The Venture Science Podcast

Mesh Networks, Wildfires & One Very Confident AI Named Quill (with Alexa Corbett)

LabX Ventures Season 1 Episode 4

Alexa Corbett, the creator of Bloodhound SOS, unpacks her vision for a mesh-based emergency communication system that works without internet, cell towers, or satellites.

From saving rural communities during wildfires to letting ChatGPT name itself and become her AI co-founder (meet “Quill”), this conversation covers innovation, real-world tech, and just the right amount of doomsday preparedness.

We talk:
  🔥 Mesh networks that outsmart disaster
  🤖 An AI named Quill who gave himself a face
  🧠 Emergency response tech so smart it got flagged as a government threat
  💸 Why $250K could fireproof a town