The Race to Recover America's Critical Minerals: When Startups and Industry Team Up

​The US imports the vast majority of the critical minerals that power its defense, aerospace, and semiconductor industries — but a meaningful share of what it needs may already be sitting in waste piles at the industrial sites that exist today.

​Join KOMPAS VC, SOSV, and At One Ventures for a breakfast conversation on what it actually takes to turn that waste into supply — and why the answer increasingly runs through a corporate partnership between a deep-tech innovator and an industrial incumbent, scaling proven technology beyond the pilot stage, not one company going it alone.

​We'll hear directly from Helios and Atalco, a live example of how corporate partnerships move promising technology from pilot to commercial scale, on infrastructure that already exists.

​Expect a short, focused fireside chat, brief perspectives from our venture partners, and plenty of time to connect over breakfast with others working at the intersection of hard tech, industrial partnerships, and the circular economy