{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Energytech Startups","title":"Ashish Gupta & Siddhartha (Sid) Paul from KonsciousPlanet/KP Labs","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/934ce585\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2830,"description":"Critical metals like nickel and cobalt are slipping through the cracks and into landfills, and KP Labs is on a mission to get them back. Dr. Ashish Gupta and Siddhartha Paul, CEO and CTO and co-founders of KonsciousPlanet/KP Labs, break down how bacteria can pull valuable metals from e-waste, why recycling is really just energy independence in disguise, and why they're calling it urban mining.\nClick here to watch a video of this episode.\n\n0:00 - Intro and KP Labs origin story\n3:26 - How the e-waste recycling technology works\n8:39 - Black mass, battery chemistry, and the logistics problem\n11:00 - America's recycling problem\n14:40 - Democratizing the recycling process\n18:29 - Commercialization plans and funding\n24:02 - Founders' backgrounds and how they met\n30:00 - Challenges in energy transition investing\n35:39 - Houston ecosystem and helpful resources\n38:07 - Investor misconceptions and how to pitch it right\n42:58 - Reframing the business as urban mining\n44:13 - What KP Labs is looking for right now\nhttps://twitter.com/collide_aihttps://www.tiktok.com/@collide.iohttps://www.facebook.com/collide.iohttps://www.instagram.com/collide.iohttps://www.youtube.com/@collide_iohttps://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BcLvBZs7KjKyKwxjCN7uM3ceaU5nLSxOZljzKK515LE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kM2Fj/MzRlYTQ3ZDM0NmJm/ZDllOWE1Y2Y3MmRm/MDFkOS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}