Augustus Doricko
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And we wouldn't be able to do that if not for our efforts to build the best atmospheric science lab in the world.
The weather is something that's historically underinvested in by basically everyone besides commodities desks.
We need to put way more sensors into the field.
We need to build far more sophisticated models in order to underin.
Understand our interventions and then actually harvest the resources available to us in the sustainable and renewable reservoir that is the atmosphere, be it for ski resorts or farms or data centers.
At the end of the day, what I care about is delivering on the effect that our customer wants, right?
Do you want more snow?
What's the best way to get it to you?
Um, if it's a rocket or a howitzer or me skydiving and halo jumping through a cloud with with silver iodide in my hands, like w whichever way is best works.
We're taking a really big and deliberate bet on autonomy.
Uh drones, they the ones that Raymakers built.
Are unparalleled in their capability to fly in these severe atmospheric conditions, much more wide a flight envelope than most manned aircraft.
But in the limit, what we get out of autonomy is more flights, more cost-effective observations, uh, and and significantly lower cost per volume of water or snow delivered to our customers.
So we're going to keep using uh our drones and make them increasingly autonomous, although we'll probably do
We're gonna keep
some research with plans in the not too distant future.
Shift your focus to other parts of the US.
It's it's a you know, I think Time Morse commented recently that building Rainmaker is like playing Diablo on insanity mode for startups.
Um not only is it uh seasonal business because we're making snow in the winter, but also it is annually cyclical because of El Niño, El Niña La Niña.
Um some regions are gonna get a lot more natural snow, but uh other regions will get a lot less and Rainmaker will be working harder there.
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