
#072 - Rajiv Khemani - How Auradine Plans to Dethrone Bitmain & MicroBT
From Energizing Bitcoin & Ai by Justin Ballard & Jake Corley
July 28, 2025 · 21 min · Episode 72
About this episode
Rajiv Khemani discusses Auradine's innovative strategies in the ASIC mining industry.
Rajiv Khemani, co-founder & CEO of Auradine , sits down with Justin Ballard (@JLB_Oso) and Jake Corley (@jacobcorley) live from Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas to pull back the curtain on America’s newest 3 nm ASIC powerhouse. Auradine They break down: Hydro Hash Density – 600 TH/s packed into a 2U rack and tunable down to 13.5 J/TH for “eco-mode” efficiency. AI-by-Day, Bitcoin-by-Night – shared liquid-cooling racks that swing idle GPU power into mining revenue in seconds. Heat Recapture Hustles – turning spent watts into shower water, fish-farm warmth, and any creative thermal side-gig you can dream up. Tariff-Proof Supply Chain – why building chips at TSMC but assembling in the U.S. (or non-China Asia) hedges geopolitical risk. $150 M War Chest & Creative Financing – how fresh capital lets Auradine offer pay-as-you-mine terms and sell standalone chips for DIY devices. If you’re obsessed with mining density, cheap electrons, and staying geopolitically uncancelled, this episode hands you the playbook.
People in this episode
Hosts: Justin Ballard, Jake Corley
Guest: Rajiv Khemani
Topics covered
- ASIC mining
- Bitcoin
- AI
- supply chain
- energy efficiency
- geopolitical risk
Keywords
- ASIC
- mining
- Auradine
- Bitmain
- MicroBT
- energy efficiency
- geopolitical risk
- liquid cooling
- supply chain
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Auradine, Bitmain, MicroBT, TSMC
Places: Las Vegas
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