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Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt is betting on space solar | Equity Podcast

As the interest in both space and solar grows, one startup aims to merge the two industries. By tapping into the momentum of the commercial space industry and the increasing demand for renewable energy, Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt is on a mission to make space-based solar power a reality with his latest startup: Aetherflux ()…

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As the interest in both space and solar grows, one startup aims to merge the two industries. By tapping into the momentum of the commercial space industry and the increasing demand for renewable energy, Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt is on a mission to make space-based solar power a reality with his latest startup: Aetherflux () .

Today on Equity () , Rebecca Bellan caught up with Bhatt to talk about his transition from fintech to deep tech and why he believes now is the right time to scatter solar power-collecting satellites across the skies. 

Listen to the full episode to hear more about:

• How Aetherflux approached funding as a bootstrapped startup (for now), and what investor interest in space-based solar looks like.

• The challenge of scaling tech that’s literally out of this world.

• And Bellan and Bhatt’s idea for a Burning Man light show.

Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday. 

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  1. @gtleshow

    February 11, 2025 at 11:27 pm

    Craftsmanship challenges in manufacturing are nothing new, but the real conversation should be about how automation and AI-driven quality control are evolving to minimize these issues. Hopefully, the industry starts focusing more on scalable solutions rather than just identifying the same old problems.

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Meet the startup helping Wall Street put a price on AI compute | Equity Podcast

The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. And with hundreds of billions of dollars a year going into data centers and GPUs, compute has become the single biggest cost for anyone building AI products. But for all that spending, there still isn’t a straightforward way to put a price on compute — or for…

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The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. And with hundreds of billions of dollars a year going into data centers and GPUs, compute has become the single biggest cost for anyone building AI products. But for all that spending, there still isn’t a straightforward way to put a price on compute — or for firms to hedge their exposure when the price changes.

Silicon Data just closed a $30 million Series A to change that. The startup aims to become the reference price for GPU rental and an index that a Wall Street futures contract would settle against. The company plans to launch its compute futures trading on the CME October 5th, pending regulatory approval.

On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan is joined by Steve Hou, head of research at Silicon Data, to discuss the health of the AI buildout, and why the data is telling a different story than the doom and gloom headlines about depreciating chips and stalled data centers.

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00:00 Intro

0:59 Futures contracts explained

4:01 Can GPU compute actually be a commodity?

7:10 Who’s really trading these: hyperscalers, AI labs, and market makers

14:32 Locking in prices to make data center debt easier to swallow

18:21 Inside the pricing data

20:25 The A100 mystery: why an old chip is still in high demand

22:56 Do GPUs depreciate as fast as everyone thinks?

23:20 Making sense of the Texas and New York data center pauses

25:40 What the futures curve says about where prices are headed

28:01 Silicon Data’s $30M Series A and what’s next

30:36 Outro

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Is The $700 Samsung Galaxy Ultra 2 the Best Smartwatch on the Market?

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Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 Review: Samsung’s Best and Most Accurate Watch, but Is It Worth $700?

I tested its features, accuracy and battery life, and this is Samsung’s best watch yet. But it’s also the most expensive. Here’s who should splurge on the Ultra 2 and who’s better off with the Galaxy Watch 9. You can find the products mentioned in this article linked below Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra2, Titanium Silver,…

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I tested its features, accuracy and battery life, and this is Samsung’s best watch yet. But it’s also the most expensive. Here’s who should splurge on the Ultra 2 and who’s better off with the Galaxy Watch 9.

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