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A Physicist‑Turned‑VC Says Our Climate Playbook Is Broken—and Entrepreneurs Are the Only Ones Who Can Fix It

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23.02.2026

A Physicist‑Turned‑VC Says Our Climate Playbook Is Broken—and Entrepreneurs Are the Only Ones Who Can Fix It

Google X founding member Tom Chi says our climate, tech, and economic systems are breaking. His new book shows entrepreneurs how to regain agency in an unstable century.

BY TIM CRINO, SENIOR EDITOR, INC. @TIMCRINO

Tom Chi. Photo: Courtesy subject

Tom Chi is a founding partner of At One Ventures, a VC firm focusing on our relationship with the planet, regenerative industries, and disruptive deep tech. His new book, Climate Capital: Investing in the Tools for a Regenerative Future, just published on February 17, and examines the overlapping crises of climate destabilization, technological disruption, economic fragility, and social fragmentation. I asked Chi to tell me more about........

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