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When Sci-Fi Becomes the Business Plan | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Jacob Flores, Head of Research at Type One Ventures | Hosted by Marco Ciappelli

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An Analog Brain In A Digital Age | With Marco Ciappelli

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Apr 14, 2026

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Summary

What does it look like to invest not just in companies, but in the future of human civilization? Jacob Flores, Head of Research at Type One Ventures, joins this Brand Highlight to explain how the Kardashev Scale shapes an investment thesis that spans manufacturing in space, neurotechnology, and human longevity — and why the line between science fiction and venture capital is getting thinner every year.