Nicolas Pinkowski of Nitricity on Lightning-Powered Fertilizer and the Decarbonized Future Of Food

CEO and co-founder of Nitricity, Nicolas Pinkowski joins Consensus in Conversation to share with host Conor Gaughan how the startup is decarbonizing the future of our food supply with lightning-powered fertilizer.
🎙Nicolas Pinkowski of Nitricity on Lightning-Powered Fertilizer and the Decarbonized Future of Food, Consensus in Conversation Season 3, Episode 6
50% of the global food supply relies on nitrogen fertilizer, which emits tons of greenhouse gasses. But startup Nitricity is making electrified climate-smart fertilizer by literally capturing lightning in reactors.
Co-founder and CEO Nicolas Pinkowski joins the podcast to share the startup’s remarkable origin story from a make-shift lab in a Stanford backyard, to a full-fledged company revolutionizing agriculture and the future of our food supply.
Hear how Nico went from engineer to entrepreneur, testing ideas on lemon trees and destroying a few toasters in the process, on Consensus in Conversation streaming now wherever you listen to podcasts.
Episode timestamps:
00:00 Nicolas Pinkowski destroys a toaster in the name of science
00:51 Conor Gaughan introduces Nico Pinkowski and Nitricity
03:49 Growing up, Stanford engineering, and Silicon Valley
13:00 Nitricity’s origin, capturing lightning to decarbonize fertilizer
26:26 Pitching and scaling decarbonized nitrogen fertilizer
35:03 Working with farmers, potential impact, and future growth
44:06 What’s next and where to learn more
45:33 End credits
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Consensus in Conversation is hosted and executive produced by Conor Gaughan. This episode was produced by Will Gatchel and Geoff Rock, with editing from Reasonable Volume.
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