Bowery Farms founder and CEO Irving Fain wants you to taste the best strawberry you’ve ever had, grown only a few miles from your urban home. As the leading and largest vertical farming company in the U.S, their goal is to make agriculture possible in urban spaces while also making it possible to grow a wide array of crops from anywhere in the world. Darrell ... Show More
Sep 17
Archer Went Public Just 3 Years After Launching and It Paid Off with Adam Goldstein
Building flying taxis takes billions of dollars. So instead of relying on traditional venture rounds, Archer Aviation went public just a few years after it was founded. In this episode of Build Mode, host Isabelle Johannesen sits down with Adam Goldstein, founder and CEO of Arche ... Show More
39m 38s
Sep 10
How Mbodi Is Solving Robotics’ Scaling Problem with Xavier Chi
Robotics is having an AI boom, but don’t expect it to have a ChatGPT moment. In this episode of Build Mode, host Isabelle Johannesen sits down with Xavier Chi, co-founder of Mbodi, a startup building AI software that lets people teach industrial robots new skills using natural la ... Show More
33m 33s
Sep 2023
Transforming Africa's Farming and Food
Alloysius Attah, Co-Founder and CEO of Farmerline, discusses climate financing, products and education for local agribusinesses and famers in Africa.
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11m 11s
Sep 2020
E12: Sky Kurtz on spearheading technology, sustainability & food security with Pure Harvest
In an increasingly digital world, you have to appreciate people who work with their hands—artists, tailors, buildings, designers, cooks. I’m joined on this episode by Sky Kurtz, co-founder & CEO of Pure Harvest, a new breed of tech startups that has raised $50 million to build hi ... Show More
48m 51s
Dec 2023
BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS: Cultivating digital transformation across the supply chain, from field to fruition
Blue Diamond Growers' Steven Birgfeld, vice president of information technology and services, joins Tamara McCleary, CEO of Thulium, to discuss the global business forces that necessitated change for the world's largest almond business so it could better serve its co-op and custo ... Show More
18m 53s
May 2021
697: A SPAC Puts Leafy Greens on the Menu | Guy Blanchard, CFO, AeroFarms
Back in 2014—when Guy Blanchard first entered the CFO office at AeroFarms—the indoor vertical farming company had roughly 20 employees and a commercial farm prototype under construction. Seven years and four rounds of private funding later, AeroFarms has recently broken ground on ... Show More
30m 49s