Excited to announce our upcoming virtual Impact๏tech seminar: Statistical Literacy for Deep Tech Investors and Entrepreneurs When? Tuesday, May 4th 2-4:30pm PT Info & Application: fiftyyears.com/events/statist…

Interested in envisioning how we might develop climate-friendly cooling solutions that are affordable and accessible to all? 🌎❄️ Apply to attend our upcoming Impact.Tech Seminar! When: June 3rd 2-4:30PM PT Info & Application: fiftyyears.com/events/cooling…

We had a blast at our Impact๏tech seminar on Statistical Literacy for Deep Tech! Check it out on YouTube! 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=HPeVw_…

Interested in learning about how we can harness cutting-edge science to combat declining health as we age? Apply to attend our upcoming *in person* Impact๏tech seminar! 🔬🧪 When & Where: July 8th 4-6:45PM PT at the 50Y HQ Info & Application: fiftyyears.com/events/science…

Our Fifty Years Chief of Staff Alex Teng has a PhD in Environmental Science & Engineering from Caltech, and used to fly for days at a time on NASA planes studying climate. His expertise has been invaluable in finding and supporting the next generation of climate tech founders!

1/ Possibly our most ambitious Fifty Years partnership yet -- an egalitarian global currency designed to be distributed fairly to as many as possible. World says “Because you are a human, you are entitled to this token, this unit of monetary value.” fiftyyears.substack.com/p/worldcoin

As artists are met with the dawn of DALL-E, Elena Mosse and I have been thinking about the larger implications of AI to the creator economy. Our thesis: internet personalities might not be uniquely human, and perhaps something AI can do better. hellometaverse.substack.com/p/the-personal…

Spicy take: great scientists 🧪make the best bio founders. 👩‍🔬The world needs more entrepreneurial scientists building companies to solve the world’s biggest problems. That’s why we’re excited to open nominations for a second Fifty 50 cohort! 👇 fiftyyears.com/fifty-50

Thank you for the read Jay Hack!

Wasn't aware of this, but sounds like Scott Aaronson at OpenAI is working on cryptographically watermarking GPT outputs. Means it should be easy enough (in principle) for e.g. teachers to check if students used GPT to do their homework, StackOverflow to check for GPT use, etc.

Soon, we’ll become dependent on Generative AIs to perform core daily tasks. Yet there’s a real lack of understanding on the inner workings of models. To allay our looming fears for the consequences of blindly trusting AI, Elena Mosse and I dug into it hellometaverse.substack.com/p/entering-the…

🚀 AI x Climate folks 🌍 Join us this June at Hacking for Clean Energy, a hackathon hosted by Lowercarbon Capital, OpenAI, and @CrusoeEnergy aimed at enlisting AI to accelerate the energy transition. 🗓️ June 28-29 🔧 Details & apply: lu.ma/eoi69aaw

We’re bringing 320,000 tonnes of yearly CO2 removal capacity to Northwest Louisiana – leveraging DOE support to increase removal capacity & create over 1,000 new jobs in the region. 17k tonnes in 2026 + 100k tonnes in 2027 + 200k tonnes in later years. More here:

Introducing: Ulysses. We build autonomous underwater drones for ocean stewardship. We raised an oversubscribed $2m pre-seed led by Lowercarbon Capital Ryan Orbuch. We restore seagrass ecosystems in the US and Australia w/ partners like The Nature Conservancy. JOIN US - ulysses.eco/jobs