A warmer world and extreme weather affect every industry and every sector, putting at risk our food, energy, infrastructure, and[…]
The world is waking up to a powerful fact about the future: we need substantially more energy than anyone thought,[…]
The story of Synop began 18 years ago when Dhillon met Andrew Blejde in an engineering class on their first[…]
Just past the entrance of the research and development headquarters of Lightship, in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood, to the[…]
Decarbonizing any industry delivers benefits that go way beyond sustainability. How we cultivate soil, grow crops, and raise livestock has been[…]
Adrian Wons got into mechanical engineering in the most German way possible: through cars. He never expected to take a[…]
Host Andrew Beebe speaks to one of the greatest living writers of science fiction, Kim Stanley Robinson.
2022 was a big year for Climate Tech, particularly in the U.S. The Inflation Reduction Act, also known as the[…]
Forum is building EV charging infrastructure and providing heavy-duty electric trucks for the short trips between ports and warehouses that[…]
The climate bill, or the Inflation Reduction Act in DC-speak, represents a sea change in American climate policy. The financial[…]
When Hayley Cashdollar was in graduate school, the importance of being part of a diverse team hit her like a[…]
For this bonus episode, we’re flipping the script. Host Andrew Beebe sits down with Emily Brady, Editorial Director at Obvious[…]
Cathy Zoi is the CEO of EVgo, America’s largest fast charging network for electric vehicles. She’s been a leader in[…]
Dr. Rachel Slaybaugh is a nuclear expert and investor at DCVC, where she focuses on climate tech. She was Associate[…]
Nan Ransohoff is Head of Climate at Stripe. As part of her role, Nan leads Frontier, an advance market commitment[…]
Molly Wood is an investor at the early stage venture firm LAUNCH, and co-host of This Week in Startups. She[…]
Tony Fadell led the teams that brought us the iPod, iPhone, and the Nest thermostat. He’s currently Principal at venture[…]
Jason Jacobs is the creator and host of My Climate Journey, a podcast that demystifies climate change and helps people[…]
Maria Fujihara is Founder & CEO of SINAI Technologies, the world’s leading enterprise software platform to measure, analyze, price, and[…]
To begin the series, we speak with Jigar Shah, Director for the Loan Programs Office at the U.S. Department of[…]
In hindsight, all great ideas are Obvious. The big ideas of today will become market-leading companies in the near future,[…]
Last year we outlined why and how the long boom of climate tech was just getting started. Well, it got started, it[…]
Earlier in the year, I spelled out a broad view of the Climate Decade ahead. In this ten year period, businesses,[…]
It was January 2018 when Maria Fujihara, completely broke and in need of airfare back to Brazil from the Bay[…]
As we finally put 2020 into hindsight, the road ahead is uncertain. On the one hand, stock markets continue to[…]
An article I recently co-wrote with Di-Ann Eisnor sparked some controversy. The post, about cities of the near future, took as a[…]
It’s 2030, and North American cities are choking on poorly planned, uneven growth. The construction industry continues to be plagued[…]
There’s a revolution in the air. Literally, up in the sky. Winged devices and the necessary ecosystem around them are[…]
Welcome to the slow, unreliable, expensive, and dirty world of residential construction: Neighborhood disruption. Delays. Change orders. Cost overruns. Permitting problems.[…]
Fifteen years ago, when I joined the early ranks of clean energy entrepreneurs, we were nearly dead in the water[…]
At Obvious Ventures, we believe stored electricity, increasingly derived from renewable sources, will entirely replace fossil fuels as the preferred[…]
