Vanessa Bates Ramirez

I drafted this blog post on Valo's investment in Clever Carnivore based on the investment memo, my own research, and conversations with the partners who led the investment.

For this article I interviewed Emil Jimenez, CEO and founder of MindBank Ai, about how his company is using artificial intelligence to create personal digital twins that will live on after we're gone.

For this article I interviewed Tom Adams, CEO and Cofounder of Pairwise, a company using CRISPR gene editing to make fruits and vegetables more desirable to consumers.

I did heavy edits, restructuring, and research to take this investment memo from a very rough first draft to a finished and publishable article. Collaborated with Valo employees and an expert in biotechnology investing.

Article about growing instability of US power grids during the transition to renewable energy sources and retiring of fossil fuels.

Story about 3D printing company Unlimited Tomorrow's Prosthetic Arms for Ukraine initiative.

Writeup of a Santa Fe Institute paper on common pitfalls in artificial intelligence research.

Story on Finland's Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository.

I worked with TIME Magazine and the Gates Foundation to research, structure, and write the content for this microsite about the progress of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Site is no longer live, contact me for copy and images.

Article on building more transparent artificial intelligence systems, based on a talk on AI and ethics at SXSW 2019.

This is a writeup of Michael Pollan's SXSW keynote on his book "How to Change Your Mind."

Short story published in the Berlin-based English-language Sand Journal.

The midterm elections included a small blockchain voting experiment, which many are hoping will scale up in coming years.

Coverage of 3D printed house unveiled at SXSW 2018.

I did a highway test ride in a self-driving car with the CEO of software company AImotive, and wrote this article about the company and my experience.