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Scott Nolan

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

Thank you.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

Yeah.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

Yeah, the quick version is, if you've seen Dune, if you've seen Dune 2, you know that the Thumper calls in the Worm.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

And the Worm is what makes the Spice.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

And in that movie, in that society, the Spice powers all these different things, like space travel.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

So it's this really, really important element, basically.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

And House Atreides is sent to this planet to go mine it, to continue progress of their civilization.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

There's probably been a bunch.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

Direct impact on me, it's gonna be hard to not say Elon.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

So founders, you know, first I worked for Elon at SpaceX, did a few other things and then joined Founders Fund and Founders Fund invested in SpaceX, invested in Neuralink, invested in Boring Company.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

And so I think just looking at the SpaceX example, yes, I worked there early on, but some of the impact that they had much later

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

on me was through the Starlink network.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

So just the concept of having internet comms, internet coming from space, from a space constellation, is something that seemed like sci-fi one or two decades ago, and now it's real.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

So I'm a customer, directly impacted me, Founders Fund investment.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

So that's perfect to go with.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

There's a follow-on question.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

I think the driven individual with less capital wins.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

I think we are now.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

That's the good news.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#211 Scott Nolan - CEO of General Matter on Uranium Enrichment

So I think for many decades, we did not.