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Agree or disagree? The current narrative on AI is that the data center buildout required to fuel it will destroy our environment, but AI can actually play a significant role in improving environmental outcomes. The Pulse of AI: www.thepulseofai.com/post/from-go...
From Google X to Climate Solutions: Interview with Tom Chi
New Pulse of AI Podcast! Tom Chi joins Pulse of AI Podcast Host Jason Stoughton to talk about his new book, his investment thesis at his deep tech venture firm At One Ventures as well as his time at Google X leading the teams that created autonomous cars, wearable augmented reality and deep learning.As a renowned physicist/innovator turned venture capitalist, Tom was a founding member of GoogleX where so many of the recent groundbreaking discoveries in AI
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February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Agree or disagree? The current narrative on AI is that the data center buildout required to fuel it will destroy our environment, but AI can actually play a significant role in improving environmental outcomes. The Pulse of AI: www.thepulseofai.com/post/from-go...
Taiwan’s experiment with "deliberative democracy" is an example of how to solve the problem of deepfakes and misinformation. This is what I mean when I talk about the power of community, and how data-driven, build-forward conversations can drive coherent action and results. #ClimateCapital
Want to solve deepfakes? Ask citizens what to do
Assemblies can bridge the gap between people being treated as voters and consumers
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February 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Taiwan’s experiment with "deliberative democracy" is an example of how to solve the problem of deepfakes and misinformation. This is what I mean when I talk about the power of community, and how data-driven, build-forward conversations can drive coherent action and results. #ClimateCapital
Sometimes we get so wrapped up in hitting a certain metric that we forget to ask the question, What actually happened? What nuanced information can we observe when we are not blinded by our expectations of a result?
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Sometimes we get so wrapped up in hitting a certain metric that we forget to ask the question, What actually happened? What nuanced information can we observe when we are not blinded by our expectations of a result?
"What actually happened?" gets you out of the world of representation. It gets you out of the place where all progress is virtual, meme-battle trench warfare, and spectacle debates. The widespread denial of the climate and humanitarian crises is us ignoring what actually happened. #ClimateCapital
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
"What actually happened?" gets you out of the world of representation. It gets you out of the place where all progress is virtual, meme-battle trench warfare, and spectacle debates. The widespread denial of the climate and humanitarian crises is us ignoring what actually happened. #ClimateCapital
At the Cleantech Group event today delivering a lunchtime keynote on the #3ShellModel I've developed to help our companies move their breakthrough technologies from pilot stages to successful industrial deployment.
January 28, 2026 at 2:30 PM
At the Cleantech Group event today delivering a lunchtime keynote on the #3ShellModel I've developed to help our companies move their breakthrough technologies from pilot stages to successful industrial deployment.
The ability to form a community is one of our most foundational skills as a species – to learn from each other, to coordinate, to make plans and dream together. No matter how skilled we were as individuals, we have always gotten more, been able to become more by being in community. #ClimateCapital
January 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM
The ability to form a community is one of our most foundational skills as a species – to learn from each other, to coordinate, to make plans and dream together. No matter how skilled we were as individuals, we have always gotten more, been able to become more by being in community. #ClimateCapital
When something is "capital," it becomes easier to interface with the capitalistic optimization algorithm – which doesn’t have any intrinsic values or aesthetics; it moves relentlessly to places where the numbers look better. What happens when this is applied to nature, or natural capital?
January 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM
When something is "capital," it becomes easier to interface with the capitalistic optimization algorithm – which doesn’t have any intrinsic values or aesthetics; it moves relentlessly to places where the numbers look better. What happens when this is applied to nature, or natural capital?
We must move past defining success solely by maximizing net worth. Wealth can be isolating (leading to "sad on a boat"). True success comes from purposeful work, deep friendships, and active contribution to community goals.
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
We must move past defining success solely by maximizing net worth. Wealth can be isolating (leading to "sad on a boat"). True success comes from purposeful work, deep friendships, and active contribution to community goals.
If you work in a creative field, even with wildly impressive background and experience, you are still wrong at least 90% of the time. Being wrong isn't even an event, it's just the state you're in most of the time until you're almost done.
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
If you work in a creative field, even with wildly impressive background and experience, you are still wrong at least 90% of the time. Being wrong isn't even an event, it's just the state you're in most of the time until you're almost done.
To cut through the noise of ideology and misinformation, we must prioritize understanding ecology, physics, and human psychology over just economics and politics. Physical reality sets the constraints for durable solutions.
January 21, 2026 at 5:40 PM
To cut through the noise of ideology and misinformation, we must prioritize understanding ecology, physics, and human psychology over just economics and politics. Physical reality sets the constraints for durable solutions.
Nine years later, nine million views. Worth revisiting my TEDx Taipei talk "Everything is Connected –Here's How" www.youtube.com/watch
Everything is Connected -- Here's How: | Tom Chi | TEDxTaipei
Tom Chi bridges science and spirituality. "We are not a human experiencing the universe. We are the universe experiencing a human."
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January 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Nine years later, nine million views. Worth revisiting my TEDx Taipei talk "Everything is Connected –Here's How" www.youtube.com/watch
There are many things that work in theory that don’t work in practice. If you want to change the world, shift your focus from punditry to the build. Builders embrace failure as crucial data. Choose action over analysis paralysis. #climatecapital
January 20, 2026 at 3:18 PM
There are many things that work in theory that don’t work in practice. If you want to change the world, shift your focus from punditry to the build. Builders embrace failure as crucial data. Choose action over analysis paralysis. #climatecapital
Here's my 10-second MBA: To build a successful business, first do something that meaningfully improves people's lives. Then make step one cash flow positive. #climatecapital #business
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Here's my 10-second MBA: To build a successful business, first do something that meaningfully improves people's lives. Then make step one cash flow positive. #climatecapital #business
The longest-running study on human happiness shows the quality of our relationships and sense of Community are the strongest predictors of a healthy life.
January 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The longest-running study on human happiness shows the quality of our relationships and sense of Community are the strongest predictors of a healthy life.
The antidote for modern exhaustion: More devotion. Less hustle.
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The antidote for modern exhaustion: More devotion. Less hustle.
As an early investor in Dalan, I’ve watched the platform evolve from the first USDA-approved honeybee vaccine into a way to protect shrimp, an important global protein source. www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
Breakthrough Vaccine Technology Addresses Critical Bottleneck in Global Sustainable Protein Production
/PRNewswire/ -- As global demand for sustainable protein intensifies, Dalan Animal Health, Inc. today announced how their first-of-its-kind shrimp vaccine...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
As an early investor in Dalan, I’ve watched the platform evolve from the first USDA-approved honeybee vaccine into a way to protect shrimp, an important global protein source. www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
Outrage is the fast food version of purpose. It fills you up, but too much will make you very ill.
January 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Outrage is the fast food version of purpose. It fills you up, but too much will make you very ill.
Leadership by compassion is something that can never be taken away. It exists the moment we employ the skill of seeing folks deeply and building toward common goals together
January 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Leadership by compassion is something that can never be taken away. It exists the moment we employ the skill of seeing folks deeply and building toward common goals together
Pay attention to feeling, not because feelings are more important than truth, but because it patterns how we respond to truth.
January 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Pay attention to feeling, not because feelings are more important than truth, but because it patterns how we respond to truth.
I’ve been enjoying and replying to the comments on my TED talk. Some really thoughtful questions and reflections.
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The Army of Autonomous Robots Restoring Nature | Tom Chi | TED
Impact investor Tom Chi challenges a dangerous assumption: that economic growth and ecological health are opposing forces. He reveals how advances in AI and robotics are enabling a radical shift towards innovation as a force for restoration. Imagine mines that extract less, farms that regenerate soil and fleets of robots that can plant 100,000 mangroves in a single day. What if the same technologies that power our economy could actively repair the planet at the same time? (Recorded at TED Countdown and Bezos Earth Fund on September 24, 2025) Countdown is TED's global initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. The goal: to build a better future by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, in the race to a zero-carbon world. Get involved at https://countdown.ted.com Join us in person at a TED conference: https://tedtalks.social/events Become a TED Member to support our mission: https://ted.com/membership Subscribe to a TED newsletter: https://ted.com/newsletters Follow TED! X: https://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ted Facebook: https://facebook.com/TED LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks The TED Talks channel features talks, performances and original series from the world's leading thinkers and doers. Subscribe to our channel for videos on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Visit https://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Watch more: https://go.ted.com/tomchi https://youtu.be/0R_CJjGRX7o TED's videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy: https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization/our-policies-terms/ted-talks-usage-policy. For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com #TED #TEDTalks #ClimateChange
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January 13, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I’ve been enjoying and replying to the comments on my TED talk. Some really thoughtful questions and reflections.
www.youtube.com/watch
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What is the difference between leading with compassion vs. leading by force? Leadership by compassion is something that can never be taken away. It exists the moment we employ the skill of seeing folks deeply and building toward common goals together. #climatecapital
January 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
What is the difference between leading with compassion vs. leading by force? Leadership by compassion is something that can never be taken away. It exists the moment we employ the skill of seeing folks deeply and building toward common goals together. #climatecapital
Who we are is simply the verbs we are inhabiting.
January 10, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Who we are is simply the verbs we are inhabiting.
Critical thinking, creativity, compassion, and community are are how we will solve the challenges of our time. Unlike robots and AI, these are uniquely human skills. How do you see the four C’s combining to solve problems? #climatecapital
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Critical thinking, creativity, compassion, and community are are how we will solve the challenges of our time. Unlike robots and AI, these are uniquely human skills. How do you see the four C’s combining to solve problems? #climatecapital
AI outputs can often defy expectations. But assuming AIs possess consciousness is incorrect, and risky. Treating complex AI models as cognitive appliances, not conscious beings, is the mindset shift needed to use these powerful tools ethically and effectively. #ClimateCapital #AI
January 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
AI outputs can often defy expectations. But assuming AIs possess consciousness is incorrect, and risky. Treating complex AI models as cognitive appliances, not conscious beings, is the mindset shift needed to use these powerful tools ethically and effectively. #ClimateCapital #AI