About

Malte Wagenbach

I build companies at the intersection of energy, AI, and the systems that shape civilization.

Right now I'm focused on two things: bringing thorium molten salt reactors to Europe through Vantar Energy, and helping businesses deploy AI that actually works through Zero Slide.

A third thread is just starting. At Vantar Industries we build chips atom by atom instead of printing them with light. If it works, logic sits directly on memory, and the connection cost that dominates today's AI hardware largely goes away.

I also build neuromorphic computing tools at Vantar AI and work on civilization-scale coordination through the Oslo Project.

I've built across energy, consumer brands, deep tech, AI, and fintech. Not because I can't pick a lane — but because the best insights come from spanning worlds. The same thinking that helps me understand how civilizations coordinate helps me see where a business is leaving value on the table.

When things get chaotic, I don't rush to the nearest simple answer. I look for the structure underneath — and then I build something that works. I start lean, ship fast, and never lose sight of where it's all going.

What drives me is a simple conviction: depth, integrity, and imagination aren't nice-to-haves. They're essential. For the work. For the people I work with. For the kind of future worth building.