Kofi Asante
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Kofi Asante is a technology professional and startup executive who appeared as a guest on the podcast 'This Week in Startups'. He discussed how artificial intelligence is impacting the startup ecosystem, dividing companies into winners and losers.
What Kofi Asante has said on podcasts
12 statements
Nuclear power is among the best solutions for rapid, clean, distributed energy.
“Nuclear ends up being one of the best solutions here.”
Open the episode · How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322Listen at 18:47
Light-water reactors used by the Navy have an exceptionally safe record.
“They have an incredibly safe record.”
Open the episode · How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322Listen at 19:06
Small modular reactors are compact, modular, and suitable for distributed deployment.
“when you think about SMR technology, one of the best things about it is it's small, it's compact, it's modular”
Open the episode · How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322Listen at 19:28
Factory production of small modular reactors can reduce costs.
“you can actually have a production facility, which gets the cost down”
Open the episode · How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322Listen at 19:35
U.S. regulators are working with industry to enable commercial small modular reactors.
“they're working with industry in a special way to allow small modular reactors to be available”
Open the episode · How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322Listen at 22:52
Reactor barges can provide large deployable space and move quickly between locations.
“when you get a barge, these barges are, they can be literally like football stadium size, amount of real estate and you can move them around very, very quickly”
Open the episode · How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322Listen at 24:21
Blue Core’s reactor and shielding are designed to be extremely safe.
“the actual reactor and the shielding and everything that we do is incredibly safe”
Open the episode · How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322Listen at 27:59
The United States is the best initial geography for deploying Blue Core reactors.
“I'd say the US is the best place.”
Open the episode · How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322Listen at 29:10
Water-cooled reactors on barges are safest because surrounding water provides cooling.
“it's actually the safest place for it”
Open the episode · How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322Listen at 34:08
Commercial small modular reactors require refueling only every few years.
“you really only have to refill these once every couple of years”
Open the episode · How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322Listen at 37:04
Small modular reactors produce relatively little nuclear waste.
“when you're thinking about like the waste, it's so small”
Open the episode · How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322Listen at 37:08
Blue Core expects to generate electricity for tens of thousands of homes within a few years.
“we think we're less than a few years away from actually being able to create meaningful electricity, like on the order of like tens of thousands of homes worth of electricity”
Open the episode · How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322Listen at 40:04
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