Stage: Breakout

AI is pulling forward energy innovation, both by accelerating technology enabling the data center boom today, and by applying AI to help deliver energy projects on time and on budget. In this conversation, Earthshot General Partner Matt Logan will explore these themes in conversation with Emerald AI’s CEO Varun Sivaram, and Unlimited Industries’ CEO Alex

Innovation that bolsters American resilience can also save the environment. The deep-tech-enabled reinvention of American industry means rethinking manufacturing methods, energy production, logistics, and resource extraction and recovery. Learn how DCVC finds and seizes on these generational opportunities.

Even in a challenging economic and policy landscape, climate innovation continues to advance. This session explores real progress across the climate tech ecosystem, from founders gaining traction to investors backing breakthrough ideas and corporates driving measurable impact. Join Andrew Sparks and Dave Brekke, Co-Chairs of the Goodwin’s Climate Technology practice, along with their guests Alisha

Is raising massive capital a guaranteed path to success? It can feel like it, until it isn’t. In today’s landscape there is much hype around major capital infusions but there is also a lot that can go wrong. At One Ventures’ Tony Moses and Proterra’s COO Gwilym Jeans share the risks that can come with

SOSV’s hard tech startup development program, HAX is launching the “NJ HAX Plasma Forge” in Princeton, NJ, a hub to support startups in commercialization of plasma technologies, adjacent to and supported by the expertise and resources of Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. NJ HAX Plasma Forge will leverage HAX’s capabilities and track record of accelerating hard

Join AirMiners for a conversation with three breakthrough carbon removal startups from Launchpad’s latest cohort — Pure Hawa, CLARGREE and Vaultterra — to get firsthand insights on where the carbon removal sector is headed and what’s working on the ground today — from emerging technologies to shifting market dynamics.

As the world races toward net zero, electrons are at the center of the transition—how they’re generated, stored, utilized, and optimized will define the future of energy. This panel, hosted by TDK Ventures, will explore cutting-edge innovations across the energy landscape through the lens of deep tech, showcasing breakthrough companies and technologies that are redefining

What does it take to commercialize technology that the world once thought impossible? As co-founder of Twelve and Interim Managing Director of Activate NY, Etosha Cave has seen firsthand how climate founders turn cutting-edge science into scalable businesses. This breakout will unpack real-world lessons from carbon tech: aligning science and markets, building credibility with investors,

In this session, EIP’s techno-economic whiz Dr. Melissa Ball will explain the dos and don’ts of techno economic analysis, the power of a simple model, and open the session up for office hours to allow for Q&A. Back by popular demand!

Climate tech startups face some of the toughest funding hurdles, especially when building “first-of-a-kind” projects and scaling breakthrough technologies. In this session, Rajesh Swaminathan, partner at Khosla Ventures, will dive into how three pioneering founders have addressed these challenges: LanzaTech (carbon recycling, $1.3B in total funding), Fortera (low-carbon cement, $175.5M in total funding) and Mazama