How to mobilize generalist VCs for a moonshot idea

January 15, 2024

Moonshot startups are inherently about venturing into uncharted territory, giving us new superpowers and creating new markets.

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The year of ‘does this serve us’ and the rejection of reification

January 15, 2024

2024 has arrived, and with it, a renewed interest in artificial intelligence, which seems like it’ll probably continue to enjoy at least middling hype throughout the year. Of course, it’s being cheerled by techno-zealot billionaires and the flunkies bunked within their cosy islands of influence, primarily in Silicon Valley – and derided by fabulists who […]

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The Download: super-efficient solar cells, and helpful robots

January 15, 2024
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Super-efficient solar cells: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024 In November 2023, a buzzy solar technology broke yet another world record for efficiency. The previous record had existed for only about five months—and it likely…