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SATShow Week Startups of 2026
Who's pitching?
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Media Review: Malört
An appropriate book to wrap up Dry January
Jan 31
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How much runway does a startup need?
My rule of thumb
Jan 23
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Aaron Pickard
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The defense tech startup explosion
Jun 6, 2025
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Public power is for people
Jan 16
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Aaron Pickard
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Humanoid Robots Market Map & Investor List
Feb 28, 2025
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Aaron Pickard
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How mature is quantum computing in 2026?
Jan 10
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Aaron Pickard
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IonQ bought Capella Space
Jul 18, 2025
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Aaron Pickard
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Media Review: DARPA
Aug 29, 2025
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Aaron Pickard
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SATShow Week Startups of 2026
Who's pitching?
8 hrs ago
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Aaron Pickard
2
2
Long Wall's announcement
Is this the end of defense hardware rationalization?
Dec 20, 2025
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Aaron Pickard
4
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Valar Atomics went critical
Is this part of a positive feedback loop?
Nov 21, 2025
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Aaron Pickard
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How much runway does a startup need?
My rule of thumb
Jan 23
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Aaron Pickard
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Public power is for people
Deep tech infrastructure's community relations problem
Jan 16
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Aaron Pickard
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How mature is quantum computing in 2026?
Investors are both early and late to the sector — at the same time
Jan 10
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Aaron Pickard
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The orbiter remains relevant
A model for deep tech founders
Dec 6, 2025
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Aaron Pickard
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Media Review: Malört
An appropriate book to wrap up Dry January
Jan 31
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Aaron Pickard
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Media Review: The Technological Republic
Or, On Patriotism & Palantir
Dec 26, 2025
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Aaron Pickard
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Media Review: Chip War
The Story of Moore's Law
Nov 28, 2025
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Aaron Pickard
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Media Review: The Space Barons
Revisiting a core text from my startup & aerospace education
Oct 10, 2025
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Aaron Pickard
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Investing
Investing in Deep Tech Q4 2025
A public equities portfolio update
Jan 3
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Aaron Pickard
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Investing in Deep Tech Q3 2025
A public equities portfolio update
Oct 3, 2025
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Aaron Pickard
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Investing in Deep Tech Q2 2025
My public equities portfolio
Jul 3, 2025
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SpaceX should stay private for now
An IPO may be possible, but would be unwise
Dec 12, 2025
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Aaron Pickard
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Analyzing Arc
Inversion Space's new approach to delivery from orbit
Oct 18, 2025
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Aaron Pickard
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Media Review: The Space Barons
Revisiting a core text from my startup & aerospace education
Oct 10, 2025
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Aaron Pickard
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Is crewed spaceflight a natural monopoly?
The market for people is different from the market for satellites
Aug 16, 2025
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Aaron Pickard
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