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john malhone

T3 · host / generalist

Thiel Fellow and founder of American Turbines, building 1MW natural gas turbines for rapid deployment. Previously founded Crops Safe (farm tech software). Background in mechanics, aviation, and hardware; bets on US natural gas advantage and manufacturing automation as moat.

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American Turbines: 1MW natural gas turbines in a pickup truck — US energy advantage meets manufacturing scale

The US has uniquely cheap, abundant natural gas; American Turbines builds 1MW turbines small enough for rapid deployment, betting that manufacturing automation — not turbine IP — is the moat, analogous to Ford's Model T production system.

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MEDjohn malhone·TBPN·3 months ago·Alex Hormozi in the Ultradome, China Export Controls, SK Hynix, Big Bank Comeback· position
American Turbines: 1MW natural gas turbines in a pickup truck — US energy advantage meets manufacturing scale
The US has uniquely cheap, abundant natural gas; American Turbines builds 1MW turbines small enough for rapid deployment, betting that manufacturing automation — not turbine IP — is the moat, analogous to Ford's Model T production system.
"ours are about one megawatt in size... you could probably fit one in the back of your pickup truck... United States is very uniquely advantaged compared to the rest of the world.…"
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US natural gas advantage enables rapid-deploy 1MW turbines: manufacturing scale, not turbine IP, is the moat
American Turbines leverages uniquely cheap US natural gas to build pickup-truck-sized 1MW generators for rapid deployment. Founder argues turbine design is simple (<40 parts); the real moat is automated mass manufacturing — a Ford Model T moment for distributed energy.