Tom Mueller
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Tom Mueller is an American aerospace engineer and rocket engine designer who was employee No. 1 at SpaceX. He founded Impulse Space, where he serves as CEO and CTO, developing liquid-propulsion systems and in-space transportation technologies.
4 episodes featuring Tom Mueller
Odd Lots
Southern California bets on factories as strategic infrastructure
The episode examines whether software, aerospace talent, and industrial policy can rebuild U.S. manufacturing capacity without sacrificing efficiency.
Sep 21, 2026 · 45 min
TBPN
AI agents meet higher rates and harder questions of trust
The episode connects AI governance and personal-agent economics with the financing conditions shaping startups and infrastructure.
Sep 16, 2026 · 2h 20m
Bloomberg Tech
AI labs weigh safety coordination as trillion-dollar funding looms
The episode connects AI safety proposals to antitrust, regulation, public-market ambitions, and the capital required to build increasingly powerful systems.
Sep 16, 2026 · 50 min
TBPN
AI’s Blender prowess tests the meaning of general intelligence
The episode connects a practical test of AI generality with labor-market uncertainty and Tesla’s ambitious robotaxi timeline.
Sep 5, 2026 · 33 min