Augustus Doricko is a Venture Partner at Discipulus Ventures who simultaneously runs Rainmaker Technology Corporation, a geoengineering startup focused on cloud seeding to address freshwater scarcity, giving him current operating experience while investing. As a Thiel Fellow who dropped out of UC Berkeley in his early 20s and is deeply embedded in the El Segundo hardtech community, he brings direct founder experience and access to Southern California's concentrated aerospace and defense startup network.

• Championing the reindustrialization of America and the rise of hard technology startups. Shows immense enthusiasm for rebuilding national manufacturing and defense capabilities, frequently pointing to the rapidly growing tech scene in El Segundo as the blueprint for this movement. For instance, expresses hope for a massive wave of highly successful industrial startups and praises local founders building tangible physical technology to secure the future of the country.
• Extensive focus on weather modification and cloud seeding as a means to solve critical water shortages. Views direct climate intervention as a vital tool for both ecological preservation and national competitiveness. Frequently discusses efforts to generate rain and snow to replenish the Great Salt Lake and Colorado River, and mentions meeting with federal lawmakers to ensure domestic weather engineering outpaces international rivals to protect local agriculture.
• Strong backing for nuclear energy and next generation power generation. Values concrete engineering milestones over marketing hype or industry drama. Specifically champions Valar Atomics as a company equipped to solve global energy needs, while bluntly advising other nuclear startups to stop worrying about public relations battles and simply focus their efforts on successfully turning on a functional reactor.
• Advocacy for a highly proactive form of environmental stewardship. Believes in directly managing and shaping the natural world to make the planet as lush and beautiful as possible rather than taking a hands off conservation approach. Uses the ambitious goal of using technology to reverse massive regional droughts and restore major bodies of water as primary examples of how human engineering can actively heal the ecosystem.