Garth Sheldon-Coulson on Founder

Garth Sheldon-Coulson@garthsc

Today we're announcing @_panthalassa’s $140M Series B, led by Peter Thiel, with participation from John Doerr and many other incredible investors. The mission: unlock the ocean as another planetary-scale energy resource for humanity. First stop: compute.

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