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Honoring Colonel Michael Endres' Legacy
Honoring Colonel Michael Endres' Legacy
On Wednesday night, I had the pleasure to join colleagues from across industry at the U.S.
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Sean Kelley (he / him) reposted thisSean Kelley (he / him) reposted this🍟 “AI is fast food for the brain.” That article title sure caught my attention!! As an avid user of AI tools and a person with a background in public health, this recent essay from Dr. David Rock for Fast Company really resonated with me. I have to admit- as AI productivity tools have improved, I find myself slipping into unquestioned AI use more and more often. Just a few years ago, I proclaimed that I didn't want to outsource all of my thinking- it felt (and still does!) very important to limit my cognitive offloading. 🧠 And yet.....these days, when I am really honest about it, I find that I often don't stop to reflect before accepting the offered AI-assist without question. Quite quickly, and without my noticing, I have seemingly forgotten to stop and ask myself, "Is this a moment when I need AI, or a moment when I can do the thinking/writing/creating myself?" But, as David rightfully points out....I shouldn't have to do that. I shouldn't have to stay hyper-vigilant and disciplined about relying on my own brain. This shouldn't be a personal responsibility. The products being developed should make AI-help easily available, but at the user's request. Offloading our thinking should not be the default choice. "It turns out that the people building our digital world made the quiet decision around 2024 to have generative artificial intelligence offer help on nearly every task, rather than let users seek input as needed. Whether you are writing an email, building a presentation, creating an image, or developing a critical business strategy, GenAI now pops in and encourages you to use it so you don’t have to think as hard. Put simply, this means humans today need to put in mental effort to say “no” to GenAI thinking for them." I would love to hear from others- have you also found yourself sliding into the AI-assisted default more often lately? How do you continue to reap the benefits of these amazing AI tools while also maintaining your cognitive sovereignty? Do you have any tips for preserving a moment of reflection to ask yourself if the AI assist is the right call for the task at hand? Ideas are warmly welcomed. 😅 https://lnkd.in/gFjYUUyx #AI #cognitiveoffloading #independentthinking #cognitive sovereignty
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Sean Kelley (he / him) shared thisWhen I share that I’m leaning into #biochar with Cold Steppe, I often get the question “what is biochar? Check out this great video from the American Biochar Institute and Dr T 👇🏼… I appreciate the recognition that indigenous cultures have used biochar for thousands of years to maintain healthy soils and rich ecosystems.Sean Kelley (he / him) shared thisBiochar has been around for thousands of years – and we've just recently rediscovered what indigenous communities already knew way back then. Adding biochar to soil creates Terra Preta (or "Dark Earth") and it is still among the most fertile types of soil out there. Biomass waste repurposed to benefit the earth? Yes, please! Hear Dr. T explain how biochar can store carbon for hundreds of years and why its properties in soil make it a unique waste-to-value tool. Watch Biochar Basics Ep 2 and follow along for more.
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Sean Kelley (he / him) shared thisReflecting this morning with gratitude for many gifts…. The gifts from Mother Nature with this view of Mt Rainier on a recent flight through Seattle. The gift of flying machines - wow - to see this view safely from the air…breathtaking. Thank you Boeing and Alaska Airlines!! The dual gifts of community and purpose as I head to the east coast for my annual Summit of the Duke Veteran Transitions Research Lab, for my first strategic planning gathering with the founders of Cold Steppe and to attend my first ever NY Climate Week. I’m excited to spend time with long-time friends and new collaborators united in purpose. Importantly the gift of a loving partner and supportive family as I continue to strive to be a contributing leader of positive change in the world. Hoping the week ahead for you is filled with with goodness and opportunities to experience joy ❤️
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Sean Kelley (he / him) shared thisJess Porter perfectly articulates “why Cold Steppe!”….. Put us on your radar…. It’s happening! 👇🏼Sean Kelley (he / him) shared thisI've begun digging into my new role!! This career move is different for me—and deeply personal. I’ve reached a point where retirement is an option. After decades leading complex engineering and capital programs, I could choose to step away. Instead, I’ve chosen what may be one of the most meaningful endeavors of my career. My family recently grew to include two grandchildren. That has caused me to think differently about time, legacy, and what matters most in the years ahead. My conclusion is simple: Leave this place better than I found it. That is what drew me to Cold Steppe as the Head of Engineering and Capital Projects. Cold Steppe’s mission is “to find what is left behind and turn it into something that moves us forward.” The company converts agricultural and woody residues through controlled pyrolysis into energy, industrial heat, and biochar. My responsibility is to scale Cold Steppe's engineering and manufacturing capabilities—developing the engineering, capital execution, and repeatable infrastructure needed and then to deploy this technology at scale and expand our ability to produce biochar that durably stores carbon originally removed from the atmosphere by plants. Climate change has become intensely political. My decision to join Cold Steppe is not. We can debate causality, policy, and solutions, but two realities remain: our planet is warming, and greenhouse gas in the atmosphere accelerates that warming. What excites me is the opportunity to do something tangible about it. When Cold Steppe succeeds at scale (and we will), this will help demonstrate that mankind has the ability to materially affect the trajectory of global warming—and perhaps, ultimately, help reverse it. For an engineering and project leader, there are few opportunities more rewarding than building something tangible. For me, there are even fewer opportunities to build something my grandchildren may someday benefit from. I’m incredibly grateful to Kevin Crow, Matthew Freniere, Sean Kelley and Margaux Gillman for the trust they’ve placed in me and am excited to work alongside the entire Cold Steppe team. At this stage of my career, I find myself measuring success differently: Did I use the experience I accumulated over a lifetime to leave something better behind for those who follow? That is why I chose Cold Steppe. I couldn’t be more excited to get to work. #ColdSteppe #Biochar #CarbonRemoval #Engineering #ClimateTechnology #Sustainability
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Sean Kelley (he / him) reposted thisSean Kelley (he / him) reposted thisAbout a year ago, I had the opportunity to sit in Gloria Steinem’s living room alongside a group of extraordinary women changemakers. It was surreal. The topic: Economic Power in the Age of AI. For more than an hour, Gloria simply listened. At the end, Karin Klein asked for her perspective, and she schooled us in a subject I was not expecting: science. As the world becomes more digital and more divided, her call to action centered on the decline in our natural production of oxytocin, and the importance of creating experiences and spaces that foster real human connection to help replenish what we are losing as a society. So, in her honor, find a healthy way to create more of it for yourself and others this weekend. Give someone a hug. Make eye contact. Say thank you. Laugh together. Spend time with people who make you feel safe, seen, and connected. It is a simple but powerful way to honor a woman who spent her life bringing people together and changing hearts and minds. Rest in peace, Gloria.
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Sean Kelley (he / him) reposted thisSean Kelley (he / him) reposted thisTen years ago, I published Grit. In those pages, I wrote down everything I'd discovered about world-class achievers, and how passion and perseverance set them apart. Since then, I've been studying the situations that make that kind of achievement possible. The thesis of this book is, simply, that your situation shapes you, but you have the power to shape it first. Pre-order SITUATED and get a personalized bookplate signed by me: https://lnkd.in/gqZhHwvp
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Sean Kelley (he / him) reposted thisSean Kelley (he / him) reposted thisKiss The Ground's 'Stories of Regeneration' mini-doc series has now been viewed more than 5 million times, 75% of the audience is new to our work. If you have 11 minutes, I am willing to bet our newest film will change the way you think about our food system. Regenerative grass-fed is starting to have its moment, for good reasons. Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gUHKaypX
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Sean Kelley (he / him) shared thisCOOLEST of cool gig alerts 🎉👇🏼 Duke is hiring its first ever Director of Student Veterans role!! Many of you know I am an Executive in Residence, co-leading the Duke Veteran Transitions Research Lab. The Lab will collaborate with this new leader as we shape the experience of students veterans at Duke. I’m fired up 🔥to see this commitment by Duke, led by my colleague Clay Adams!!Sean Kelley (he / him) shared thisWe’re hiring in the Dean of Students Office at Duke. If you’re deeply committed to supporting military-affiliated students, passionate about student success, and excited by the opportunity to build something meaningful from the ground up, we’d love to hear from you. The inaugural Associate Dean and Director of Student Veterans will support Duke’s 450+ military-affiliated students, advance our undergraduate student veteran initiative, build community, and serve as a strong advocate for student veterans across Duke. https://lnkd.in/e5v8Wau5
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Sean Kelley (he / him) reposted thisSean Kelley (he / him) reposted thisThe Dust Bowl was a man-made disaster. Like so many environmental problems we're facing today, it came from humans weakening a natural resource until it gave out. In the early 1900s, Western homesteaders ripped up millions of acres of native buffalo grass to plant wheat. When World War I began, the government subsidized wheat production to feed the troops. Business was booming, until the rain stopped. A normal drought became a catastrophe because the topsoil, anchored by that buffalo grass for thousands of years, dried up and blew everywhere. Dirt blew through the Southern Plains for years, forcing 2.5 million people to flee. I'm reading the firsthand history of this time period in Timothy Egan's "The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl." It's told through interviews with people who lived through it. I love reading history like this because it helps us learn from previous mistakes -- in this case, to better understand how farming practices impact soil and what we can do to prevent the next Dust Bowl. Working with founders at Gigascale Capital makes me optimistic that such learning is possible. Every company in our portfolio is, in some way, trying to build something that performs better than what it replaces: cheaper, more resilient, less extractive, faster to deploy. Whether building new solutions for the grid or other parts of the physical economy, they're all replanting the buffalo grass before the wind picks up.
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Sean Kelley (he / him) liked thisSean Kelley (he / him) liked thisThe energy was unmatched today for Canopy Aerospace & Defense's companywide Fall Event! I had the pleasure of hosting at our new headquarters in Irvine, CA 🚀 From friendly competitive trivia, raffle prizes, and catching up with colleagues in our gorgeous new space, we are loving every minute of bringing all platform teams together (both in-person and virtually). A massive THANK YOU to all who worked behind the scenes to make this event happen, and to all of our amazing employees whose participation made today so memorable! Check out a few highlights from the Irvine HQ celebration below! 👇 #CanopyAD #NewHQ #CompanyCulture #IrvineCA #TeamAppreciation #FallEvent2026 #ThankYouTeam
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Sean Kelley (he / him) reacted on thisWe believe that it is important for programs like ours at the NSF ASCEND Engine in Colorado and Wyoming to have a multitude of complementary approaches to accelerate, test, harden, and operationalize innovation at scale. Prize competitions are a powerful but underutilized mechanism in science and engineering and we are excited to add this programmatic tool to our toolkit through our collaboration with XPRIZE! The Prize Studio will run alongside ASCEND’s SHIELD program which is developing the innovation pipeline and testbed capacity needed to monitor soil health at scale, which can unlock precision solutions for water resource management, wildfire mitigation, and ag productivity. Looking forward to working with David Babson and Elaine (Fischer) Hungenberg at XPRIZE, Megan Machmuller Francesca Cotrufo at Cquester/CSU, Mike SanClements, PhD at NEON, and many others on this! Mike Freeman Sarah Jane (SJ) Maxted Noah BeversSean Kelley (he / him) reacted on thisHealthy soil is essential for productive farms, resilient rangelands and communities. But one big problem keeps slowing progress: we still can't measure soil health quickly, affordably, and at scale. That's why we're excited to partner with XPRIZE Foundation to launch the Soil Ecosystem Prize Studio. 🌱 Over the next 18 months, the Prize Studio will design a series of focused prize competitions that tackle specific barriers to scaling soil health solutions, like measurement at scale and low-cost ways to assess biological activity in soil. This work will build toward a future large-scale moonshot prize to help bring the most promising technologies to market. We are excited to be working with XPRIZE on this endeavour, and for providing the Fraser-based 'living laboratory' testbed where competing teams will put their solutions to work. Prize competitions open the door to many different approaches at once. By pairing this model with a real-world proving ground, we look forward speeding up solutions to some of the most pressing challenges in agriculture and land management, from everyday soil stewardship to restoring land after wildfire. Read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/gnUYXV4D
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Sean Kelley (he / him) liked thisAn amazing way to close out New York Climate Week: helping gavel the close at the NYSE as XPRIZE announced the winners of our XPRIZE Wildfire competition. Wildfire has evolved from a seasonal, regional challenge into an increasingly persistent global one. The technologies surfaced through this competition can fundamentally improve our ability to detect and respond to fires while they are still small - before they become destructive and uncontrollable. That announcement was also a fitting capstone to a great week for our Energy, Climate, and Nature work at XPRIZE. We convened conversations around energy abundance, rapidly arresting warming while stabilizing the climate for the long term, building climate resilience, promoting circularity in the energy transition, and treating ecosystems as critical infrastructure whose services can be valued and connected to markets. Climate Week can sometimes become a long series of conversations about what should happen, but pairing those conversations with evidence of what happens when ambitious ideas are translated into well-designed global competitions felt different. Celebrating results while simultaneously discussing what comes next is a powerful reason for optimism.Sean Kelley (he / him) liked thisThe NYSE welcomes XPRIZE in celebration of Climate Week!
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Sean Kelley (he / him) reacted on thisSean Kelley (he / him) reacted on thisWe’re excited to announce one of our newest portfolio companies: it's electric!️ Led by co-founders Tiya Gordon and Nathan L. King, it's electric is building energy-resilient infrastructure for cities through EV charging. 40 million US EV drivers park on city streets and have no home charging option. Fast charger networks weren't built for them, but it's electric was. The model powers curbside Level 2 chargers using spare electrical capacity in adjacent buildings, eliminating the need for utility interconnections, years-long permitting delays, and costs to cities or property owners. 👉 Permitted to operate in 12 cities 👉 1,600+ charging units awarded through competitive city RFPs, 54 installed. 👉 360% year-over-year revenue growth in 2025 👉 99% platform uptime, zero cable losses across 500+ distributed cables Backed by Uber, Hyundai, and Mastercard, it's electric has won contracts in Boston, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and most recently New York City, where their behind-the-meter approach is the only model to have chargers actually in the ground. We’re proud to join a strong group of partners including Chloe Capital, Halogen Ventures, Failup Ventures, Wisdom Ventures, Future Communities Capital, Dipalo Ventures, Play Money!, & Gaingels. Welcome to the portfolio, it's electric!
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Sean Kelley (he / him) reacted on thisSean Kelley (he / him) reacted on thisTwitter/X is buzzing this morning about a research analysis Anthropic published around how fast robotics may transform work. A significant part of my role at Amazon was to review analyses of what could be automated by robotics in Amazon's logistics network. Honestly, if this analysis had been shared with me at Amazon, I would have said "thanks for the effort here and there are some useful insights, but this is mostly AI-slop that needs to be redone." I was pretty brutally direct with my teams at Amazon. Here's my more detailed feedback on why it needs to be redone: First, yes, cost is always a critical input, but cost was never a prohibitive barrier. Capabilities are the prohibitive barrier. A better analysis would project and predict non-linear capability jumps, the associated cost reduction, and the work that becomes possible once those jumps are available. Second, straight linear analysis around cost and capability improvement is a really naive way to predict what will become automatable. Steel hasn't been getting cheaper. Batteries slowly. Sensors slowly unless there’s a technology leap. This is why autonomous vehicles are becoming more cost effective (sensor costs coming down and AI improving) and air taxis will take much longer (economics are driven by material strength:weight and battery energy density that aren’t changing). But significant non-linear leaps in cost reduction and task completion do happen, a lot, and come from two dominant sources: clever mechanical inventions or algorithmic improvements in the sensing and control loops. For example, you can singulate items with a robot arm and great AI, or you can put them on a waterfall conveyor that spreads them out with very simple controls. The valuable part of the analysis in this paper is the capabilities analysis. “Manipulation capabilities stand out: half of physical tasks wouldn’t be automated at scale unless robots become more adept at touching and handling objects.” Yes, this is precisely why everyone is focused on ai for dexterous manipulation. Humanoid backflips are fun, but generalized manipulation is the unlock. Oh and by the way, if you run the analysis the way I suggest, that analysis will tell you that the biggest opportunity is to put manipulators on a wheeled base with swappable batteries operating at <$15/hr in commercial environments. I know, I ran the analysis and we've built that robot. 😉 https://t.co/ALRU6P8R1h
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Sean Kelley (he / him) liked thisSean Kelley (he / him) liked thisI am thrilled to finally share this one: welcome Kanin Energy to the S2G portfolio! Kanin has built the business around an increasingly important idea: industrial power is becoming a strategic issue, and there is major opportunity in putting otherwise wasted energy to work for industrial customers. The team has paired that thesis with the development, financing, and operating capabilities needed to turn it into real infrastructure. From my perspective, waste heat to power technology is proven, the resource is there, and I believe the customer's need for reliable, cost-effective power is only becoming more important. We’re excited about what Kanin is building around that opportunity. I’ve known Janice Tran for 10 years this month, including from our time together in the early days of Generate Capital. I vividly remember talking with her over lunch at Saap Ver as I debated moving to San Francisco from New York for the role; Janice encouraged me to take the leap, telling me the experience would be unparalleled and even fun. She was right. Over the decade since, I’ve continued to admire her instinct for building businesses: in my view, she sees what is possible, understands what it takes to get there, and brings an unbelievable amount of energy to the work, to say she has "good batteries" is an understatement (all power puns intended). This investment also exemplifies the core aim of S2G's Structured Finance strategy: back strong teams building asset-oriented businesses by providing flexible capital against tangible infrastructure and contracted cash flows. I also want to express a big thank you to our partners at Canada Growth Fund, particularly our counterparts Eric Rashi and Lula Azzahra. It was wonderful working together on “Project Penny,” and we’re excited to be around the table together. Further thanks to our team at S2G for all of the effort to get this across the finish line! Congratulations to Janice, Daniel Fipke, and the entire Kanin team. A lot of work went into getting here, and I’m even more excited about what comes next. Andrea Woodside, Brian O'Connor, August O'Hern, Matthew LaPorta https://lnkd.in/gsSeRJtaWelcome Kanin Energy: Turning Industrial Waste Heat Into Reliable PowerWelcome Kanin Energy: Turning Industrial Waste Heat Into Reliable Power
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Sean Kelley (he / him) reacted on thisSean Kelley (he / him) reacted on thisWhat changes when we stop talking about AI as if it were acting on its own? Meet Timnit Gebru, one of the 2026 Right Livelihood Laureates, a pioneering artificial intelligence researcher challenging the concentration of power in the tech industry. Timnit argues that behind seemingly autonomous AI systems are human decisions: about whose data is used, who performs the labour, what resources are consumed, who owns the technology — and who is held responsible when harm occurs. Through The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), which she founded in 2021, she is challenging another assumption: that expertise about technology belongs only to those who build it. DAIR’s community-rooted approach puts people directly affected by technology at the centre of research, recognising lived experience as a form of expertise. 💬 “Let's not talk about machines like they have their own life or agency. Let's talk about who are creating them and what their responsibilities are.” ⭐ Right Livelihood honours Timnit “for challenging concentrated power in artificial intelligence and pioneering digital technology rooted in justice, lived experience and human agency.” Discover Timnit Gebru’s story and work via the link in the comments! #ArtificialIntelligence #HumanRights
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Sean Kelley (he / him) liked thisSean Kelley (he / him) liked thisLast week, Isometric brought together over 270 buyers, developers, investors and other leaders for a packed schedule of events during Climate Week NYC. Tuesday began with our breakfast at Winston Taylor, where we explored the intersection of carbon removal and industrial decarbonization with Frontier, Heidelberg Materials, and Steel Dynamics, Inc. Later that day, focus turned to nature-based solutions with a panel and happy hour featuring Apple, Rubicon Carbon, IMPERATIVE, Grassroots Carbon, and Loam Bio. On Wednesday, more than 70 buyers and sustainability leaders joined us out on the water for a sailing trip on the Hudson, co-hosted with ClimeFi, goodcarbon, and Land Life. That evening, we also hosted an intimate dinner at the Harvard Club with Residual. On Thursday, a buyer workshop co-hosted with Climeworks brought together BMO, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), SMBC Group, Tiffany & Co., and others to talk about what's changing the case for carbon removal inside their organizations. Communications came up as the key to making the internal business case land. Buyers also said standards like SBTi's are giving them more confidence to act, but most agreed the market needs more than that to keep growing. Thank you to all the speakers, co-hosts, and everyone who joined us.
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Member, National Board of Trustees
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
- 4 years 1 month
Health
The mission of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation is to cure Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and to improve the quality of life of children and adults affected by these diseases. My service on the Board is a personal mission with my wife and daughter directly impacted by these diseases. It is important to my legacy to drive urgency and progress to find a cure. I'm passionate about the intersection of technology and health solutions, along with nutrition and alternative medical…
The mission of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation is to cure Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and to improve the quality of life of children and adults affected by these diseases. My service on the Board is a personal mission with my wife and daughter directly impacted by these diseases. It is important to my legacy to drive urgency and progress to find a cure. I'm passionate about the intersection of technology and health solutions, along with nutrition and alternative medical approaches as pathways to a cure. Please reach out to connect and network if you have interest in collaborating.
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Board Member (President 2023 - 2025)
Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association
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Economic Empowerment
Coupeville is one of Washington State's oldest towns, in the heart of Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve. I'm honored to join this critical board for our community to support historic preservation, economic vitality and community engagement.
https://www.coupevillehistoricwaterfront.com/
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Navy Supply Corps School
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Submarine Officer's School, Groton, CT
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University of Washington, School of Business, The Management Program (TMP)
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Honors & Awards
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Colonel Michael Endres Leadership Award for Individual Excellence in Veteran Employment
U. S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Hiring our Heroes
This award is provided to an individual who has gone above and beyond to make a difference in employment opportunities for veterans, service member and military spouses.
https://www.hiringourheroes.org/awards/
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