Inevitable

Apr 17 2025 553 ep. 51 mins 819
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Join Cody Simms each week as he engages with experts across disciplines to explore innovations driving the transition of energy and industry. Inevitable is an MCJ podcast. This show was formerly known as 'My Climate Journey.'

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How a $4 B Deep‑Tech Fund Tackles Emissions with DCVC

Apr 17 2025 41 mins  
Zack Bogue is co‑founder and co‑managing partner at DCVC, a $4 billion deep‑tech venture firm spanning 13 funds. In late 2024, DCVC launched DCVC Climate, a dedicated vehicle backing technologies that slash emissions in heavy industry, hasten the energy transition, and bolster climate adaptation. In this episode, Zack unpacks how the firm’s strategy evolved, how his jou

Underground Nuclear Reactors? Inside Deep Fission’s Energy Solution

Apr 10 2025 36 mins  
Liz Muller is the CEO and Co-founder of Deep Fission, a company pioneering a new approach to the traditional light-water nuclear reactor. Rather than using concrete and constructed containment, Deep Fission places the reactor one mile underground, fundamentally changing the design paradigm. Liz was on the show over five years ago when she was building a company focused on storing

Building a Real-Time Wildfire Alert Platform with Watch Duty

Apr 03 2025 66 mins  
John Mills is the Co-Founder and CEO of Watch Duty, the leading app for real-time wildfire alerts in the U.S. In this episode of Inevitable, John shares how Watch Duty became a vital public safety tool—rising to #1 in the App Store during the recent Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Watch Duty delivers live updates on fire spread, evacuations, a

Securing the Energy Grid from Cyber Threats with Xage Security

Mar 27 2025 38 mins  
Roman Arutyunov is the Co-founder and SVP of Products at Xage Security, a Series B startup focused on protecting critical infrastructure—including energy systems—from cyber threats. Xage is backed by investors like Chevron Technology Ventures, Aramco, Piva Capital, Valor Equity Partners, and Overture. Cybersecurity is a growing concern as our energy systems become more distrib

Mike Schroepfer: Lessons from Scaling Meta to Investing in the Energy Transition

Mar 20 2025 61 mins  
Mike Schroepfer is Partner at Gigascale, a venture firm he founded and self-funded to back startups building venture-scale businesses with the potential for outsized climate impact. Previously, Mike served as CTO at Meta (Facebook’s parent company) from 2013 to 2022, having originally joined in 2008 as VP of Engineering. In this episode, Mike and Cody discuss his career journey,

Accelerating Data Center and Renewable Energy Siting with Paces

Mar 13 2025 49 mins  
James McWalter is the CEO and co-founder of Paces, an AI-powered software platform that helps clean energy project developers identify and evaluate the best sites for new projects. Paces streamlines the process by integrating interconnection, environmental, zoning, and legal data on land parcels—key factors developers must navigate when selecting viable locations. MCJ is proud to

Building the EV Charging Network: Lessons from Former EVgo CEO Cathy Zoi

Mar 06 2025 46 mins  
Cathy Zoi is a clean energy veteran with a career spanning leadership roles across government, industry, and investment. Most recently, she served as CEO of EVgo from 2017 to 2023, taking the company public in 2020. EVgo is now one of the largest EV charging networks in the United States. Today, Cathy is deeply engaged in the energy and climate space. She serves on the board of di

Why Wildfire Insurance is Broken—And How Stand is Fixing It

Feb 27 2025 44 mins  
Dan Preston is the co-founder and CEO of Stand, a brand-new startup property insurer providing homeowners insurance for climate-exposed properties. They’re launching with a go-to-market focus on higher-end properties in California—homes that are otherwise unable to obtain affordable rates or any coverage at all due to wildfire risk. Stand claims that their differentiation, as

Marc Mezvinsky on TPG Rise Climate’s $7B Fund & Impact

Feb 20 2025 48 mins  
Marc Mezvinsky is a partner at TPG Rise Climate. TPG Rise Climate is among the largest pools of capital ever raised with a dedicated focus on climate tech. They announced a debut fund in 2021 at over $7 billion—and another very large fund currently in the works. Rise Climate is part of the broader TPG Rise platform, the impact arm of the publicly traded private equity firm TPG, w

How LineVision is Boosting Transmission Grid Capacity Without New Power Lines

Feb 13 2025 39 mins  
Hudson Gilmer is the co-founder and CEO of LineVision. LineVision is a Series C-stage startup helping utilities monitor and increase the capacity of the vast network of transmission lines that serve as the vascular system of the U.S. electric grid. The U.S. transmission grid spans 600,000 to 700,000 circuit miles of high-voltage lines, connecting energy generation with consumptio