swisspod wants to build a Hyperloop underneath the Alps
Deep Tech Germany
English - July 08, 2021 13:57 - 36 minutes - 83 MBTechnology Business Entrepreneurship Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Founder
In this interview, we talk to Denis Tudor (https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-tudor-5737a394/) he is the CEO and Co-Founder of Switzerland-based swisspod (https://swisspod.ch/), a startup that aims to develop hyperloop tracks underneath the Swiss alps. Denis is a Forbes 30 under 30. He graduated valedictorian with a degree in engineering and went on to the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (https://www.epfl.ch/de/), to get his Ph.D.
Denis has always been fascinated by the Hyperloop idea from Elon Musk to a level, where he participated with a team in one of Hyperloops competitions. They won the best non-student design award out of more than 3.000 teams, who initially registered.
The idea kept fascinating him, which triggered him to founding swisspod.
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The Startup
swisspod (https://swisspod.ch/) is working on getting the Hyperloop underneath the Swiss Alps, transporting passengers with capsules of approx. 30 passengers.
SwissPod got a grant from the Swiss Government to set up the first testing facility for Hyperloops in Europe. Therefore their next step is to get this facility up and running and testing the idea and technologies needed
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The Interviewer
This interview was conducted by Jörn “Joe” Menninger, startup scout, founder, and host of Startuprad.io. Reach out to him: LinkedIn Twitter Email
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