Xcimer’s Founder, CEO, and Chief Science Officer Conner Galloway and Co-founder, President, and Chief Technology Officer Alex Valise are building the world’s most powerful gas lasers to ignite fusion energy. With $170MM of capital raised, they are, step-by-step, commercializing scientifically validated concepts to deliver big, beautiful, clean energy.

00:00 Welcome

00:28 Meet Conner, Alex, and Xcimer

12:44 Fusion Basics Explained

18:41 Inside the Fuel Pellet

28:49 Excimer Lasers and Pulse Compression

35:08 Warehouse Scale Facility

41:55 Liquid Wall Target Chamber

49:27 Efficiency and Target Gain

52:04 Roadmap Phoenix to Athena

58:56 Directed Energy Spinoffs

01:00:44 Conclusion

Alex Kendall, founder and CEO of Wayve, a UK-based company with $1.3 billion of funding from Microsoft, NVIDIA, Softbank and Uber, discusses Wayve’s head start in end-to-end AI for driving, its efficient training and run-time architecture, and its suitability to any car manufacturer.

00:00 Welcome to Tech Cars Machines

01:32 Introduction to Alex Kendall and Wayve

02:00 Wayve’s Autonomous Technology Explained

04:21 The End-to-End AI Approach

06:54 Wayve’s Data Efficiency and Learning

09:13 Alex Kendall’s Background and Journey

12:07 Wayve’s Path to Commercialization

23:22 Wayve’s Competitive Edge and Market Position

25:41 Adoption and Consumer Perception of Autonomous Vehicles

31:56 Customization and OEM Integration

35:51 Future of Autonomous Driving and Industry Impact

Brandon Sorbom, Chief Science Officer and Co-founder of Commonwealth Fusion Systems, is helping spend $3+ billion to turn hydrogen into abundant, safe and readily available energy. In our fourth fusion episode, Brandon educates us on the most time-tested approach to fusion which uses powerful magnets. CFS hopes to deliver commercial energy by the early 2030s.

0:00 Introduction

02:33 The Journey from MIT to Commonwealth Fusion Systems

04:30 Securing Funding and Building Credibility

05:44 Understanding Fusion and Tokamaks

08:44 Brandon’s Personal Journey to Fusion

12:34 Explaining the Tokamak and Fusion Process

28:23 Neutrons and Energy Conversion

31:39 High Temperature Superconducting Material

39:26 Scaling Up Production and Cost Considerations

42:53 The SPARC Prototype and Its Challenges

48:23 Transitioning from Spark to ARC

01:04:59 Conclusion and Final Thoughts