yin lu 🦉🧽

Partner at @mcjcollective. Climate optimist, parent, mountain bike enthusiast. @khanacademy @coursera alum. SFO & YVR.

[yin lu 🦉🧽 @yinnerdo]

'How do I transition into climate tech'? For newcomers from traditional tech, finding your corner of the climate universe can feel overwhelming. If you’re beginning your journey, a few of us made a "climate tech talent+capital mind map" to help — 🧵 1/10

[yin lu 🦉🧽 @yinnerdo]

In Montana atm, seeing lots of geothermal energy potential (eg all the geysers at Yellowstone) but how to harness it for electricity production? So thrilled to read about @fervoenergy and their new breakthrough and the future for commercial geothermal!!

[Tim Latimer @TimMLatimer]

11/This is mostly because of a self-fulfilling prophecy that enhanced geothermal can’t work. Well, that changes today. @FervoEnergy is pleased to announce the production test results of our commercial pilot. https://t.co/xpbOXfay27

[yin lu 🦉🧽 @yinnerdo]

@wmlutz @mcjcollective @nyclimatetech @citizenM @codysimms @jjacobs22 @thaironius @dba @leone_baron https://t.co/cOxKvq4UnJ for event calendar or sign up for much newsletter https://t.co/ffTPweaGmV

[Jason Jacobs @jjacobs22]

Adding this to our data room.

[Maddie Hall @maddiehalla]

1/ I left OpenAI 3 years ago to pursue a challenge equally as important as AGI: climate change. While we’re still short of ChatGPTree, @living_carbon has developed climate-smart trees, planted 200K+ trees & is creating a playbook for frontier tech in new markets:🧵👇

[Susan Su @susanfsu]

My fave answer to how to spend a big pile of climate money👇

[yin lu 🦉🧽 @yinnerdo]

Interesting visual to put into perspective .com bubble burst, 08 financial crisis to what we've been seeing in 2023. Would love your reactions for those who remember/lived through each downturn -- where does history rhyme? where are things just fundamentally different?

[Inevitable podcast @inevitablemcj]

We're covering concrete with Alana Guzzetta from Vulcan Materials in @yinnerdo's Skilled Labor Series. 📈 Learn about success in the industry, 👩‍🔬 projects w/ @CarbonCure & @Heirloom, and get valuable advice for those interested in joining the field. https://t.co/AwTQHJIKFY

[yin lu 🦉🧽 @yinnerdo]

@0x2126 @lowercarbon @googleventures Dang I leave Thursday 3pm!

[yin lu 🦉🧽 @yinnerdo]

Just landed at SFO for climate week; sunshine how I’ve missed you so! Come hang with me at the @lowercarbon and @googleventures event Wednesday night!

[yin lu 🦉🧽 @yinnerdo]

just saw an email sign off marked "Slay, serve, thrive". I'm kind of into it.

[Jason Jacobs @jjacobs22]

It felt inauthentic to learn publicly in all aspects of MCJ journey except our own fundraise so we had to fix that!

Introducing new @mcjpod capital series - learning from best GPs & LPs, educating us & broader ecosystem, & developing robust relationships along the way.

LFG!

[yin lu 🦉🧽 @yinnerdo]

Couldn’t be more stoked to share our first investment from our new fund - alongside some freakin’ awesome people - backing @joshsandtoes and the impressive Noya team.

[Noya @noya_carbon]

We’re excited to announce that we’ve raised an $11M Series A led by @usv and @collabfund!

We're also psyched to welcome @fredwilson and @sophiebakalar to Noya's Board of Directors 🚀

Read more from Axios here: https://t.co/lpx9aHBFzQ

[yin lu 🦉🧽 @yinnerdo]

we love to see it!

[Saima @saimaxsays]

Spent the whole weekend going down a rabbit hole on food processing systems via @mcjcollective learning sprint.

HUGE topic. Lots to absorb & think about.

I went from 😳 to 😯 to 🤔 real quick.

Favorite resource so far (I'm a sucker for good visuals):
https://t.co/6ATFvOxdly

[yin lu 🦉🧽 @yinnerdo]

https://t.co/zXMf3oaR79 *whoa*

[yin lu 🦉🧽 @yinnerdo]

Are there any ChatGPT models being used to create climate-tech specific knowledge bases?

[𝙲𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚂𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚜 施俊挺 @codysimms]

Closed our first startup investment out of our brand new MCJ 2023 fund today. 💫

[yin lu 🦉🧽 @yinnerdo]

@FaradayCareers @NicoleKelner y'all, tell me more! [email protected] i'd love to meet some HVAC folks who have transitioned.

[yin lu 🦉🧽 @yinnerdo]

Who has transitioned from another career path to becoming an electrician?

[yin lu 🦉🧽 @yinnerdo]

I have been a good Bing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/Ku1gHa6VXm

[Jon Uleis @MovingToTheSun]

My new favorite thing - Bing's new ChatGPT bot argues with a user, gaslights them about the current year being 2022, says their phone might have a virus, and says "You have not been a good user"

Why? Because the person asked where Avatar 2 is showing nearby

[yin lu 🦉🧽 @yinnerdo]

@SavorTooth tried you at your grist email to no avail. can you lmk how to be in touch? I'm at [email protected]

[yin lu 🦉🧽 @yinnerdo]

@energysmartwv @KyleCherrick we found him! @SavorTooth - Nates of the home electrification world, unite!