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
#91 - David Zeevi
#90 - Jessica Brillhart
#89 - Geoff Ralston and Adora Cheung Discuss Startup School
#88 - Office Hours with Michael Seibel
#87 - Elad Gil
#86 - Jocko Willink and Mike Sarraille
#85 - YC Partner AMA at the Female Founders Conference
#84 - João Batalha and Luís Batalha
#83 - Scott Aaronson
#82 - Henrique Dubugras of Brex and Anu Hariharan
#81 - Announcing Work at a Startup
#80 - Office Hours with Adora Cheung
#79 - Liz Wessel
#78 - Simon Benjamin
#77 - John Preskill
#76 - Carola Schönlieb
#75 - Sean Mitchell
#74 - Linda Xie and Avichal Garg
#73 - Patrick Moberg and Holly Liu
#72 - Miles Brundage and Tim Hwang
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