Salen Churi

Salen stated the energy grid is "broken" and the U.S. has flat energy generation growth vs. China's 10x, creating a critical need. He invested in Base Power, which uses distributed home batteries for grid arbitrage and resilience. Fixing energy generation and distribution is a prerequisite for economic and national goals. Hardware-focused companies that rethink fundamental infrastructure (generation, distribution, storage) are addressing the "largest market in the world" with little recent innovation. LONG on the energy minerals/infrastructure sector, as it's a critical, massive market being reopened for innovation through new hardware and technology approaches. Technological hurdles; scaling manufacturing; regulatory and permitting challenges; competition from legacy utilities.