the AI boom is minting a new gen of billionaires, some of whom will soon be searching for worthy philanthropic causes. i spoke with leaders in the climate philanthropy world who see a chance to channel AI wealth into decarb and adaptation efforts that might otherwise never get off the ground
we're already playing!
like if only for selfish reasons, AI companies have a pretty clear rationale for investing in clean energy and other climate-related causes, given both the bad press and very real impacts associated with data center energy use
though the priority for much of this new philanthropic capital will likely be AI safety, because of the obvious risk of existential doom, an entire galaxy of paperclips, etc. 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎
The coming wave of big tech IPOs is going to make a whole lot of people very, very wealthy.
If you’re one of them, @kbrigham.bsky.social suggests, perhaps you might want to consider funding some first-of-a-kind climate tech?
heatmap.news/climate-tech...
every week there's another announcement about a company launching something into orbit that would have sounded like pure scifi a few years ago. and climate tech investors are eating it up. data centers in space? beaming solar power to earth? orbital energy infrastructure? check, check, and check!
“.. The public has swung 49 points against data centers in just nine months, underscoring the heightened political salience of the facilities and the AI industry that they embody.”
@heatmap.news
heatmap.news/politics/ame...
some very good graphs (and words) by @andrewdessler.com here
If you change “may” to “will” I agree with this headline.
www.cnbc.com/2026/06/06/c...