<![CDATA[Pathfounders: Pathfounders Web Only]]>https://pathfounders.substack.com/s/pathfounders-web-onlyhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!745o!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7d116616-91cb-4b46-8335-43ad90a6d4ac_1280x1280.pngPathfounders: Pathfounders Web Onlyhttps://pathfounders.substack.com/s/pathfounders-web-onlySubstackMon, 06 Apr 2026 15:42:23 GMT<![CDATA[Could solar energy from the heavens answer our prayers?]]>https://pathfounders.substack.com/p/could-solar-energy-from-the-heavenshttps://pathfounders.substack.com/p/could-solar-energy-from-the-heavensThu, 02 Apr 2026 11:50:59 GMT

With both the rise of AI and, of course, a potential oil crisis looming as a result of the war in the Middle East, energy is now the defining battleground of this half of the decade. Could power from space be the answer? TerraSpark has just raised over €5 million in pre-seed funding. Pathfounders’ Mike Butcher spoke to co-founder and CEO Jasper Deprez about both the sheer logistics and the potential for this new form of energy.

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]]><![CDATA[Are two ex-McKinsey consultants out to kill McKinsey with AI?]]>https://pathfounders.substack.com/p/are-two-ex-mckinsey-consultants-outhttps://pathfounders.substack.com/p/are-two-ex-mckinsey-consultants-outThu, 02 Apr 2026 11:50:05 GMTSo-called ‘corporate reputation’ can account for as much as 30% of its market value in large public companies, but the systems used to monitor and protect that are hugely fragmented. Omniscient, is a Paris-based startup that has built an AI-driven platform to asses that value, and today it announced it’s raised money from Seedcamp. Co-founder and CEO Arnaud d’Estienne spoke to Pathfounders’ Mike Butcher.

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]]><![CDATA[A cultural shift in tech is happening, where feminism, media incentives, and “brosculinity” collide]]>https://pathfounders.substack.com/p/a-cultural-shift-in-tech-is-happeninghttps://pathfounders.substack.com/p/a-cultural-shift-in-tech-is-happeningThu, 02 Apr 2026 11:48:34 GMTRead here:

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]]><![CDATA[Exclusive: France’s Pasqal doubles down on Korea with $52m investment to grow APAC’s quantum computing hub]]>https://pathfounders.substack.com/p/exclusive-frances-pasqal-doubleshttps://pathfounders.substack.com/p/exclusive-frances-pasqal-doublesTue, 28 Oct 2025 20:08:03 GMThttps://pathfounders.com/p/exclusive-quantum-computing-france-startup-pasqal-korea-expansion-52m-investment

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