{"podcast":{"title":"Austin Tech Connect: The Podcast For The Austin Technology Ecosystem, Business Leaders, and Tech Entrepreneurs!","slug":"austin-tech-connect","podcast_index_feed_id":5893386,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/445386/rss","website_url":"https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/7/1/3/571305043495b7a2a04421dee9605cbd/Austin_Tech_Cover.png","author":"Austin Technology Council","episode_count":146,"summary":"Austin Tech Connect is the go to podcast for all things Technology in the Austin, Texas region. The show is hosted by the CEO of Austin Technology Council, Thom Singer. For over two years this show has highlighted local tech leaders who make a difference in the Austin tech ecosystem. Each week Thom sits down with leaders in technology & business from the greater Austin area to explore success stories, business advice, and visions for the future of Austin Tech. The Austin Technology Council has been bringing people together and serving the local tech ecosystem for over 32 years. If you are looking for the \"Whose Who\" of the Austin Technology Community, you need to be listening to the Austin Tech Connect Podcast. The Austin Tech Community is vibrant ecosystem of companies, non-profits, universities, and government agencies that are committed to keeping Austin as a leading technology center. Over the past three decades the city of Austin, Texas has transformed from a college town that is the State Capital, into a fast growing tech center. Homegrown startups grow into international leaders, and many other companies have opened offices in Austin or moved their headquarters. The future…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-tech-connect"},"episode":{"title":"The Future of Energy Is Austin: Sean Voigt's Bold Vision","slug":"the-future-of-energy-is-austin-sean-voigt-s-bold-vision","published_at":"2025-06-26T18:41:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-tech-connect/the-future-of-energy-is-austin-sean-voigt-s-bold-vision","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-tech-connect","url":"https://a7b1cb29-8eb2-4801-9ccb-e0eb899497ab.libsyn.com/the-future-of-energy-is-austin-sean-voigts-bold-vision","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/a7b1cb29-8eb2-4801-9ccb-e0eb899497ab/ATC_Sean_Voigt_-_Stereo_Mix.mp3?dest-id=3729132","summary":"In this episode of Austin Tech Connect , Thom Singer sits down with Sean Voigt, the founder and CEO of Energy Innovation Hub Texas, for a deep and energizing conversation about the future of clean energy and why Austin is uniquely positioned to lead it. Sean shares his personal journey... from growing up in South Africa and attending Stanford, Columbia, and Harvard, to building and scaling energy startups, working in global sustainability, and ultimately returning to Austin to spark something bigger. He explains how his background in engineering, policy, venture capital, and entrepreneurship led him to a bold mission: to establish Austin as the global capital of the energy transition. Sean breaks down what the \"energy transition\" really means; decarbonization, decentralization, and digitization... and why it's a bigger economic and societal opportunity than AI or the internet boom of the '90s. He gives a powerful argument for why Texas, and especially Austin, has all the ingredients to become the epicenter of this shift: market size, infrastructure, tech talent, and a growing ecosystem of innovators. The conversation also dives into why early-stage climate tech founders struggle to raise capital and connect with strategic industry players and how Sean's Energy Innovation Hub is solving that through a hands-on, investor-operator model that bridges startups, corporate partners, investors, and policy leaders. This is a must-listen episode for anyone who cares about Austin's future, climate innovation, or building ecosystems that matter. Sean Voigt's vision is big, bold, and exactly what Austin needs right now.","meta_description":"In this episode of Austin Tech Connect , Thom Singer sits down with Sean Voigt, the founder and CEO of Energy Innovation Hub Texas, for a deep and energiz…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2729,"processing_state":"failed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/austin-tech-connect/episodes/the-future-of-energy-is-austin-sean-voigt-s-bold-vision/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-tech-connect/the-future-of-energy-is-austin-sean-voigt-s-bold-vision.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}