In 2023, after departing his role as CTO of Facebook, Mike Schroepfer launched the climate venture capital investment firm Gigascale Capital with the goal of building climate tech companies. Working alongside co-founders Victoria Beasley and Evaline Tsai, Gigascale’s investments are today driving advancements in clean energy, biotech and computing. In this episode, Kevin and Mike discuss Mike’s early childhood and how he got interested in the study of computer science, career experiences in engineering that shaped him, and what ultimately led to his decision to focus on climate change and philanthropic endeavors through his work at Gigascale and his organization Additional Ventures, respectively.   <a id= "OWA79fe63df-4cae-786f-f50c-3a1bda853cff" class= "x_Hyperlink x_SCXW21685701 x_BCX0 x_OWAAutoLink" title= "Original URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schrep/. Click or tap if you trust this link." href= "https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fschrep%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cv-ligra%40microsoft.com%7Cb377e2c9b9364e0e05ec08dc4e8ce31f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C638471614222448096%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=eTX7PuOUZ3BiqvBKxR5YhLobRcwUVcU0WBNDd5dnxHg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-auth="Verified" data-loopstyle= "linkonly" data-linkindex="2">Mike Schroepfer</a> | <a id= "OWAbf2d105b-31a3-eb37-60f7-1e340fb9a8d3" class= "x_Hyperlink x_SCXW21685701 x_BCX0 x_OWAAutoLink" title= "Original URL: https://gigascale.com/. Click or tap if you trust this link." href= "https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgigascale.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cv-ligra%40microsoft.com%7Cb377e2c9b9364e0e05ec08dc4e8ce31f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C638471614222454944%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2B7SjZ7g0X%2F4MLkIcIKc6GIHTPD8B4ESGqVS7%2B5K6k6A%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-auth="Verified" data-loopstyle= "linkonly" data-linkindex="3">Gigascale</a>  <a id= "OWA8a9e4ad0-e456-1e78-6f7c-9a838cf3c137" class= "x_Hyperlink x_SCXW21685701 x_BCX0 x_OWAAutoLink" title= "Original URL: https://news.microsoft.com/exec/kevin-scott/. Click or tap if you trust this link." href= "https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.microsoft.com%2Fexec%2Fkevin-scott%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cv-ligra%40microsoft.com%7Cb377e2c9b9364e0e05ec08dc4e8ce31f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C638471614222461622%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=sgRvHkllbkBFs4ydgi%2F8OPkItBdWzWxxVm8he8SgTBM%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-auth="Verified" data-loopstyle= "linkonly" data-linkindex="4">Kevin Scott</a>    <a id= "OWA2370f49e-25ec-57e5-60e3-c158ddb1d0ba" class= "x_Hyperlink x_SCXW21685701 x_BCX0 x_OWAAutoLink" title= "Original URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/behind-the-tech. Click or tap if you trust this link." href= "https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fbehind-the-tech&data=05%7C02%7Cv-ligra%40microsoft.com%7Cb377e2c9b9364e0e05ec08dc4e8ce31f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C638471614222468389%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BC%2BqUoB1BLxMjoO991qPJ4p2HyP1yG%2BJv%2BzBH4mqo7o%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-auth="Verified" data-loopstyle= "linkonly" data-linkindex="5">Behind the Tech with Kevin Scott</a>    Discover and listen to other <a id="OWAdf073450-90af-4065-587f-c2bea5127d28" class= "x_Hyperlink x_SCXW21685701 x_BCX0 x_OWAAutoLink" href= "https://news.microsoft.com/podcasts/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener" data-auth="Verified" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-linkindex="6">Microsoft podcasts at news.microsoft.com/podcasts.</a>

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