Diego Saez Gil is the founder of Pachama. Pachama is building a marketplace where companies can support carbon offset projects.
The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.
Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year.
Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/
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Topics
00:00 - Welcome Gustaf and Diego
01:19 - Diego's background
06:50 - What is Pachama?
09:25 - Using remote sensing to track carbon
11:37 - Connecting disparate groups
13:04 - How much carbon does a typical company offset?
15:28 - How big is the reforesting opportunity?
17:09 - What are the incentives to offset carbon?
18:40 - Why don't people trust carbon offsets?
20:33 - What are the different forest conservation methods?
25:20 - How does Pachama use technology?
29:00 - Growth challenges
30:20 - Who are the customers?
32:12 - The future of the carbon market
32:48 - Fundraising for a climate startup
37:50 - Advice for people that want to start working in the climate change space.
41:38 - Climate policy
43:23 - What are the most important things happening in the space?
45:10 - The benefits of agroforestry and permaculture
#51 - There's an Art to Getting Brilliant People to Surprise Themselves - Kevin Slavin of The Shed
#50 - Growth Office Hours with Anu Hariharan and Gustaf Alstromer
#49 - Microbes, Robots, and Ambition - Robin Sloan on His Novel Sourdough
#48 - The Future of Bike Sharing with Ofo Cofounder Yanqi Zhang and Anu Hariharan
#47 - Baidu's COO, Qi Lu Discusses AI with Daniel Gross
#46 - Tencent's Chief eXploration Officer, David Wallerstein on WeChat, QQ, and Gaming
#45 - Building Dota Bots That Beat Pros - OpenAI's Greg Brockman, Szymon Sidor, and Sam Altman
#44 - Cindy Mi on Building VIPKID, the World's Largest English Learning Platform for Children
#43 - Casey Neistat and Matt Hackett on Live Video's Struggle for Interestingness
#42 - Robotics and 3D Printing with Voodoo Manufacturing
#41 - Experiments in Art and Technology with Artforum Editor Michelle Kuo
#40 - Content Marketing Tips from Experts at First Round Capital and Andreessen Horowitz
#39 - Mr. Robot's Technical Producer and Writer - Kor Adana
#38 - The More You Communicate with Users, the Higher Chance You'll Build Something They Want - Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt
#37 - Don't Start a Blog, Start a Cult - Mr. Money Mustache
#36 - Your Whole Goal Is to Not Quit - Courtland Allen of Indie Hackers
#35 - The Technical Challenges of Measuring Gravitational Waves - Rana Adhikari of LIGO
#34 - Elizabeth Iorns on Biotech Companies in YC
#33 - The Challenges a Repeat Founder Faces
#32 - Hosain Rahman on The "Defibrillator Experiences" of Jawbone
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