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Reading Stoke Space's Thesis

What kind of future does CEO Andy Lapsa want to live in?

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Infactory: A startup snapshot

Good science produces reproducible results, and AI tools should too

May 16 •

Air Space Intelligence: A startup snapshot

A tool to help logisticians

Apr 25 •

Maritime Tech Market Map & Investor List

VCs are warming up to startups in the water

Apr 18 •

Danti: A startup snapshot

Sitting at the intersection of NLP & Earth Observation data

Mar 28 •

Humanoid Robots Market Map & Investor List

Looking at the landscape of startups and investors

Feb 28 •

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The defense tech startup explosion

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Humanoid Robots Market Map & Investor List

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Job description archetypes

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YC's got a space strategy

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Media Review: Private Capital

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Is Biotech Deep Tech?

Do drug discovery startups belong in deep tech portfolios?

Jun 20 •

Apple can lead AIs to knowledge, but it cannot make them think

Some thoughts on a recent research paper

Jun 13 •

The defense tech startup explosion

What's driving this underwriting?

Jun 6 •

Media Review: Private Capital

My final textbook at Chicago Booth

May 23 •

Is venture debt popular in AI?

And just as critically, should it be?

May 9 •

The Purpose Of the Startup Is What It Does

An alternative understanding of POSIWID

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Reading Stoke Space's Thesis

What kind of future does CEO Andy Lapsa want to live in?

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What will it take to cancel the Space Launch System?

It's a very persistent program

May 30 •

Reorganizing Rocket Scaleups

Tracking a Trend

Apr 4 •

Danti: A startup snapshot

Sitting at the intersection of NLP & Earth Observation data

Mar 28 •

SpaceX: A scaleup snapshot

Spacecraft and satellites and super-heavy lift launch, oh my

Mar 7 •

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Media Review: Becoming Trader Joe

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Media Review: Becoming Trader Joe

A read inspired by a virtual coffee chat

Jul 12 •

Media Review: Private Capital

My final textbook at Chicago Booth

May 23 •

What I read over winter break

Kicking off 2025 with books

Jan 3 •

Media Review: Starship Troopers

Lessons on leadership from sci-fi

Nov 29, 2024 •

Media Review: The Young VC's Handbook

A first book for people exploring the world of venture capital

Sep 6, 2024 •

Media Review: Dune

The book my engineer friends have abandoned the most

Mar 15, 2024 •

Media Review: Money of the Mind

I recently finished reading Money of the Mind: Borrowing and Lending in America from the Civil War to Michael Milkin. It is essentially a history of…

Jan 19, 2024 •

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