Grid Resilience, Pivots, and Radical Collaborations with Magnefy’s Debbie Senesky & Joseph Kao

"I realized that it's not just about the technology. It's also the policy, the business model,” says Magnefy CEO Dr. Joseph Kao. “To really bring impact at a bigger scale to the world, we really need to understand interdisciplinary research and bring together different experts." Prof. Senesky is the co-founder of Magnefy, which uses AI to predict the needs of critical power assets like transformers, switchgear, and generators. In this episode of the Stanford Ecopreneurship Podcast, Sam McClure talks with her and Magnefy’s CEO, Dr. Joseph Kao, about: - Why interdisciplinary, “radical” collaborations between engineering labs and business students are critical for translating research into real-world impact - Why Magnefy pivoted from battery diagnostics to grid infrastructure - How the team navigated equity splits, conflict of interest, and building an interdisciplinary team as a faculty and MBA student

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