Tom Chi

Inventor and investor Tom Chi discusses shifting innovation principles to be biophysically aligned, integrating technology with nature for a sustainable future. Topics include maximizing economic value through sustainable material productivity, ecosystem restoration for financial gains, and transitioning to sustainable agriculture with robotics. Chi explores natural solutions like beavers for climate change and harnessing carbon sinks for regenerative technologies. The conversation emphasizes investing in ecological projects with venture capital, speciation in Homo Sapiens on Mars, and shifting perspectives for sustainable global solutions.

In this engaging discussion, Tom Chi, an impact investor and former Google/X innovator, challenges the notion that economic growth harms ecological health. He highlights groundbreaking approaches harnessing AI and robotics to restore ecosystems. Tom reveals how drones can plant 100,000 mangroves a day and how advanced recycling can lower mining needs. He emphasizes that with innovative practices like regenerative agriculture and ecological mining, technology can work symbiotically with nature, promoting both industry and environmental restoration.

Tom Chi is one of the sharpest minds of our generation. He is the co-founder of Google X and the creator of Google Glass. In this episode, he shares techniques he uses to hack productivity and increase his efficiency in learning. Tom’s systems of living will help you be more effective in the way you work, make better decisions, and put you in a state of constant learning.   Listen out for: - Why knowledge is the enemy of learning. - How to maximize your rate of learning.  - Why metabolizzability is more important than the truth.  - What bright spots, dark spots, and associates are and how they can help you. -The ‘10% Better Fridays’ technique.    Bonus:                                                                            - Subscribe to 'Mindvalley Membership' to discover 65+ transformational Mindvalley programs – at a surprisingly low annual fee here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW      Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Chi, Google X co-founder and clean-tech inventor, and author of Climate Capital. He discusses targeting the 30 industries causing most planetary harm and intercepting pollution at production. He explains factory-led construction, cobotics, and why profitable physical technologies scale. He outlines At One’s hands-on investing that prizes unit economics over performative green.

Tom Chi, founding partner at At One Ventures and author of Climate Capital, is a former Google X product leader turned climate investor. He discusses using physics and unit economics to evaluate deep tech, minimizing integration risk in physical systems, investing criteria for seed/Series A climate startups, and practical founder skills for faster iteration and scale.