"SkyOS" c/o Skyryse

teardown

Teardown dissects the most critical companies in today’s deep tech ecosystem—one stack at a time. This edition features Skyryse, the L.A.-based aviation company behind SkyOS, the first universal operating system for flight. With a backlog that spans military, EMS, and law enforcement, Skyryse is reshaping how America trains pilots, automates airframes, and scales vertical mobility—with FAA certification on the horizon.

Newsletter 024

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What comes next? Seven imperatives for America's Next Space Age. Plus: orbital datacenters, the Renaissance capital stack, and more

Newsletter 015

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A Renaissance summer.

PULSE CHECK, MANUFACTURING

pulse check

We asked the nation about a topic near-and-dear to our hearts: reindustrialization. And here's what we found.

Newsletter 019

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Private Capital for American deep tech

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Realities of Space-Based Compute

antimemo

There’s been a lot! of noise about space being the “natural” next frontier for data centers. We've been seeing a flood of surface-level commentary on orbital data centers. But very little that digs deep. This antimemo is a step toward greater depth.

The End of Thirst Traps

antimemo

The American Southwest is running dry — and most solutions sound like sermons: conserve more, grow less, accept decline. This isn’t a morality tale. It’s a blueprint for turning sunlight and seawater into a future that can keep growing.

"Tech-Enabled Reinvention" c/o North America Closeshoring

teardown

Teardown dissects the most critical companies in today’s deep tech ecosystem—six points at a time. This edition examines North America Closeshoring, a platform helping companies modernize and localize operations while strengthening supply chains and logistics across the continent.

Newsletter 017

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Forward Deployed

Starlink, Rural America, and A New American Frontier

antimemo

A quiet revolution is underway, led from Lower Earth Orbit

The Last Hardware Problem

Why Robots Are the True Test of AGI

"DAPS" c/o Divergent

teardown

Teardown dissects the most critical companies in today's deep tech ecosystem — six points at a time. This edition breaks down Divergent’s DAPS: an end-to-end platform for design, print, and assembly.

Newsletter 016

A Renaissance fall.

Newsletter 021

Robots → Peak AGI

Starlink, Rural America, and A New American Frontier

A quiet revolution is underway, led from Lower Earth Orbit

Newsletter 017

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Forward Deployed

Newsletter 019

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Private Capital for American deep tech

ARCHITECTURE MOVEMENT: PHOTONICS

antimemo

We’re building cathedrals of compute — racks of silicon, corridors of power — on a dying substrate. Electrons powered the last epoch. Photonics may define the next.

Newsletter 002

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So you want AI factories? This 002 newsletter is about how everyone’s hyping space-based data centers — yet, no one’s doing the physics. Beneath the glossy concepts lies a missing conversation: the economics.

Newsletter 004

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We don’t need a rain dance — we need a systems upgrade. In this newsletter, we give desal the love it deserves. We explore what real intervention looks like: a solar-powered, off-grid desalination system delivering 4.5 million acre-feet per year — integrated with aquifer recharge and targeted flows to revive the Salton Sea.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF RYAN DUFFY

CREATIVE DIRECTOR JOY SHIN

ADVISOR, RESIDENT INVESTOR JEFF CRUSEY

CHIEF HISTORIAN & FUTURIST DAN GOLDIN

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