Ep 90: Rich Sorkin, Co-Founder & CEO of Jupiter Intelligence
- Author
- Rich Sorkin, Jason Jacobs
- Published
- Mon 16 Mar 2020
- Episode Link
- https://www.mcj.vc/media/podcast
In today’s episode, we cover:
- Jupiter and its mission
- Rich’s journey from data analytics to climate change
- Parallels between the opportunity around cybersecurity and climate change
- The importance of physical climate risk
- How Jupiter initially narrowed its focus on flood risk
- How Jupiter develops a “peril model” to assess the risk of flooding and fires
- Profile of Jupiter’s customers
- How critical infrastructure companies represent a major customer
- Why insurers are not the ones who bear the financial risk of worsening climate disasters
- Corporate indictments as a symptom of unaddressed climate risk
- The U.S.’ “armed lifeboat diplomacy”
- Jupiter’s nonprofit work
- Resilience planning in the face of climate-related catastrophes
- The need to restrict land use in at-risk areas
Links to topics discussed in this episode:
- Jupiter Intelligence: https://jupiterintel.com/
- PG&E bankruptcy: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/business/energy-environment/pge-bankruptcy-newsom.html
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