This Week in Startups: Mining asteroids with AstroForge CEO Matthew Gialich | E1736
Jason Calacanis 5/5/23 - Episode Page
AstroForge CEO Matthew Gialich joins Jason to discuss his startup’s lofty goal of mining Platinum Group Metals from asteroids (1:11). They discuss the recent launch of their Brokkr-1 space vehicle, the company’s road map to gather PGMs successfully from space, and SpaceX’s impact on the space industry (5:42). Then, Founder University’s Kelly Schricker gives a presentation on how to set up a fundraising process for your startup (31:51).
(0:00) AstroForge’s Matthew Gialich joins Jason
(1:11) The purpose of mining asteroids
(5:42) Brokkr-1 mission
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(12:09) AstroForge’s roadmap
(16:07) Unit economics of hardware-based businesses
(17:38) Scaling Virgin Orbit and Virgin Galactic
(20:51) Pilot - Get 20% off the first 6 months at https://pilot.com/twist
(22:20) The evolution of the space economy
(30:43) Crowdbotics - Get a free scoping session for your next big app idea at http://crowdbotics.com/twist
(31:51) How to set up a fundraising process
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