My conversation with Ethan Thornton, founder of Mach Industries.
Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below.
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:07 - Why Mach needs to exist
3:16 - Early experiments
5:07 - Dropping out of MIT
8:36 - Raising $85 million at 19 years old
11:20 - Decentralized vertical supply chains
13:54 - The most important domain of the next century
15:55 - Betting on hydrogen
18:11 - Overview of Viper and Glide
21:06 - Building feedback loops across teams
25:29 - Facing regulatory hurdles
28:19 - Knowing when to be risk tolerant
29:54 - Time until China invades Taiwan
31:45 - The future of warfare
42:29 - Takeaways from the (unmanned) war in Ukraine
48:23 - Biggest influences on Ethan’s life
49:37 - Mach’s long-term plan
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