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This week I wanted to highlight a new startup that’s taking aim at a technology that’s been studied for decades but never materialized: space-based solar power. The startup was founded by Baiju Bhatt, the co-founder of financial trading platform Robinhood, who said he became interested in the rapid commercialization of space. Prospective LPs are no doubt drawn to the bona fides of the founding team, which includes Achal Upadhyaya, who was a senior engineer at SpaceX for a decade before leading investments in space and defense at Cantos Ventures; Tom Ochinero, a former high-ranking SpaceX executive who left the company in March after a 10-year stint; and Spencer Hemphill, Interlagos’ CFO, who was a former Sequoia finance leader.
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