
Before he sold software that puts unruly projects in order, Tim Bigoness ran live television, waited for checks at a magazine he co-founded, and learned to hold a band together from behind the drums. At D-Tools, that lifelong instinct for timing became an operating philosophy.

The YC Synergy founder spent years fitting fuel cells into boats, buses and factories. His wager is refreshingly concrete: hydrogen earns its place by solving the awkward problems the rest of the grid leaves behind.