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Many climate discussions start with the question: "What's the breakthrough technology?"

What if some of the most important innovations are cultural, institutional, and philosophical?

Tom Chi and Marcius Extavour

Watch: https://t.co/5mjWUMITpU
Listen: https://t.co/8w9wNKYvmz

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At Founder One 2026 we all got a tool belt and earned swag by completing each of the day’s modules. Instead of yet another water bottle or vest, folks came away with a headlamp, tape measure, and a level.

What would you build from our Founder One swag this year?

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This handful of people invented the methods we use today to feed our population, house them, and meet our growing energy needs. Wouldn't you like to make an impact like this? Watch Tom's talk here, 47 minutes in: https://t.co/jvj72PDYw1

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Thank you again to our Founder One sponsors Goodwin, SVB, and Sequoia, plus all those who came to our investor networking event. Great to see just how our larger ecosystem lets us connect, really listen each other, learn, and come away re-energized for the months ahead.

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Would you rather remove 10 billion plastic bottles from the ocean—or prevent them from becoming waste in the first place?

Tom Chi talks about solving this problem and more for On The Rise w/ Marcius Extavour.

Watch: https://t.co/YZfKLiTsVl
Listen: https://t.co/iY30YvZh0Z

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Another behind the scenes from Founder One 2026: Mark Schwager’s strategy game Purchase Disorder.

During this session on manufacturing founders were either the CM (Contract Manufacturer) or OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), working to achieve mutual success or… collapse.

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“Preparing for a #FOAK is incredibly challenging, both the derisking and the fundraising.”

VP Tony Moses breaks down what to consider before creating a first-of-a-kind production facility: https://t.co/LIYmFye0pH

#manufacturing #projectfinance #canyouhandleit

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Just how did we construct this year’s Founder One event? Our winning formula:

SF + At One Ventures + [(Learning + Networking + Games) × Investors × Entrepreneurs] = New Tools + Stronger Community

Daytime = learning
Evening = connecting
San Francisco = most excellent vibes

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At our firm, we support entrepreneurs who are building solutions for our planet.. but all solutions were originally just ideas.
At #AspenIdeasClimate this July, @thegoodtomchi will be on stage with a transformational talk about how get the best ideas built.

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Why nature-based investments? "We are passing into the era where it is too expensive to not address climate destabilization," explains Tom Chi in #ClimateCapital, quoted in @cleantechnica overview of this all-too-pressing issue: https://t.co/fSP7Ehw04c

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Carl Sagan told a congressional committee how planetary atmospheres work in 1985. It's been 40 years, and the physics haven't changed. What changed is that we started treating scientific facts like social opinions to be voted on. Read Tom Chi in @Inc: https://t.co/gnO4cavyu2

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Just a few snaps from our annual Founder One event, where this year we focused on finance, operations and manufacturing skills. We ended our day with a small gathering of investors, taking advantage of the fact that we were all together in one room.

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Here's the headline: Amazon signed a multi-year deal with Transaera to install desiccant-based HVAC in its warehouses. https://t.co/mmtPQZzHhQ Here's the actual story: Finally, hyperscalers are investing in dehumidification, not just A/C.

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Fifty years ago, Denmark outright removed around 40% of Greenland, or nearly 1 million square kilometers, from economic use, writes Tom Chi. Bonkers? Maybe. But may not everything should be exposed to economic optimization. https://t.co/VLYH0rsIES #climate

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Kicked off our annual event, Founder One, with a gathering at Spark Social yesterday...

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How do you make novel assets credit-ready? This week at the Silicon Valley Private Markets Forum in San Francisco, At One's GP Tom Chi joined Oliver Beavers from Phosphor to answer that question – using portfolio company @CUBY Technologies as an example.

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Historically speaking, the best venture investors in the world have been those willing to take risks and enter sectors early, before anyone else believed in them. Do you have the courage to do this? What new area of climate investing are you exploring?

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It's that time of year again... Time for our annual Founder One 🔘 event, which brings together the entrepreneurs in the At One Ventures portfolio to learn critical skills and connect with each other and our team. May 11-12th, 2026 🪸

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Today, our portfolio company @colossal's bluebuck de-extinction project was featured in @time. These remarkable African antelopes have been extinct since 1800. Their revival will help build a scientific foundation for antelope conservation. https://t.co/rsuiuS3msD

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Nature has created the miraculous wealth and diversity we have inherited as a species through its sophisticated metabolisms around water, material, and energy cycling. Every plant is a skillful biochemical factory and mining operation.