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Inside the Semiconductor Showdown: A Conversation with Chip War Author Chris Miller
It has been said that microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Virtually everything—from missiles to microwaves—runs on chips, including cars, smartphones, the stock market, and even the electric grid.
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Watch this inside look at the complex tech universe of microchips in a captivating webinar interview with Chris Miller, the acclaimed author behind the Financial Times Business Book of the Year and a New York Times best-seller, Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology.
Embark on a journey into the heart of the modern tech battleground as we delve deep into the high-stakes world of semiconductor warfare. Uncover untold stories, strategies, and challenges that shape the global race for pivotal technology, guided by the insights of an award-winning author.
Alumni Ventures’ host, Strawberry Creek Ventures and Deep Tech Fund Managing Partner Matt Caspari led a compelling discussion and also provided insight into the innovative and exciting startups pushing the limits and creating new products pivotal to the growth and evolution of the industry, including companies like Analog Inference, Groq, and NeuReality in our portfolio of 1,200+ startups across 40+ venture capital funds like our Deep Tech Fund.
An Investor’s Perspective
Check out Alumni Ventures’ Yevgeny Gelfand’s recent article, “The Other AI Arms Race: An Investor’s Perspective” which was recently published in Semiconductor Review.
Watch now to access Chris Miller’s expertise and revelations and be part of shaping the course of our technological future. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to engage in an essential conversation that could change the way you perceive the world of technology!
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About your presenters
Overview
Matt Caspari invests in mission-driven founders building the next generation of iconic companies—entrepreneurs tackling the world’s hardest, highest-stakes problems. He backs breakthrough technologies with the potential to redefine critical industries, unlock new markets, and create a more sustainable, secure future.
Before Alumni Ventures, Matt was a two-time venture-backed founder/CEO and a leader of the innovation team at Nike. He founded Aurora Biofuels, a deep-tech venture that grew to 100+ employees and secured more than $100 million in funding before its acquisition by Reliance Industries. Earlier, he advised life science multinationals at Cambridge Pharma Consultancy (acquired by IMS Health) and gained experience on Bloomberg’s M&A team. Matt holds a BS in Biochemistry from Georgetown University and an MBA with a Certificate in Entrepreneurship from UC Berkeley.
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Investment Area of Focus
His investment lens favors bold solutions to global challenges and durable advantages rooted in technology and aligned with long-term megatrends. This translates to surgical robots powered by physical AI, next-generation energy systems, space-based infrastructure, longevity therapeutics, and more. The through-line is the potential for extraordinary value creation at the intersection of deep science and global need.
Representative investments Matt has led for Alumni Ventures include Andromeda Surgical and Cytronic (Physical AI); Arda Therapeutics and Cambrian Biopharma (Technologies for the Human Body); Max Space and Orbital Operations (Space Infrastructure); and Fortera and Mainspring Energy (The New Energy Stack). Alumni Ventures’ Deep Tech portfolio also includes companies such as Axiom Space, Ayar Labs, Cohere, Frore Systems, Groq, Hawkeye360, Hayden AI, Lambda, Radiant, and Rigetti (Nasdaq: RGTI).
Chris Miller teaches International History at Fletcher School at Tufts University. He is also Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a director at Greenmantle, a macroeconomic and geopolitical consultancy. He is regularly quoted in publications such as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, is featured on CNBC and NPR, and writes for publications like Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy. He is author of three books: Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia, The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy and We Shall Be Masters: Russian Pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin. He received his PhD and MA from Yale University and his AB in history from Harvard University. For more information, see www.christophermiller.net