Triton Talks:"Energies" by Khatantuul Zorig and Kyle Dell'Aquila

Khat and Kyle are partners in life, business, and creativity. They explore the intersection of nature, humanity, and machines. Their work embodies the cross-section of internal and external energies with the shared mission of empowering those often overlooked. Khat’s energies focus on internal empowerment, nurturing resilience, and healing within individuals, particularly the underprivileged.

Growing up in the Mongolian countryside with a love for math and the arts, Khat pursued her education in math and business at UVA and MIT. She built AI and analytics technologies at Accenture and Buddy and invested in AI startups at Innospark Ventures. After realizing that AI will automate repetitive tasks and especially after meeting Kyle, Khat was inspired to explore her creative skills through film and fashion. Her explorations are shaped by her childhood in Mongolia during its time as a soviet satellite state, the loss of her father to alcohol after she immigrated to the US as an exchange student at 16, her life as an immigrant transitioning from blue collar worker to the tech and finance world in the US, her own personal struggles and transformations along the way, the differences of culture and values across Mongolia and the US in a variety of settings, and the future she wants to build that combines the best of both worlds.

On the other hand, Kyle’s energies are channeled into external empowerment, manifesting through technological innovation and artistic expression. By creating tools and ideas, he aims to inspire the next generation to push boundaries and envision a brighter future where technology and creativity work hand in hand to solve the world’s challenges. A native of Santa Clara, California, Kyle is Taiwanese-Italian-Nicaraguan and grew up in the Bay Area with a deep love for the arts. His passion for blending technology and creativity led him to study industrial design at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where his energies for integrating art and engineering bloomed. As he builds an electric heavy machinery robotics startup in Boston, Kyle continues to draw inspiration from the legacy of Nikola Tesla, inspiring the future with products that merge electricity, apparel, and media.