☕ Climate Tech Coffee: Robin Langtry, CEO of Avalanche Energy
Fellow Climate Warriors, this is a replay of our Climate Tech Coffee episode with Robin Langtry of Avalanche Energy— this was the shorter, usually sober version of Climate Tech Cocktails.
We are re-releasing a few coffee episodes as we prepare to evolve transition to Hope Dose.
🍾 This episode marked the announcement of FUSIONWERX, the first-of-it’s kind commercial-scale testing facility for advanced fusion technologies.
Avalanche Energy has since gone on to raise and addition $29m since posting this episode on Substack!
Join us as we sit down with Robin Langtry, CEO and Co-founder of Avalanche Energy, a fusion startup building micro-sized fusion reactors. We dive into how their “orbital fusion” technology works, why smaller might be better, and how this team of fusion rebels plans to electrify the future — one table-sized reactor at a time.
Grab your favorite form of caffeine, and hop on board.
📝 Show Notes Below 👇
🎧 New podcast episode:
“I just didn’t want to build software anymore — I wanted to build something that could change the physics of the planet.”
— Robin Langtry, CEO of Avalanche Energy
Enjoy the show!
🚀 Companies / Startups Mentioned
⚛️ Avalanche Energy
🛰️ DARPA
🚀 Anduril
⚡ Zap Energy
🔋 Helion
⚡ Oklo
🌎 People / Places / Things Mentioned
📍 Seattle
📍 Los Alamos
📍 Montana
📍 DOE (Department of Energy)
📍 Air Force
📍 Austin
🔬 Ion guns
🔋 High-voltage capacitors
🎮 Sci-fi inspired design
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
[00:00] Intro
[01:23] Meet Robin
[03:48] From Montana to Micronuclear
[07:15] Fusion in a Truck?!
[12:45] Avalanche's Breakthrough
[17:30] Competing with Big Fusion
[22:00] National Security + Energy
[28:49] The Road Ahead
[33:58] Outro
