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Deep Tech & Science

Hard science startups — robotics, space, quantum and materials.

Hard-science startups play a different game — longer timelines, real technical risk, heavier capital — and the usual SaaS playbook doesn't transfer cleanly. The upside is that the moat is genuine when the science works.

Founders in robotics, space, quantum and materials, and the specialist investors who back them, talk through funding the long road, de-risking technology and commercialising the truly hard stuff.

“If you can control who gets the coffee from A to B, but you are not the person who gets it from A to B, you win in the industry.”
— Aonghus Stevens, In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy
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29 episodes on Deep Tech & Science

Inside HEO: Australia’s Secret Space Camera Company | Hiranya Jayakody, Steve Baxter, Jessy Wu

Oversubscribed with Brendan Hill · 18 June 2026

Inside HEO: Australia’s Secret Space Camera Company | Hiranya Jayakody, Steve Baxter, Jessy Wu

Why the Next AI Breakthrough Is Robotics

In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy · 30 January 2026

Why the Next AI Breakthrough Is Robotics

Inside Neural Decoding: How AI Turns Brain Signals Into Meaning

In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy · 23 January 2026

Inside Neural Decoding: How AI Turns Brain Signals Into Meaning

How to Pitch Deep Tech to Investors With Competing Priorities

Pick My Brain with Alan Jones · 14 January 2026

How to Pitch Deep Tech to Investors With Competing Priorities

Inside the Minds Behind Australia’s Robotics Revolution

Oversubscribed with Brendan Hill · 20 November 2025

Inside the Minds Behind Australia’s Robotics Revolution

How Kali Healthcare is Reimagining Fetal Monitoring to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes

The New Script with Frances Goh & Makenzie Thomas · 6 November 2025

How Kali Healthcare is Reimagining Fetal Monitoring to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes

How Digital Twins & AI Are Saving Billions in Infrastructure Costs | Jack Curtis from Neara

In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy · 29 August 2025

How Digital Twins & AI Are Saving Billions in Infrastructure Costs | Jack Curtis from Neara

The Billion-Dollar AI Opportunity No One’s Talking About - With Asseti’s Aonghus Stevens

In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy · 27 June 2025

The Billion-Dollar AI Opportunity No One’s Talking About - With Asseti’s Aonghus Stevens

S3 | E8 – Adrian Macneil (Co-Founder & CEO at Foxglove) on Developer Tools for Robotics, and Why Ambitious Kiwis Need to Go — and Come Back Smarter

Diaspora NZ with David Booth · 2 May 2025

S3 | E8 – Adrian Macneil (Co-Founder & CEO at Foxglove) on Developer Tools for Robotics, and Why Ambitious Kiwis Need to Go — and Come Back Smarter

Accelerating Discovery: Alain Richardt on AI, Quantum Chemistry, and the Future of Materials Science

In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy · 24 April 2025

Accelerating Discovery: Alain Richardt on AI, Quantum Chemistry, and the Future of Materials Science

AI Agents, AlphaGo & the $18B Wrapper: Will Liang on What’s Next in AI

In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy · 16 April 2025

AI Agents, AlphaGo & the $18B Wrapper: Will Liang on What’s Next in AI

S3 | E6 Anton Jackson Smith (Founder of b.next) on building synthetic cells, programmable biology, and the future of biotech

Diaspora NZ with David Booth · 11 April 2025

S3 | E6 Anton Jackson Smith (Founder of b.next) on building synthetic cells, programmable biology, and the future of biotech

S3 | E2 - Kathryn Zealand (Skip) on robotic exoskeletons, mobility for life, and spinning out of Google X

Diaspora NZ with David Booth · 14 March 2025

S3 | E2 - Kathryn Zealand (Skip) on robotic exoskeletons, mobility for life, and spinning out of Google X

Brewing Palm Oil in a Lab: Tom Collier on the Future of Sustainable Ingredients with Levur

The Mix with Mick Liubinskas · 4 March 2025

Brewing Palm Oil in a Lab: Tom Collier on the Future of Sustainable Ingredients with Levur

Scaling Sustainability: How Enaxiom is Driving Industrial Change with HydroCOOL

The Mix with Mick Liubinskas · 10 February 2025

Scaling Sustainability: How Enaxiom is Driving Industrial Change with HydroCOOL

Decoding DeepSeek's AI Breakthrough: The $5M Model That Shook Nvidia

In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy · 29 January 2025

Decoding DeepSeek's AI Breakthrough: The $5M Model That Shook Nvidia

Building Big Batteries and a Climate-Positive Future: Thomas Nann on Allegro’s Energy Solutions

The Mix with Mick Liubinskas · 12 January 2025

Building Big Batteries and a Climate-Positive Future: Thomas Nann on Allegro’s Energy Solutions

Revolutionising Energy Transition: A Conversation with DNA Energy’s Co-Founder Dan Barber

The Mix with Mick Liubinskas · 5 January 2025

Revolutionising Energy Transition: A Conversation with DNA Energy’s Co-Founder Dan Barber

Innovating Sustainable Textile Dyes: A Conversation with Newera Bio's Co-Founder Lucie Semenec

The Mix with Mick Liubinskas · 29 December 2024

Innovating Sustainable Textile Dyes: A Conversation with Newera Bio's Co-Founder Lucie Semenec

Innovating for Better Brains: Christina Maher's Journey with BrainLand

In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy · 6 December 2024

Innovating for Better Brains: Christina Maher's Journey with BrainLand

Navigating the Hype Cycles and Early-Stage Deep Tech Investing with Emily

First Cheque with Cheryl Mack & Maxine Minter · 18 November 2024

Navigating the Hype Cycles and Early-Stage Deep Tech Investing with Emily

Mapping Human Emotions: Nicole Gibson on inTruth's Biometric Breakthrough

In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy · 15 November 2024

Mapping Human Emotions: Nicole Gibson on inTruth's Biometric Breakthrough

Optimising Crop Quality: Steve Scheding on Green Atlas, Automation, and Bootstrapping Success

Unfunded with Joan Westenberg · 18 July 2024

Optimising Crop Quality: Steve Scheding on Green Atlas, Automation, and Bootstrapping Success

From Food Waste to Climate Solutions: Olympia Yarger and Goterra’s Innovative Approach

The Mix with Mick Liubinskas · 29 November 2022

From Food Waste to Climate Solutions: Olympia Yarger and Goterra’s Innovative Approach

Phil Morle explains the struggles that incubators often face

The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series · 20 March 2022

Phil Morle explains the struggles that incubators often face

Hamish Hawthorn discusses the evolution of the ecosystem

The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series · 20 February 2022

Hamish Hawthorn discusses the evolution of the ecosystem

Sarah Pearson on the importance of cooperation and competition

The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series · 13 February 2022

Sarah Pearson on the importance of cooperation and competition

Darryl Lyons believes Australia has an opportunity to lead the world in Agri-tech

The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series

Darryl Lyons believes Australia has an opportunity to lead the world in Agri-tech

Dharmica Mistry discusses the distinction between deep tech startups and other startups

The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series

Dharmica Mistry discusses the distinction between deep tech startups and other startups

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