“Start-ups bet that carefully controlled cell reprogramming may lead to age reversal, but hurdles remain.” This article in Scientific American profiles the billionaire-backed Calico Life Sciences, Life Biosciences, and Turn Biotechnologies. | learn more
“If innovative reactor designs can’t pass muster with the federal government, the U.S. nuclear industry is in trouble.” | learn more
“I went through my inbox and every single stock chart that was being marketed through the IPO Access program looked like that [a downward sloping line].” | learn more
Sarah Guo thinks pseudonymity will help us all use the internet better. I’m seeing more pseudonymous writers building names for themselves lately. Without any credentialing they manage to build brands and audiences based solely on merit. | learn more
A detailed and easy-to-grasp economic analysis of trucking automation from the CEO of Starsky. “The hardest 1% of the technical problem, automating the surface streets and interchanges, would end up being worth only about $600/truck/yr. Level 4 truck autonomy has […]
The famed startup accelerator is carving out an extra $375k for each company in its program on favorable terms. “Professional early-stage investors around the world may see their offers lose luster, possibly changing how the youngest startups that take part in Y […]
One of my favorite startup brands from Chicago is expanding rapidly after raising $100 million. I’m excited for them to open in Austin! | learn more
A fascinating and geeky look at how payments work in a country where 40 payment methods are accepted at 7-eleven. “Payments in Japan have changed enormously in the last 20 years. The rate of change is accelerating. You will see […]
I’ll reserve my comments for now, but the vision is quite interesting. “Send USDC from a wallet with your ENS to the entity’s ENS and get digital mirror assets back into your wallet. These assets are held in a mirrortable, […]
“Synchron, a brain computer interface company, today announced a Twitter takeover by Philip O’Keefe, one of the patients implanted with the Stentrode brain computer interface. Mr. O’Keefe is the first person to successfully message the world on social media directly […]