oh, chicago

The parking meter deal that keeps on taking.

“Parking meter revenues are nearly back to pre-pandemic levels. With 61 years to go on the 75-year lease, Chicago Parking Meters LLC has now recouped its entire $1.16 billion investment, plus $502.5 million more.” | learn more

on the blockchain

Pomp’s thoughts on LUNA / UST.

“The entire crypto market has been glued to their computers and phones as they watch the volatility and drama unfold related to Terra, LUNA, and the UST stablecoin. As many of you are already aware, the UST stablecoin lost the […]

under the microscope

Massively parallelizing everything.

The first two parts of this series were Sequencing and Synthesis. This part, called Scale, builds on the idea that the underlying breakthroughs enable automation that drives the pace of science much faster, creating totally new types of biotechnology. | learn more