TechSurge: Deep Tech VC Podcast
Exploring topics at the intersection of emerging technology, venture capital, and business trends.
Hosted by Celesta Capital.
The TechSurge: Deep Tech VC Podcast shares the latest insights directly from legendary Silicon Valley leaders, daring new founders, and visionary technologists.
Join us as we examine the factors shaping the next major technology cycle shift of AI, examine emerging global tech hubs, and analyze where investment dollars are flowing next.
Each discussion delves into the intersection of technology advancement, market dynamics, and the founder journey, offering insights into the vast opportunities and complex challenges ahead.
For entrepreneurs, investors, or anyone interested in where we're headed next, this is your guide to understanding the technologies and companies poised to transform the future.
China, Funding Cuts, & Campus Controversy: Is U.S. Tech Leadership Falling Behind?
MIT President Emeritus Dr. Rafael Reif joins host Michael Marks for a discussion about the state of U.S. competitiveness in technology, university research funding, current immigration policy, and more. Reif explains why universities remain the innovation engines of economies, educating top talent and generating the foundational research that powers emerging tech and creates new industries. He candidly assesses U.S.-China competition, warns that Chinese research output is rapidly outpacing our own, and urges renewed federal investment.
The discussion explores how restrictive immigration policies threaten the flow of global talent into the U.S and his own impression of current policies as an immigrant from Venezuela himself. As a TSMC board member, Reif also touches on the strategic need for domestic semiconductor fabs, Intel’s path forward, and TSMC’s edge in advancing cutting-edge nodes. Lastly, he addresses gaps in the venture capital funding space and why he created MIT’s The Engine incubator model to fund “tough tech” startups, which helped launch breakthroughs like Commonwealth Fusion Systems.
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Legendary technology founder and venture investor Vinod Khosla joins host Michael Marks for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of AI, major tech cycles, the importance of being honest with founders, and much more. Vinod shares his predictions for the next 25 years of technology advancement and how we should be assessing the risks and benefits as the adoption of artificial intelligence continues to accelerate.
Celesta Capital is a global deep tech venture firm enabling visionary founders at the forefront of scientific and engineering breakthroughs.
The pace and scale of technological discovery has never been greater. Celesta investments seek to capitalize on this opportunity, targeting companies that enable mass adoption of emerging tech, radically improve health outcomes, and transform large industries.
Celesta was founded by Silicon Valley veterans with decades of operating experience building and running global technology businesses. We deploy this intellectual capital to help guide and mentor founding teams to navigate complex business challenges, commercialize early-stage technologies, create new markets, and scale companies globally.
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