Independent work
Energy, land, and infrastructure
Jul 2022 to present
I'm Ty Lerche, a founder with a background in energy and infrastructure finance. My work has focused on land, leasing, site selection, power markets, and helping companies raise capital.
I'm a techno-optimist. I think the next few decades will be shaped by energy, compute, robots, and then space.
now
Lately I've been reading about AI and superintelligence, agent orchestration, robotics, and space. I also continue occasional advisory work in energy and infrastructure.
work
News
Snapshot
- Panza Robotics reports a remote substation-inspection pilot
Panza Robotics says it demonstrated a VR-controlled quadruped at a high-voltage substation for Slovakia's SEPS in October 2026. Its November 3 company report describes remote inspection and navigation capabilities. This is a reported pilot, not evidence of fleet-wide deployment.
Panza Robotics
Picks
books
- How Infrastructure Works
Deb Chachra
A clear explanation of the energy, water and communications systems behind everyday life.
movies
- Apollo 13
1995
Engineering under pressure, with decisions constrained by time, equipment and physics.
articles
- Machines of Loving Grace
Dario Amodei
A concrete case for the benefits of powerful AI, with its assumptions stated.
podcasts
- Volts
David Roberts
Detailed conversations about clean energy, grids and the policy behind them.
companies
- Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Worth following for its work on high-temperature superconducting magnets and commercial fusion.
people
- Patrick Collison
Worth following for his writing and links on progress, growth, solar and questions worth answering.