In this episode of Behind the Power, we sit down with Puneeth Kalavase to explore how grid scale batteries, software, and data science are enabling higher penetration of renewables. They discuss grid stability, AI driven power demand, VPPs, EV integration, and the changing role of storage in modern power systems.

Puneeth also shares his personal journey from physics and climate research into operating large scale battery assets across the US and Australia, plus the technical skills and hands on experience engineers need as energy systems continue to scale.

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In this episode of The Techne Connect Behind the Vision, Stuart Landesberg, Founder and CEO of Seneca, shares his journey from serial entrepreneur to building autonomous wildfire response technology in California.

Stuart explains how personal experience with wildfires led him to create Seneca, a company developing autonomous suppression drones designed to stop fires while they are still small. He outlines the Argo One system, how it supports firefighters rather than replacing them, and why early intervention is critical to protecting communities.

The conversation covers mission-led entrepreneurship, building startups without speed limits, lessons learned from past ventures, and why wildfire prevention is one of the most solvable large-scale problems through technology.

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In this episode we speak with Rob DeMillo, CEO and co-founder of Sophia Space, about commercialising compute in orbit.

Rob shares his journey from JPL and the FAA into a 30 year entrepreneurial career spanning media, cloud computing and now space infrastructure. He explains how Sophia Space emerged from research into space based power and evolved into a company building high performance, passively cooled servers for low Earth orbit.

The conversation explores why orbital data centres are needed, how falling launch costs are reshaping the space economy, and what it takes to move from academic concept to commercial reality. Rob also reflects on founder trade offs, common startup mistakes, and why space today feels like the early days of the internet.

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