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Creating an abundant, wonder-filled future by unlocking powerful materials and manufacturing technologies that don’t have a home in other institutions.

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For a thousand different reasons, in a hundred different fields, this is perhaps the biggest key to success.

iteration speed is a superpower



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We realized that (to our knowledge) nobody had unpacked where the money for “misfit research” — work that is a poor fit for academia, startups, or large companies — was coming from. So I wrote a short but hopefully comprehensive overview.

Ben_Reinhardt's tweet image. We realized that (to our knowledge) nobody had unpacked where the money for “misfit research” — work that is a poor fit for academia, startups, or large companies — was coming from.

So I wrote a short but hopefully comprehensive overview.

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(Re)published a piece on the Spectech Blog about how efficiency warps the types of ideas that get support, which ones get killed too early, and which ideas people choose to pursue in the first place.

Ben_Reinhardt's tweet image. (Re)published a piece on the Spectech Blog about how efficiency warps the types of ideas that get support, which ones get killed too early, and which ideas people choose to pursue in the first place.

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🧬🪦“SRA is the graveyard for sequence data.” Overheard at @Spec__Tech's Nerd Party yesterday.🥳 Sequencing is cheaper than ever, so we generate massive datasets, extract a sliver of publishable insight, and the rest gets buried. It's about time we build a scalable infrastructure…


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There are some hardcore, dig-into-the-undigitized-archives-and-try-to-piece-things-together-from-account-books history research projects about the financial history of technology that nobody is tackling... 1/

Ben_Reinhardt's tweet image. There are some hardcore, dig-into-the-undigitized-archives-and-try-to-piece-things-together-from-account-books history research projects about the financial history of technology that nobody is tackling...

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Last day to apply to the AI Brains Accelerator! 12-week part-time program to train future DARPA/IARPA program managers. This is a special cohort focused on AI. I'm not affiliated, but excited that it's happening. Get AI security research done at DARPA! spec.tech/ai-brains


Check out the highlights reel from the 2025 Brains accelerator showcase!


Don't forget! AI Brains Q&A session today at 1p ET. You bring questions, we'll bring answers.

If you have questions, we have answers! We are doing two Q+A sessions about AI Brains in the coming weeks: 1. June 3 at 8p ET 2. June 9 at 1p ET Signups below



This is today at 8p ET! Q+A session about the impending AI cohort of the Brains Research Accelerator. We'll talk about anything: how it works, who should apply, our theory of change, etc.

If you have questions, we have answers! We are doing two Q+A sessions about AI Brains in the coming weeks: 1. June 3 at 8p ET 2. June 9 at 1p ET Signups below



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