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SPC India recently got a chance to see the future of mobility up close - with a tour of Ola Electric's operations in India The audacious scale of the enterprise blew us away: a 500-acre ‘Futurefactory’ that's redefining manufacturing with unprecedented attention to detail to every component of an electric scooter - from design to assembly. This enterprise is on its way to become one of the biggest EV hubs in the world We also toured the Gigafactory - a state-of-the-art setup that will scale the production of 4680 cells or ‘Bharat’ cells in India (a first in the country!) Plus, got a peek at Ola's Battery Innovation Center - a cutting-edge R&D facility for next-gen battery tech. Working on high-energy density batteries that could do wonders for EV range and then setting up production at scale in-house - it's truly a revolution in the making A big thanks to Bhavish Aggarwal and the Ola team for having us!

In search of a co-founder to build a 🦄 with? Join South Park Commons, next play & Brex for a co-founder mixer with builders in the -1 stage on Nov 20th at SPC NYC! This will be a highly curated event and a great opportunity to meet other builders. Programming details will be shared upon arrival, don't miss this one! Apply to attend in the comments below. S/o to the teams at next play & Brex for putting this together with us! Ben Lang, Dan Schreter, Phil Chen, Alexandra Settlemyer, Erica Wenger 🏕️

How should you respond as AI automates more types of work? Economist, Emergent Ventures Co-founder, and prolific author Tyler Cowen joined us on Minus One to share what he thinks will matter for talent in the age of AI.

If you're in NYC the week of Oct 23rd, you don't want to miss an unfiltered interview for the ages between Aditya Agarwal & Keith Rabois on their shared history and why they are each bullish on NYC tech. Apply to to attend at the link in the comments!

🚨 Reminder that we're hosting for Lindsay Kaplan, co-founder & Chief Branding Officer at Chief for a fireside chat on Thursday Oct. 10th on the early days of building & the future of supporting female leadership in tech! We have a few spots left, RSVP below in the comments

🚨 We're excited to partner with Palantir Technologies for an amazing event on talent mafias in NYC. We have an incredible panel of Palantir alumni founders who will discuss how working at talent dense entrepreneurial companies helps them run their own businesses! The panel will be moderated by SPC's own Aditya Agarwal and will feature: Akshay Krishnaswamy (Chief Architect at Palantir Technologies) Barry McCardel (CEO of Hex) Cobi B. (CEO of Chapter Health) Shreya M. (CEO of Partiful) Arda Kara (OG Palantir alum & friend of SPC!) Apply to attend at the link in the comments!

The Fall 2024 Founder Fellowship cohort kicks off this week in Sonoma and San Francisco! This was our most competitive cohort yet—we can't wait to see the new worlds this incredible group of founders build.