How to develop "hard technology"

When a project is shut down, they also try to identify the "cause of death," noting what went wrong. X periodically collects those together and conducts "tales from the crypt" sessions, during which they review old ideas and ask whether something has changed that might make it a ripe time to revisit them. But she said, "there's still quite a bit of capital" allocated for companies that could "have a huge global impact" on big challenges like climate change. She added that the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act will also provide vast amounts of funds to support pilot and demonstration projects for emerging clean tech industries in the US. They try to find and build relationships with leading researchers at the top labs that are trying to solve hard problems across climate change, human health and other categories.