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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. But we can’t just rely on nuclear power.

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SaaStr Podcast #342 with Zapier CEO Wade Foster

SaaStr

” Jason Lemkin: You do this at scale. So I think there is going to be just a… It wouldn’t surprise me if the new sort of family business is a software shop, a SaaS business that does like 10 million in ARR, or a million in ARR, somewhere in between there and it’s pretty successful. Jason Lemkin: In like 2040?

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