Former Microsoft CTO and Intellectual Ventures co-founder Nathan Myhrvold, who also spoke at EmTech about energy, said there should be a massive increase in research and development to address the daunting challenges in energy.
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Myhrvold, who used to be the chief technology officer at Microsoft, co-founded Intellectual Ventures in 2000.
The company is a subsidiary of Intellectual Ventures, an invention firm run by Microsoft's former chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold.
Myhrvold started Intellectual Ventures with his friend Edward Jung right after they left Microsoft.
Intellectual Ventures, a venture capital fund established by a former Microsoft executive, has invested in several start-up companies pursuing solar radiation management technologies.
Intellectual Ventures, the patent licensing and research firm founded by former Microsoft exec Nathan Myhrvold, will remain an investor in the company.
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Intellectual Ventures claims to own 30, 000 IP assets and its investors include operating companies like Apple, Cisco Systems, Microsoft and Nokia, and financial investors like Cornell University and Charles River Ventures.
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The answer lies inside the mop-topped head of polymath Nathan Myhrvold, the chief executive of Intellectual Ventures, who gained fame and wealth in his 14 years at Microsoft, retiring as chief technology officer in 2000.
But what concerns your correspondent about this chapter is that it spends most of its time describing an apparently cheap, simple solution to climate change: a clever idea fermented in a small set of laboratories at Intellectual Ventures, a firm run by Nathan Myhrvold, who was once Microsoft's chief technology officer.
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The lore at Intellectual Ventures has it that Bill Gates asked Myhrvold to set up the company to help defend Microsoft from attacks from patent trolls.
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