Kookai Chaimahawong Amarit C. Darryl Dickens Niki Schur-Narula Dominique Souris Chris Geary 紀傑斯 Brett Johnson your climate tech coalition is flying in Hong Kong 🔥
🦾 Unleashing AI in climate tech: Technology for Change! 🌱 Attended the 5th annual Technology for Change Asia event by the Economist Impact, exploring pioneers at the forefront of technology addressing digital inequality, access to food and education, climate change, and the future of AI. Later, 🌏 The Atlas Capital hosted a climate tech investors' dinner with family offices, VCs, and founders, fostering collaborations and exploring investment opportunities. Loved seeing both familiar and new faces! Investors discussed cutting through AI hype to identify promising opportunities for sustainability: 🌏 Use cases in climate tech (shared by panelists): - Energy management and decarbonizing buildings: AI can optimize energy grids, integrate renewables, and say bye to fossil fuels. It also optimizes commercial building systems and reduces energy costs. - Advanced materials discovery: AI could speed up the development of eco-friendly materials with enhanced performance and reduced environmental impact, addressing storage limitations by resolving the scarcity of batteries and reducing reliance on China's rare earth supply (although feasibility is doubted). 💡Other use cases I've come across from start-ups - Precision agriculture and resource optimization: AI could be farmers' best friend, optimizing crop management, predicting the perfect planting times, and keeping an eye on soil health and pests (see Brinc’s 2024 Predictions here: https://lnkd.in/g_4YGc_e) - Standardization and measurement accuracy - CDR MRV protocols: AI could play a crucial role in ensuring transparency and accuracy in carbon removal activities, contributing to standardized MRV. 👩💻 Utilizing AI as a VC: It can be a valuable tool in identifying climate start-ups and automating deal sourcing and risk assessment. It's like having a personal assistant who uncovers potential red flags, streamlining the due diligence process. (While there are immense opportunities, challenges remain. Energy consumption by AI systems needs optimization, and measures should be implemented to protect data privacy and security.) At the moment, I primarily use AI to streamline my workload rather than as a direct investment interest, but I'm curious to know your thoughts on AI's role in VC, climate tech, or the APAC region? Note: The views expressed here are my own and do not reflect Brinc's. Aaron, Alex, Antonio, Chloe, Djoann, Dominic, Eric, Francesco, Ivan, Janina, Jefferson, Jen, Leon, Mark, Max, Natalie, Ritu, Sandy, Sarah, Tiffany
Executive Director, Centre for Climate & Business Solutions
9moSo awesome! Congratulations my friend!