179. D.C. Climate Week LIVE: The Road to Remake Everything

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The episode discusses the US bioeconomy race with China, focusing on fermentation bottlenecks and the need for better policy and market strategies.

Recorded live during DC Climate Week, the Grow Everything team sits down with investors Veronica Breckenridge, Jillian Chase, and Michael Luciani to unpack the real state of the US bioeconomy race with China, why fermentation and scale-up capacity are a persistent bottleneck, and how policy, non-dilutive funding, and better founder execution can close the gap. The panel argues that the US still leads in innovation, AI, and robotics, but needs faster, clearer regulatory pathways and smarter go-to-market strategy, including focusing on high-margin “profit pools” first, designing for manufacturability and downstream processing, and building consumer demand through clearer storytelling about health and product benefits. Grow Everything brings the bioeconomy to life. Hosts Karl Schmieder and Erum Azeez Khan share stories and interview the leaders and influencers changing the world by growing everything. Biology is the oldest technology. And it can be engineered. What are we growing? Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.messaginglab.com/groweverything⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chapters: (00:00:00) Live from DC Climate Week: intro and panelist lineup (00:06:00) US…

People in this episode

Hosts: Karl Schmieder, Erum Azeez Khan

Guests: Veronica Breckenridge, Jillian Chase, Michael Luciani

Topics covered

• bioeconomy
• biomanufacturing
• fermentation
• policy
• innovation
• go-to-market strategy

Keywords

• bioeconomy
• fermentation
• scale-up capacity
• regulatory pathways
• innovation
• AI
• robotics
• manufacturability
• consumer demand

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US, China, DOD, DARPA

Places: DC Climate Week

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