The technology behind Liquid Metal Battery came to the attention of Bill Gates through the lecturing of professor Donald Sadoway, whose solid-state chemistry classes can be viewed online. In an appreciation written for MIT’s 150th anniversary, Gates singled out Sadoway’s work on energy storage.
In forming a company, Liquid Metal Battery took funding from Gates’ venture arm and a large corporation with the hopes of having long-term investors. “We were interested in taking patient money with deep pockets because these are large systems that take a significant amount of capital,” said co-founder David Bradwell.
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Ha! Thanks for pointing this out. Sadoway was my freshman chemistry teacher. Great man!
Luis, thanks for a real comment. I look forward to talking about IBM’s social network efforts. Reb