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Reading Barnes in the context of Boyd
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Underwriting USVC
A new path to VC for US retail investors
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Media Review: Cult of the Dead Cow
The early history of a hacker group
Apr 24
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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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Humanoid Robots Market Map & Investor List
Feb 28, 2025
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How mature is quantum computing in 2026?
Jan 10
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Don't Draft Claude
Feb 27
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Engineers v Entrepreneurs
Apr 10
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Underwriting USVC
A new path to VC for US retail investors
May 1
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Aaron Pickard
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Anduril bought ExoAnalytic Solutions
A neoprime acquisition
Mar 13
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Aaron Pickard
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Don't Draft Claude
DoD's disagreement with Anthropic
Feb 27
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Aaron Pickard
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AI is corrupting the OODA Loop
Reading Barnes in the context of Boyd
May 8
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Aaron Pickard
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Engineers v Entrepreneurs
A new dichotomy of risk-takers at work
Apr 10
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Aaron Pickard
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Moral hazard is good for founders
Embracing information asymmetry
Mar 20
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How much runway does a startup need?
My rule of thumb
Jan 23
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Review
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Media Review: Cult of the Dead Cow
The early history of a hacker group
Apr 24
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Aaron Pickard
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Media Review: Failure Is Not an Option
A Memoir of Mission Control
Feb 20
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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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Media Review: The Technological Republic
Or, On Patriotism & Palantir
Dec 26, 2025
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Investing
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Investing in Deep Tech Q1 2026
A public equities portfolio update
Apr 3
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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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Risk in space is inevitable
Analyzing Artemis II and Crew-11
Apr 17
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Bring on the Weird Space Stuff!
Unexpected regulatory innovation from the FCC
Mar 6
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Reflecting on Space Resources
And my first question for founders in the field
Feb 13
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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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