Augustus Doricko (Rainmaker) on Reprogramming the Weather, the Hard Tech Renaissance, and His Bloody Company Motto
Social Currency with Sammi Cohen
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Show Notes
How would the health of the planet be impacted if we could control the weather? Augustus Doricko, founder and CEO of Rainmaker, is on a mission to find out.
Augustus’ company makes it rain— literally. Through a process called cloud seeding, Rainmaker creates rain for farms, watersheds and ecosystems. In this conversation, Augustus tells Sammi about the brain-bending challenges of engineering cutting-edge technology, the impact of being a Peter Thiel fellow, and why his company motto is “we love the taste of blood in our mouth.”
Here’s what Sammi covers with Augustus:
00:00 Augustus Doricko’s Social Currency
01:45 The Mission of Rainmaker
02:38 The Tech Behind Cloud Seeding (Making It Rain)
03:34 The Origin Story of Weather Modification
04:46 The Importance of Attribution
05:36 How To Create a Brand-New Market
08:02 How Rainmaker Makes It Rain
09:42 Augustus’ Path to Rainmaker
11:00 How Rainmaker Can Address Water Scarcity
21:23 The Community of El Segundo
25:25 Making Engineering Cool
29:08 Fundraising for Hard Tech
31:14 The Peter Thiel Fellowship Experience
34:06 Advice for Aspiring Founders
35:55 Social Currency Corner
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