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EARLY Access [Video] with Baiju Bhatt - Solar Energy Harnessed from Space

Baiju Bhatt, born in Poquoson, Virginia, is the Founder and CEO of Aetherflux, a space-based solar energy startup launched in 2024 that aims to beam power from orbit to Earth using infrared lasers. A first-generation American of Gujarati descent, Bhatt co-founded Robinhood in 2013 with Vlad Tenev, serving as co-CEO until 2020 and Chief Creative Officer until March 2024, helping to revolutionize commission-free trading.

He holds a BS in Physics and an MS in Mathematics from Stanford and previously started two finance companies in New York before launching Robinhood. Inspired by his father’s career at NASA, Bhatt founded Aetherflux, which has raised \$60 million in funding with plans for a 2026 satellite demonstration to deliver clean energy to remote regions. He is a Forbes-listed billionaire with a net worth of $2.5 billion and an advocate for commercial space innovation.

EARLY Access [Video] with Baiju Bhatt - Solar Energy Harnessed from Space

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We need young people like this man to carry the torch for an America that still nurtures creativity, a strong work ethic, and an ideal that will make Earth sing!

Jenni Madden

Amazing conversation, curious what happens to anything flying into or near power beam??

Lisa Titus

More interviews about science! Super interesting and what I gravitate more towards

eraticmongaloid

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Robert the Texan

This is 0ne of the reasons your show is so successful ... very interesting guests in long form. Keep kickin" ass!

Nicoli7153

Great show!

Kenny Walsh

I am so envious ...I can't listen

Ksg Sherley

1992 Porshe....NOOOOOO My car!!!!!!!!

Ksg Sherley

I think the SMRs are a better choice, on all the time, 30 yr life not 10 years, with manufacturing power will become dirt cheap, etc

Gerard Bono

#001 and Baiju What an interesting conversation that could be

JIM NEWMAN


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