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Frontier AMC induced carbon removal companies to form

Frontier, a $1B advance market commitment modeled on the vaccine AMC, contracted with 40-50 carbon removal companies, most of which didn't exist when it started; an anonymous survey found 74% said Frontier played a causal role in their deciding to start the company, demonstrating that demand-side inducement effects can be significant.

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Speaker

Patrick Collison

Evidence Quote

Frontier has contracted with between 40 and 50 companies, the overwhelming majority of which didn't exist when we started out with this... 74% of the companies that said that Frontier played a causal role in their starting the company

Source

Patrick Collison — Why Silicon Valley's most talented should leaveDwarkesh Patel Podcast
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:26:23 AM

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