costs by 60% and waste to under 1%.

24:01 – Sakuu's asset-light business model and equipment licensing.

32:14 – Gigafactory vs. Microfactory: The extreme flexibility of 3D printing.

41:42 – Re-industrializing America and making onshoring a bipartisan issue.

52:19 – Team building: Why you should hire for attitude and train your replacement.



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