Shomik Dutta
1 appearance on the record.
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Dutta: Climate does not rank in top 15 voter priority issues
“If, I'd encourage everyone to check this, David Shore, who is a famous data scientist, tweeted out an axis. On one axis, it is, what issues Voters trust each party with more. And on the other axis, it is the sort of intensity of importance of those issues. If …”
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Dutta: Startups Raising More Grant Dollars Have Higher Average Failure Rates
“Businesses that raise more grant dollars on average have higher failure rates.”
Dutta: Harbinger will reach ICE cost parity without subsidies by 2026
“And Harbinger by next year will be at cost parity with ICE trucks without any tax credits.”
Dutta: Climate Tech Lobbying Spend Relative to Profits Is 1/100th of Oil and Gas
“And if you look at the percentage of profits that the oil and gas industry puts into government lobbying versus the percentage of our profits, not on an absolute dollars basis, we are still one 100th of where the oil and gas industry is.”
Dutta: 'Resilience' and 'competitiveness' land better than 'clean' or 'climate'
“I've heard anecdotally the words clean, sustainable climate are automatic kind of triggers for negative response, but American independence, kind of domestic resilience competitiveness, you know, strengthening the grid, helping make Are systems stronger to be …”
Dutta: Climate Series B/C gap stems from overly Byzantine storytelling
“And though we make a lot of, we talk a lot about Valley of Death, I think one of the challenges in our Valley of Death in the Series B and C funding is that we've invested in a lot of stuff and haven't told the story to help generalists understand it. And as a…”
Dutta: Climate does not rank in top 15 voter priority issues
“If, I'd encourage everyone to check this, David Shore, who is a famous data scientist, tweeted out an axis. On one axis, it is, what issues Voters trust each party with more. And on the other axis, it is the sort of intensity of importance of those issues. If …”
Dutta: Media air cover may matter more in lobbying than meeting talking points
“As it relates to lobbying and language, what might be more important than what you say in the meeting is the air cover you show up with before you even show up.”
Dutta: Climate tech must pitch superior performance rather than emissions reductions
“Where there are times to have some expansive argument, and learn to get out of our own way, and not make an omissions argument that bums people out, but instead make an argument about why this is just better, is I think a discipline we need to get used to.”
Dutta: Russia, North Korea, and China dominate global lithium-6 supply
“The three countries that dominate lithium-six supply are Russia, North Korea, and China.”
Dutta: Big tech is singularly focused on clean firm power for data centers
“I think the largest, most sophisticated technology companies in the history of the world That have built money printing machines are all singularly focused on clean firm power for their data centers. It is the top ranking, single most important issue for them.”
Dutta: Expensive clean commodity startups may need to locate in Europe
“If you need lots of capex to produce a facility that's producing a commodity stream that is indistinguishable from the fossil fuel cousin, but is much more expensive and maybe a longer payback, those may rightfully need to go to Europe.”
Dutta: Antora invented the most efficient thermal photovoltaic panels in science
“They've invented the world's most efficient thermal photovoltaic panels that have ever been known to science.
They were on the cover of Science Magazine for it.”
Dutta: Antora Energy is contracted for hundreds of millions of dollars
“They are contracted hundreds of millions of dollars, and they are in full motion.”
Dutta: Bedrock's geothermal will be cheaper than any alternative technology
“And across companies like Antora and Harbinger and Crux and Bedrock, this geothermal technology that will produce zero carbon heating and cooling cheaper than any other form of technology known to the market.”
Dutta: Oscar Health would not exist without the Affordable Care Act
“There are startups like Oscar, backed by Thrive Capital, that today would not have existed without this regulatory turn.”
Dutta: Horizontal Fracking Technology Stemmed from 1970s DOE R&D Funding
“And the roots of horizontal fracking come from the Department of Energy. In an energy crisis in the seventies, a whole lot of R&D funding was put into place to make a drill turn 90 degrees, and surprise and delight generations to come.”
Dutta: Harbinger produces eight trucks daily with positive contribution margins
“You know, they have a 150,000 square feet of manufacturing facility. They are in motion. They are making eight trucks a day. They have positive contribution margins.”
Dutta: Industry Coalitions Carry Far More Weight with Government than Solo Startup Lobbying
“Working in associations with other companies is incredibly valuable. We're so used to viewing competition warily, but when it comes to Like, the thermal batteries, and they're all, all of the thermal battery companies can actually bind together and actually he…”
Dutta: Founders must use social media and video rather than legacy PR
“As it relates to how companies now approach the government, I do think there is a world of storytelling that founders and companies need to do that is social media first. And lose the muscle of, oh, maybe I'll place a story in fast companies. And Fast Company …”
Dutta: Wildfire costs reached $680 billion in the past year alone
“We saw six hundred and eighty billion dollars of wildfire costs last year alone.”
Dutta: Transmission costs rise at three times inflation while generation lags inflation
“And the fact of the matter is that the cost of generation has been less than the rate of inflation, and the cost of transmission has been like three times the rate of inflation.”
Dutta: Power grid will decentralize into mini-grids and behind-the-meter loads over 30 years
“And so if you just keep compounding that, this will break at some point, and you will see commercial and industrial loads going behind the meter. You will see more mini-grids. You will see more islanding. You will see more decentralization of this, like, two t…”
Appearances (1)
| Episode | Date | Speaking time |
|---|---|---|
| This VC wants climate tech to play hardball in Washington | Oct 8, 2025 | 30m |