One year ago, Peter Carlsson stepped down as CEO of the battery manufacturer Northvolt as the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, after raising (and losing much of) $9bn. Last week, he was at Slush launching his new startup, Aris Machina, with cofounder Siddarth Khullar.
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