Business of Tech: From Auckland to orbit: Zenno’s bold bet on magnetic space tech

Business of Tech: From Auckland to orbit: Zenno’s bold bet on magnetic space tech
Max Arshavsky, co-founder and CEO of Zenno Astronautics. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Peter Griffin
One of New Zealand’s most ambitious startups, Zenno Astronautics, is undertaking pioneering work with superconducting magnets to address one of the most pressing challenges facing humanity’s future in space – space junk.On The Business of Tech podcast this week, Max Arshavsky, co-founder and chief executive of Zenno Astronautics, charts his journey from the steppes of Siberia to the University of Auckland, where in 2017 he founded Zenno Astronautics with Sebastian Wieczorek and William Haringa.His motivation? To build technolo...

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