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Decentralizing the Electric Grid

Andreessen Horowitz

Currently, we face a critical challenge: our electricity demands — expected to nearly double by 2040 due to factors like AI compute, reshoring , and “electrification” — are soaring, but our grid infrastructure and operations struggle to keep pace. We just need to scale reactor buildout. When is enough, enough?

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SaaStr Podcast #342 with Zapier CEO Wade Foster

SaaStr

It turns out cleverness is not a great marketing strategy. I think a big part of this, we’ve got the company’s product, we want to do a better job of servicing these mid market users, make sure that we’re there for them. ” Jason Lemkin: You do this at scale. Wade Foster: Yeah. They love the app, right?

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