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While everyone flies to COP30 for photo ops… 🤳
…the doers and makers will be here next week, building what actually moves the needle.
👉 SOSV Climate Tech Summit (Nov 3–7, Free & Virtual)
Between policy whiplash in Washington, new industrial policies in Europe and Asia, and breakthrough technologies every month, it’s hard to keep track of what actually matters.
That’s what makes this summit different.
It’s not another hypefest.
It’s where founders, investors, and scientists cut through the noise and talk about what’s really happening in climate tech.
Here are a few sessions I’m excited about 👇
🔹 Climate Tech USA 2025: What Just Happened?
This one will cut through the noise around the IRA pullback and the U.S. policy pivot.
We’ve gone from blank checks for decarbonization to mixed signals overnight.
Still, nuclear, geothermal, and industrial decarbonization are moving full speed ahead.
🔹 Vinod Khosla: The Climate OG VC Is Undaunted.
Khosla’s been investing in deeptech since before it was cool.
When everyone else chased SaaS, he was writing checks for fusion, carbon capture, and next-gen fuels.
He’s still going and still thinking decades ahead.
Always worth hearing his take on what survives market cycles.
🔹 The Data Center Energy Race: Google & Microsoft.
AI’s energy demand is exploding.
Data centers already use about 4.4% of U.S. electricity and could reach 60 GW by 2030 🤯
Microsoft’s Sean James and Google’s Lucia Tian will dive into how Big Tech plans to power the AI boom, from on-site renewables to small modular reactors.
One of the biggest blind spots in the “energy transition” conversation.
🔹 Tim Latimer (Fervo Energy): Is Geothermal the Edge the U.S. Needs?
Geothermal is having its moment, quietly.
Fervo’s story shows how fast innovation happens when old oilfield tech meets new clean energy talent.
This one should be gold for anyone watching the intersection of legacy energy and climate tech.
🔹 Greener Cement Chemistries.
Cement equals 8% of global CO₂.
Startups like Brimstone and Cocoon are rethinking it from the ground up, swapping limestone for steel slag and basalt.
Not sexy, but absolutely vital. These are the founders solving the hard stuff.
This event feels like the anti-COP.
Less about PR. More about progress.
And you can join it all online. Free, no travel, no noise.
If you care about where climate tech and deeptech are actually heading, this is the one to tune into next week.
Thanks for sharing!!! Found a few sessions that will surely be helpful to my work..
Regarding the topic of the article, your focus on realy solutions is truly important.