Helion CEO David Kirtley on why fusion finally works
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How microfactories are changing the manufacturing playbook
These small, modular facilities are leveraging robotics, additive manufacturing and advanced technologies to alleviate long lead times for parts and components.
The AI Bubble Fault Line May Run Through SoftBank’s Balance Sheet
And How Athene Quietly Bet 50% of its Surplus on Softbank’s OpenAI stake
The "Grit" Myth: Why Internal Drive Predicts Zero Percent Of Founder Success - Dataconomy
Back in 2018, I watched the tech ecosystem break in real time. Over the course of twelve months, I lost
America’s machinists are retiring, and two startup founders want to salvage what they know
Neuramill is building software that captures how experienced machinists decide to make a part, then applies that knowledge to new jobs at aerospace and defense machine shops. The company was founded last year by two engineers in their 20s who started their careers in Seattle.
A Stealth Startup Thinks It Just Hacked the Memory Shortage
Kepler Computing claims a new approach to chip design—and a proprietary material—can help end the supply bottlenecks that have sent memory prices surging.
History for European spaceflight: Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight - Isar Aerospace
By enabling access to space, we contribute to humanity’s progress and our planet’s sustainable technological and economic development. Select your journey to orbit and launch with us.
Stop Designing, Start Selling: A Practical Framework for Choosing and Testing Clothing Business Ideas - Retail Focus Magazine - Retail…
Most people who want to start a clothing brand begin in completely the wrong place. They open a design programme, sketch out a collection
Two Brothers Built a Cooler Nobody Asked For. It Became a $2 Billion Status Symbol.
Guy Raz Newsletter – August 27, 2026
Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts - Ars Technica
“We're not necessarily building in a dogmatic fashion towards full autonomy.”...
The Rockefeller of solar
No drilling required
Reaction Engines vs. SpaceX
Re-entry & surviving it
Nuclear Space Propulsion 2: The scary stuff
Nuclear Thermal Rockets
I found the American dream… in China
Decline and renaissance in El Segundo
What is a product? - One more thing
While AI makes it easy to create prototypes, these are often not fully functional products. A real product requires users, a market, and solves real problems.
New Markdown rival: Open-source DGML format aims to turn docs into data that AI (and humans) can trust – GeekWire
Docugami, the Kirkland, Wash., startup led by XML co-creator Jean Paoli, is open-sourcing DGML, a format that turns business documents into structured, verifiable data for AI. The company is releasing it under an open-source license and partnering with Inveniam and Mantra to…
Inveniam will record a kind of digital fingerprint of each piece of DGML data on NVNM Chain, its blockchain built with Mantra, a crypto firm that Inveniam is acquiring.
That means, for example, that a single fact buried in a 200-page lease — such as the rental rate, a renewal option, or a default clause — can be verified on its own, without exposing the whole document. An investor, auditor, or AI agent can trace it to the page it came from.
Do Not Waste the Next 12 Months Building an Audience
7 Distribution Channels That Don’t Need a Single Follower
What If There Is No Moat Yet? | Tomasz Tunguz
At the application layer, moats are lagging, earned through scale & brand. At infrastructure, capital intensity demands a leading moat at founding.
This former hacker saw the light—and now wants to collect all of it - Ars Technica
I don’t know of a bigger question we can answer as humans."
A Bootstrapper's Guide to Re-Industrializing America
I’m a big fan of focusing on things that are within my control. This article is about real actions we can take while we’re waiting for lawmakers to get their shit together. @andrewmccalip, @zanehengsperger, and others have
This young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasn’t changed in a almost half century
Fragrance tech company Patina announced Thursday a $2 million raise from investors, including Betaworks and True Ventures.
Meet the children’s literature startup that wants to unseat Scholastic as the king of the book fair
Literati has spent years rebuilding the elementary school book fair into something closer to an art installation. Now, with an acquisition by private equity, it's ready to scale fast.
Watch Astrobotic’s latest record-breaking ‘ring of fire’ rocket engine test
Rotating detonation rocket engines work differently than traditional rockets to maximize thrust while using less fuel—an advantage that could help spacecraft explore farther in the solar system
LG NOVA LAUNCHES 'ELEVATE WV' TO ACCELERATE NEXT-GENERATION VENTURE BUILDING, ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION IN WEST VIRGINIA
New venture-building program unites entrepreneurs throughout Appalachian Region with LG NOVA's innovation ecosystem to create high potential growth businesses...
This Alberta Startup Sells No-Tech Tractors for Half Price | Wheel Front
This Alberta Startup Sells No-Tech Tractors for Half Price .Read automotive and aftermarket news today on Wheel Front
How Mark Roberge Built HubSpot’s Sales Engine - Commoncog Case Library
How Mark Roberge went from engineering to sales and built a high performance sales organisation from scratch.
What Ghost Kitchens Got Wrong
Two good ideas and one bad mistake
What Caused Allbirds’ Downfall?
Why did Allbirds fail to make it in the retail market?
Beyond Hydraulics | The End Effector
Every excavator, crane, and forklift runs on hydraulics. RISE Robotics is building the electrified alternative.
Stop trying to make people read instructions: 10 startup lessons from Convoy co-founder Dan Lewis – GeekWire
Convoy co-founder and Microsoft Corporate Vice President Dan Lewis drew on his experience building the one-time unicorn trucking startup to share lessons for entrepreneurs at this week's Seattle AI Startup Summit.
Microsoft-backed startup raises $40 million for advanced chipmaking equipment tech
Lace, a Norway-headquartered chipmaking equipment startup which is backed by Microsoft, has raised $40 million in funding to further develop a technology that could enable significant advances in semiconductor design and manufacturing, the company said on Monday.
Mangrove Lithium Cuts Waste in Battery Production
A new lithium refining method uses electrochemistry to cut waste and energy use, easing a key bottleneck for electric vehicles.
Why Insect Farming Startups Are Going Bankrupt
Despite the initial hype, insect agriculture is facing the economic realities of competing with the traditional meat industry.
One Billion Lost Packages
"85 million US packages arrived damaged in 2024, a 30% increase. BackOps deploys AI agents that accelerate customer response times by 93% and automatically file 100% of eligible carrier claims."
Electric air taxis are about to take flight in 26 states | TechCrunch
The federal government has selected eight proposals to test electric aircraft across 26 states.
Loot Drop - The Startup Graveyard
Explore 925+ failed startups and learn from $32.5B+ in burned venture capital. Discover why they failed, their market potential, and how to rebuild them.
Lessons Learned Shipping 500 Units of my First Hardware Product
Building in consumer hardware as a software engineer
The VC Corner | Ruben Dominguez | Substack
The VC Corner is where founders stay ahead: sharp news, fundraising strategies, battle-tested playbooks, and the tools to grow. Click to read The VC Corner, by Ruben Dominguez, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
How to Do Great Work
The first step is to decide what to work on.
Develop a habit of working on your own projects.
Tokyo startup envisions a world where nothing stays lost
Find Inc. is a Tokyo-based startup that provides a cloud service dedicated to lost items.
Turn Any Idea Into a Validated MVP
A step-by-step path to validate your idea fast by defining the problem, testing assumptions, prototyping the critical flow, and shaping a focused MVP you can learn from.
MIT spinoff Vertical Semiconductor gets $11M to build more power-efficient AI chips - SiliconANGLE
They Created a Streetwear Line From Scratch. In High School.
At a school with a basketball-themed curriculum, students were “dreaming big.” But could they find a buyer?
The Software Tycoon Scaling AI Education to a Billion Kids
As an elementary school principal, a feared software tycoon, a genial recluse, and a technology zealot determined to redefine childhood for mankind, J
There is always an instrument invention that causes the inflection of a science,
What happened to pathology AI companies?
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The Rise of Shippable Microfactories
Can microfactories solve prefab's economic problem by inverting the factory model?
Exclusive: Tulum Energy rediscovered a forgotten hydrogen tech and used it to raise $27M | TechCrunch
Results of a 20-year-old curiosity now form the basis of Tulum, a startup that has attracted significant investor attention.
The Man Who Beat IBM
Compaq’s Rod Canion broke Big Blue’s hold on the PC market—and changed computing forever