âI think when youâre pursuing an idea, itâs oftentimes uncertain, and you need backing from someone and just a space to explore the idea with people you think are really smart, and that was all of the things that Frontier promised,â says Ryan Turnbull.
Itâs been 3 months since we kicked off Frontier, our residency for founders working out what's worth their next decade. Four teams are in residence and between them we've seen plenty of tests, iterations and pivots...which is exactly the point.
It's also reinforced what we believed going in: the idea maze is easier to navigate with community, compute, capital and credibility in your corner.
If you're tinkering on something, we're ready to meet youâin Syd or SFâwhenever you are.
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We're setting up the San Francisco outpost of our Frontier residency.
For Antipodean founders and builders in the States working out what to spend the next decade onâthis is the room you want to be in đ
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Capital, credits, community and credibility are on offer.
If you're ready to take the leap from thinking to doing, EOIs are now open and send @sidkasbekar a DM to connect.
Our Sydney residency is well underway. A small group of exceptional people working alongside each other, raising the ceiling on what they think is reasonable to attempt.
Building, shipping and iterating, consistently.
Electricity demand is growing faster than it has in decades, while costs to support it have skyrocketed. So itâs not ideal that the grid is only operating at ~25% utilisation.
@gridsight is changing thatđ
A decade-long obsession with solving this problem has led Brendan, Kurt and Hugh to build an AI-powered unified capacity management platform, giving utilities an easy way to understand what's happening at the last mile of their grid.
The tailwinds behind the business are stronger than ever, and weâre beyond proud to back the team again in their Series B as they transition the grid from a bottleneck to an era of energy abundance.
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with @airtreevc last night. great event, needs more like this!!
We're putting down roots in the Bay Area đłđ
Airtree's mandate has always been backing Aussie and Kiwi founders building the iconic technology companies of tomorrow. Many of them are choosing to build from the USâand we go where they go.
@sidkasbekar is relocating to SF to be closer to that community.
Whether you're a founder who's already there, thinking about making the move, or looking to connect with other antipodeans in the ecosystemâSid's your guy.
Some of the founders who'll define the next decade of ANZ tech don't have a company yet.
Here's what we're doing about thatđ
Compute. State-of-the-art infra on us. Inference and tooling credits so the experiment budget isn't the thing that decides what gets tried.
Credibility.
Airtree-backed from day one. Intros to customers, recruiting help, a quick read on a contractâwhatever you need.










