Powering the Next Century | Inaugural DC Deep Tech Week

Energy is no longer just an economic issue. It is the foundation of national power.

The race to build the future is a race to generate, secure, and deploy energy at an unprecedented scale. AI and hyperscale data centers are driving explosive demand for electricity. Critical mineral supply chains have become geopolitical battlegrounds. Nuclear energy is reemerging as a strategic industry. Directed-energy weapons and space-based power are redefining the technological frontier.

The countries that master this new energy landscape will shape the next century.

As part of the main stage programming during the inaugural DC Deep Tech Week, join us for a panel discussion and happy hour exploring where the future of national power is being built.

Agenda

• Panel discussion

• Networking happy hour with appetizers and passed hors d'oeuvres

Featured Speakers

• Joe Yaffe, COO of Cowboy Space Corp — co-founded by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt, building an orbital power grid to meet the growing energy demands of artificial intelligence.

• J.C. Btaiche, Founder & CEO of Fuse Energy — building next-generation fusion energy systems for commercial and defense applications.

• Claude Levy, Founder & President of Earth Metals — a physical trader who has spent two decades sourcing critical minerals for U.S. defense, aerospace and specialty steel supply chains.

• Ernestine Fu Mak, Managing Partner of Brave Capital — a technology investor in Anduril, Shield AI, Hermeus, Ursa Major, Cowboy Space, Castelion, Erebor, Modretro, Together AI, Vercel, and many more.

This event is part of Deep Tech Week. Create a free profile at deep-tech-week.com/register to help hosts approve your registration and build your schedule for the week.