​Ripple Hosts

​Mahsa Nami

​Montauk Climate

​Devika Thapar

​Wilbe

​TL;DR

​Summarize the Ripple in a couple of sentences

​Topic overview

​Why is the topic relevant?

​Going forward, the global intelligence race will depend on our ability to leverage the energy assets we have to support the growth in compute powering artificial intelligence. Unless done with climate in mind, this directly conflicts with our efforts to decarbonize. How do we balance technological progress, geopolitical supremacy, and the realities of energy availability and the impact on the environment?

​What’s up for discussion?

• ​What are the tensions among maintaining and expanding our energy infrastructure responsibly (given explosive growth in energy demand for AI) and power prices/energy access equity?

• ​What are the upsides for climate in AI (e.g., lower climate impact given increased efficiency of existing infrastructure, augmented Earth observation systems, and predictive modeling for improved asset management)?

• ​Will AI accelerate breakthroughs in energy tech (fusion, storage, advanced materials), or mainly make existing systems run better?

• ​How do we expand energy infrastructure to meet surging AI demand while keeping power reliable and affordable?

• ​How do we think about the governance for AI? What role can climate leaders play in ensuring that climate impact is a factor being considered in future algorithm development?

• ​What are the trade-offs for local communities when large-scale energy or AI projects are deployed, and how should those be handled?

• ​Should AI labs and data centers get preferential access to renewables, or compete on equal footing with other sectors?

• ​Is nuclear the only scalable answer for powering AI without blowing up emissions?

​Dream outcome

​Galvanizing support and creating global opportunities for partnership in AI for Climate. We would like to facilitate a nuanced and transparent discussion that enables participants to discuss not only the opportunities associate with using AI for climate, but also the hidden costs associated with it.

​Who should attend?

• ​VCs across all stages

• ​Government agencies, corporate VCs, family offices, and impact investors seeking to understand collaboration opportunities with investors and operators working on AI for Climate

• ​Founders and entrepreneurs who are working at the intersection of AI and climate