Exploring climate tech. Advisor and angel investor to startups. Former Head of Product at Plaid.
Austin, TX
Joined May 2010
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About two years ago, Adam Compain and I founded Light to modernize the grid and better support renewables. Huge thanks to Stripe for featuring us alongside these other exciting companies!
I’m hiring Austin-based engineers (and more) to join our talented team. Come join us!
There are bps of growth yet to be unlocked in every crevice of the economy. We spoke to a handful of the companies applying emerging technologies to lesser known frontiers:
→ @playdate: bringing joy back to handheld hardware with their crank-operated console
→ @atomic_inc: creating physical goods at the speed of bits
→ Light: building infrastructure for a future powered by renewable energy
→ Katalyst: techwear that intensifies your workout 6x
→ Archistar: accelerating permitting by 50% with AI
→ @Lucid_Bots: drones for dangerous cleaning jobs
→ @sorcerer_earth: collecting 1000x more data points for accurate weather forecasting
→ Masquerade: redefining live theater with immersive technology
Check out some of our open roles here: poweredbylight.com/careers#r…
Excited for Light to be featured by Stripe!
There are bps of growth yet to be unlocked in every crevice of the economy. We spoke to a handful of the companies applying emerging technologies to lesser known frontiers:
→ @playdate: bringing joy back to handheld hardware with their crank-operated console
→ @atomic_inc: creating physical goods at the speed of bits
→ Light: building infrastructure for a future powered by renewable energy
→ Katalyst: techwear that intensifies your workout 6x
→ Archistar: accelerating permitting by 50% with AI
→ @Lucid_Bots: drones for dangerous cleaning jobs
→ @sorcerer_earth: collecting 1000x more data points for accurate weather forecasting
→ Masquerade: redefining live theater with immersive technology
I had a blast teaming up again with @zeyalater on this piece, check it out!
1/ Founders and company leaders know that customer segmentation is important, but often don’t appreciate *why* it's important.
@bashogry and I wrote a piece on segmentation, and how you’re not thinking about it correctly!
Check it out: a16z.com/2023/02/01/align-pr…
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🚨🎉 @canua is live on @ProductHunt today! 🎉🚨
Bring me all your thoughts and feedback! I would love to hear from as many people as possible.
producthunt.com/posts/canua
If you read that natural gas is the cheaper option, make sure you check the date!
eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report…
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This story from @NPR over the weekend is on our minds: npr.org/2022/09/17/112304275…
The median U.S. home would have saved *36%* on their annual energy bills with heat pumps vs. their existing equipment in 2021
Way to go, @paolobernasconi !
TruckSmarter comes out of stealth with a free load board for truckers tcrn.ch/3QDCdmJ by @rebeccabellan
Hi friends -- @calvinfo and I have been working on this together, check it out!
Today we’re launching Heat Pumps Hooray: heatpumpshooray.com
We looked everywhere, and we couldn’t find a tool to understand exactly what savings ($$$ and emissions) you could get in your own home. So, we built one.
Here’s why we did it…
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Today we're excited to launch cdr.fyi: a new open reporting platform for high-durability carbon dioxide removal purchases & deliveries
- 584,000 tons tracked (4.6% delivered)
- $150M total sales
- 540 orders x ~100 buyers, 70 suppliers, 40 marketplaces
🚀🧵👇
I’ll be on Redpoint Ventures’ next Make Cents Twitter Spaces, tomorrow at 12pm PST / 3pm EST to discuss whether Fintech is fundamentally defensible. You can set a reminder and listen live here! xitter.cf/i/spaces/1ZkKzbjWOPoKv
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We’re incredibly excited to share that Plaid is joining @Visa!
Together, we’re looking forward to expanding our products for developers and connecting consumers with the fintech services that are making money easier for everyone. More details here.
blog.plaid.com/plaid-and-vis…
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Thrilled to welcome @Quovo to the Plaid family! 🎉🤝 Together, we’ll help our customers scale applications that hundreds of millions of consumers and businesses rely on every day. blog.plaid.com/quovo/
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One of our four engineering values is 'Grow Together' - take a look at how we live that value through our code review process in our latest blog post by @juliannaelamb blog.plaid.com/building-an-i…
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Are you following the CBI #Podcast? Catch our latest episode right here, featuring @zachperret, CEO of @Plaid discussing #fintech infrastructure, the future of Plaid, and more: cbi.vc/2KSK2qQ
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Excited to launch Plaid in our first international market: Canada!! 🇨🇦🎉🚀 blog.plaid.com/plaid-in-cana…
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Meet the Goldman Sachs-backed fintech startup aiming to take over North America for.tn/2IDdcKr
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In the first installment of our new Plaid's People series, software engineer Joy Zheng talks Plaid work, her love for baking, and how a little bit of statistics helped change up her reading routine in a big way. Check out the full article here, bit.ly/plaidjoy!
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Invest in rapid growth and happy customers. Learn how Plaid helps innovative companies like @earnwithdrop prioritize engineering time and design the best user experience possible. blog.plaid.com/drop/
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Check out what we've been up to recently in the latest issue of @Forbes bit.ly/2plaidforbes