In today’s episode, we cover:

• KoBold’s team and its business
• Why cobalt is known as the “goblin metal”
• The collaboration of software engineering, data science and mineral exploration at KoBold
• KoBold’s “machine prospector”
• Kurt’s journey to taking action on climate change
• Why cobalt makes for a good ingredient in batteries
• Why cobalt is known as the “blood diamond of metals”
• KoBold’s technology and the “messy data problem”
• KoBold’s business model
• Investment from Equinor and reconciling working with an oil and gas company

Links to topics discussed in this episode:

• KoBold Metals: https://www.koboldmetals.com/
• Connie Chan’s announcement of Andreessen Horowitz’ investment: https://a16z.com/2019/03/04/kobold-metals/
• Equinor: https://www.equinor.com/en.html

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*Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant