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EARLY Access [Audio] with Matt Gialich - CEO of AstroForge
🕑 Added 2025-08-09 17:45:03 +0000 UTCMatt Gialich is the Co-Founder and CEO of AstroForge, an asteroid mining company founded in 2022 that aims to extract platinum group metals from near-Earth asteroids to redefine sustainable mining practices. With over a decade of experience leading high-performing engineering teams, Gialich holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
His career began at Toyon Research Corporation as an analyst developing novel navigation algorithms, followed by key roles at Virgin Orbit, where he led the flight software and GNC teams and oversaw avionics development. He later served as Director of Vehicle Software at Bird, where he met co-founder Jose Acain, sparking the idea for AstroForge amid their shared passion for space.
Previously, Gialich was co-founder and CEO of Ex Scientia Technologies. A Y Combinator alumnus, he has guided AstroForge to successful missions, including Mission 1's launch, and advocates for commercial space innovation to address resource scarcity on Earth.
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Drew Nichols
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence! Exactly! More people need to hear and understand that. The claim of aliens is extraordinary but still less extraordinary than a resurrection.
David Wise
Someone clip Shawn saying “miraculous images of Uranus”! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’m a child.
