Climate Tech Coffee: Avalanche Energy (rewind)

Norma: Monica Larrazabal

NORMA: MÓNICA LARRAZÁBAL ☁️🔋DIRECT AIR CAPTURE, ⚡️SUPERCAPACITORS, 🥖BAGUETTES AND MORE! Fellow Hope Dealers, welcome to another episode of Hope Dose. In this episode, we head to Paris to grab a drink with Mónica Larrazábal [https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicalarrazabal/], Co-Founder and CEO of Norma [https://norma.tech/]. Mónica walks us through Norma’s radically different approach to carbon capture — one that treats direct air capture not as an energy-consuming process, but an energy-storing one. We get into supercapacitors, sandwich-stacked cells, the “winter” in climate funding, and why she believes today is the best moment to invest in carbon removal. Plus: how to carry a baguette like a true Parisian. 📝 Show Notes Below👇 🎧 New podcast episode: > “Call me bold, but I think today is the best moment to invest in carbon removal.” > > > — Mónica Larrazábal, Co-Founder and CEO of Norma Find Mónica on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicalarrazabal/], and check out Norma’s website [https://norma.tech/] here. 🍸 Recorded across the Atlantic — Paris meets Hope Dose. 🥖 Enjoy the show! 📻 Listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and Substack 👉 Interested in sponsoring? Please reach out to m@hopedose.co [m@hopedose.co] Companies/Startups mentioned during the show: ☁️ Norma [https://norma.tech/] 🔥 Avalanche Energy [https://www.avalanche.energy/] 🤝 Founders Pledge [https://www.founderspledge.com/] 💚 Milkywire [https://www.milkywire.com/] 💸 Counteract [https://counteract.vc/] 💸 Marble [https://marble.studio/] People/places/things mentioned during the show: 🧑‍🔬 Dr. Silvia Pugliese — Co-Founder & CTO of Norma 📍 Paris, France [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris] 📍 Spain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain] 📍 Venezuela [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela] 📍 Buenos Aires [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires] 📍 Amsterdam [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam] 📍 Château de Versailles [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Versailles] ⚡️ Supercapacitor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercapacitor] 🌍 Direct Air Capture (DAC) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_air_capture] 🏭 Electrolyzer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis_of_water] 🍝 Pasta alla Norma [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasta_alla_Norma] 📚 The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything — Peter Brannen [https://www.theatlantic.com/author/peter-brannen/] -TIMESTAMPS- [00:00] Intro [01:38] Learning Languages & Multilingual Hellos [02:40] How to Be Parisian: The Baguette Technique [05:11] Siestas, Hammocks & Managing Energy [06:43] What Norma Is Building [08:12] The Electrochemical Umbrella & DAC [09:49] Supercapacitive Carbon Capture, Explained [13:15] What Happens to the Carbon? [14:51] Storing Energy as a Flexibility Asset [16:13] Additional Revenue Streams & Use Cases [19:15] Device Size, Prototypes & the “Sandwich” Design [21:13] Why Modularity Matters [23:35] The Roadmap: 2027 Pilot Facility & Beyond [24:24] The 10 Gigaton Goal [24:48] Matt’s Skepticism on DAC & the Energy Problem [28:05] Avalanche Energy & Desktop-Size Fusion [28:36] The Origin of the Norma Name [30:44] The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything [33:52] Intermediate Revenue Streams & Surviving the Downturn [36:11] What’s Giving Monica Hope: Founders Pledge [41:17] How You Can Help Norma [44:46] Closing Thoughts & Le Grand Bal Masqué [46:26] END

Climate Tech Coffee: Avalanche Energy (rewind)

☕ 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.   📣 READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT HERE!   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 [https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-langtry-94899195/], CEO and Co-founder of Avalanche Energy [https://www.avalanchefusion.com/], 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

Mitra Chem: Vivas Kumar

🔋Batteries, ⛓️ Supply Chain Innovation, 🌍 Energy Transition, 🤺 Olympic Fencing, and More⚡ Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Cocktails [https://www.climatetechcocktails.com/]! Get ready for some shrewd global insights with Vivas Kumar [https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivaskumar/], CEO of Mitra Chem [https://www.mitrachem.com/], here today! Swapping cocktails for hydrogen water, Vivas shares his journey from Singapore & Tesla's supply chain to innovating iron-based cathodes. He and Matt cover Li-ion battery history (Korean War to Walkman!), the intense truth of entrepreneurship (what Stanford doesn't teach!), US funding's role, as well as fencing & travel tales from Tbilisi to South Africa. Drink up and enjoy this deep dive into tech, markets & climate drive!

Nature's Fynd: Thomas Jonas

🌱Alternative Proteins, 🌱Fungi Powered Nutrition,⚡️Infrastructure, and 💥More Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Cocktails [https://www.climatetechcocktails.com/]! Celebrating the poetic irony of sustainable protein rising from the ashes of Chicago's meatpacking past, Thomas Jonas [https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-jonas-569407/], CEO and Co-founder of Nature's Fynd [https://www.naturesfynd.com/], joins Matt for today’s stop on the "Here We Are" tour. Together, they unveil the magic of fungi-powered nutrition cultivated from a resilient Yellowstone microbe, and how it can revolutionize our plates and heal the planet. So buckle up for a thoroughly enlightening journey into the future of food, where microbes are the unsung heroes of a sustainable tomorrow!

Bloom: Justin Kosmides

🚲 E-Bikes, 🏭 Manufacturing, ♻️ Circular Economy, 📍Detroit, and  More Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Cocktails [https://www.climatetechcocktails.com/]! Coffee, E-bikes, the resurgence of American Manufacturing in Detroit, and a deep dive into the circular economy are all on the menu today as Justin Kosmides [https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinkosmides/], co-founder and CEO of Bloom [https://www.togetherwebloom.us/] joins Matt for a chat. A trailblazer in the electric mobility space, Bloom [https://www.togetherwebloom.us/] is building an operations-as-a-service platform to help e-mobility companies scale production and operate efficiently. Coming at you straight from Newlab Detroit [https://www.newlab.com/blogs/newlab-announces-launch-of-new-founder-fellowship-in-detroit-for-climate-tech-founders], this is one electric ride!