Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Coffee—the shorter, usually sober version of Climate Tech Cocktails.
Antonio Baclig, Founder and CEO at Inlyte Energy, joins Matt for a jolt of caffeine and a highly charged conversation about powering the future. Using two abundant and inexpensive materials, salt and iron, Antonio and his team are shaking up the energy sector with some novel grid-scale storage solutions. Today, Antonio and Matt dig into Inlyte Energy’s electrifying journey, their crafty business moves, and precisely how they’re redefining the grid storage game.
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“It's an amazing, crazy story, and if we become successful, like wildly successful, I hope someone makes a movie about this.”
Antonio Baclig, Founder and CEO at Inlyte Energy
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🧑💻Yi Cui
🧑💻Will Chueh
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📍Oahu
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Onesie
🔋Sodium-Metal Halide Batteries
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📖A Cubic Mile of Oil: Realities and Options for Averting the Looming Global Energy Crisis
📖Conscious Business: How to Build Value through Values
TIMESTAMPS
[0:00] Intro
[1:45] Antonio’s board meetings
[2:49] Nerd Nite San Francisco
[6:14] Thesis defenses
[10:33] Antonio’s childhood
[13:08] The journey to his current work
[23:27] Deftones concert invitation
[24:18] Antonio’s focus on sodium
[28:04] Transforming sodium metal halide batteries
[29:47] The Activate Program
[32:18] Leapfrogging his business
[35:37] Sharing news of his business acquisition with Activate
[37:00] Inlyte’s present status and future plans
[39:47] Applications for Inlyte and Form Energy products
[41:35] Antonio’s 3 impactful books
[43:17] 3 startups he loves
[46:51] Outro
Antonio Baclig: Inlyte Energy