Visualizing the Deep Earth - CEO and Founder Christie Capper

About this episode

Jesse interviews Christie Capper about her journey and the mission of Deep Earth to create accessible 3D maps of subsurface data.

Today Jesse talks with Christie Capper, founder and CEO of Deep Earth, which aims to visualize the subsurface by digitizing and unifying scattered underground data into accessible 3D maps. Christie describes her path from a toy-inventor upbringing to studying economics and mechanical engineering (robotics) at Claremont and Columbia, then working at SpaceX, interning at the UN and Boeing, moving into early-stage VC in Europe, and joining a fusion startup. Work in carbon removal and geothermal ...

People in this episode

Host: Jesse

Guest: Christie Capper

Topics covered

• deep earth visualization
• 3D mapping
• subsurface data
• geothermal energy
• carbon removal
• robotics
• venture capital

Keywords

• Deep Earth
• 3D maps
• subsurface
• carbon removal
• geothermal
• robotics
• venture capital
• SpaceX
• Boeing
• UN

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Deep Earth, SpaceX, UN, Boeing, fusion startup

Books & works: Claremont, Columbia

Places: Europe

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