E41: Russ Vorobev - Next-Gen Composite Materials (Frontier #4)

Leading the charge of next-gen composite materials manufacturing is Russ Vorobev, founder of Composite Vision. Russ has a PhD in Mechanics & Mathematics with a lifelong passion for DeepTech and composite materials engineering, and excels at making complex subjects easy to understand. His company turbo-charges non-destructive testing (NDT) of composites in aerospace by leveraging AI algorithms.

He discusses his DeepTech startup, the applications and end-markets for his technology, the playbook for securing big industrial companies as customers, next-gen composite materials innovation, the future global energy mix, his background in nuclear energy, electric vehicles (EVs), whether AI is on a hype cycle or not, how AI is used for composites, and how to excel at communicating complicated concepts to investors - a must-have tool in the arsenal of any DeepTech founder!

Learn more about Russ' company here: https://composite.vision/

Connect with Russ here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russ-v/
Connect with James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/
Connect with Suraj here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraj-t-4a9630155/

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00:00 Russ' DeepTech Startup
07:36 Getting Industrial Customers & New End-Markets
16:58 Future of Energy Discussion
22:09 What is the Future of Composites?
36:25 Advice for DeepTech Founders
39:04 Russ' Nuclear Energy Background & EVs
50:46 AI Hype Cycle
53:33 How to Communicate Complex Ideas
56:36 Russ' Call-to-Action

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