About this episode

Paul Spain interviews Alain Richardt about his startup Atomic Tessellator and its innovative approach to material design using AI.

In this episode, host Paul Spain chats with Alain Richardt, founder of Atomic Tessellator. Learn about Alain’s unconventional journey from global tech consultancy to bootstrapping world-class innovation from his living room and discover how this Kiwi deep tech startup is using AI and physics-based simulation to design new materials at the atomic level, before they are physically created. Plus, the latest in tech news including: Minister David Seymour urges Pharmac to use more AI Rocket Lab Acquires Iridium in $14B Deal to Challenge Starlink SpaceX plans mobile service to rival U.S. carriers Global “Operation Endgame” disrupts cybercrime assembly line Apple price hike due to memory costs Anthropic calls for action over alleged Alibaba Claude cloning A big thank you to our show partners One NZ, Spark, PwC, Workday, 2degrees, Fortinet and Gorilla Technology.

People in this episode

Host: Paul Spain

Guest: Alain Richardt

Topics covered

• startup innovation
• AI technology
• rare earths
• deep tech
• cybercrime
• tech news

Keywords

• Atomic Tessellator
• AI
• rare earths
• deep tech
• material design
• cybercrime
• tech news

Sponsors

One NZ, Spark, PwC, Workday, 2degrees, Fortinet, Gorilla Technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Atomic Tessellator, Pharmac, Rocket Lab, Starlink, SpaceX, Operation Endgame, Apple, Anthropic, Alibaba

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