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The Start of A New Era

Climate change is very real. If we don't do something now, we are f***. Sometimes, I would find it strange that even though I am 100% convinced of that fact, my actions were not proportional to the magnitude of the problem.

As an expert in computer science and machine learning, I am sure that I can contribute to finding and deploying solutions at scale, and yet, I kept finding excuses about why I still needed to do X or Y before I could commit 100% of my working time to the problem.

For some reason (maybe the insane amount of books I have been consuming on the topic recently), at some point this year, I decided that I was ready to take the plunge and find myself a climate job.

A lot has been written regarding how every job is a climate job, and I think there is truth in that phrase to a certain extent. Maybe because I had been postponing it for so long, I realized that that would not be sufficient for me. I needed to find something that would scream "SOLVING CLIMATE CHANGE" every time I opened my computer to work.

As if destiny had a plan for me (not a true destiny believer here, but the analogy works well), I stumbled into Carbon13's venture builder program, and it struck me; this is what I have been waiting for.

Joining the program allows me to address some key issues that I had when thinking about starting a company on my own:

Carbon13 promises to address all the above issues and more!

Starting 19th of September, I will join Cohort 4, getting to know all the other potential founders and hopefully starting a company of my own in the climate space 🤞🏼. Stay tuned.

Finally, I would like to thank the great team at Yale. During the last months, I had the opportunity to work side by side with incredible people, both in academia and industry. I will remember my time fondly at Yale and the amazing people I met there.

Regardless of where my calling for climate action takes me, I will still be rooting for the Bulldogs ;)