Excited to announce the new season of The Frontier State podcast at Harvard University, debuting this week!Interviewed throughout 2025, we will release full episodes over the next few weeks exclusively on Substack.The Summer '25 drop includes 7 conversations with builders, investors, & thinkers - at the frontier.First up: Ravi Jain (ex-CTO, Project Tapestry, Google X, The Moonshot Factory ) on “the Google Maps for the Electric Grid” - stay tuned for the episode drop this week!Among others, this season will include: - Jason Shuman (General Partner, Primary Venture Partners): Day-0 signals that predict seed winners in Vertical AI- Philip Johnston (Starcloud / Y Combinator S24): Space-based data centers - hype vs physics- Amy Duffuor (Co-Founder & General Partner, Azolla Ventures): Climate seed investing without the fluff- Oluseun Taiwo (CEO, Solideon, ex-Virgin Orbit): Autonomous manufacturing - Jay Ash (Ex-Housing & Econ. Development Secretary, Commonwealth of Massachusetts & President, Massachusetts Competitive Partnership): Compete-to-build playbook- Emily Knight (CEO, The Engine Accelerator, an MIT spin-off): The systems that move lab→marketAt The Frontier State, Ira Jackson and I will continue covering: - 21st Century frameworks of innovation, - the growth of cities and radical technologies, and - the equitable ways civilization can fund new economies.

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