🧬 This week's Austin Bio & Health Roundup highlights a big move to Austin, new launches, partnerships, research breakthroughs, & significant wins across the Texas Bio Triangle. 🧬

Recorded a mind-expanding chat with Peter Voss CEO & Chief Scientist of Aigo AI, who's on a mission to create AGI. We discuss what the term really means, the limitations of GPTs, & why Austin could be building the rebel faction for AI. Episode drops next week.

We are living in the future. Austin is the self driving capital.

Exploring the Israel-Texas tech connection with Tal Shmueli & Simone Ledeen of Texas Venture Partners. 🇮🇱🤠Israeli Entrepreneurs in TX ⏩ Accelerating Concept to Battlefield ⚙️ATX & TX Critical Tech Hubs Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0u2EsalcW… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fro…

Austin's ecosystem is one of the most well-balanced between the digital (6th) & the physical (5th). Fits my thesis that ATX's superpower is the convergence of two. Today's physical innovations in Defense, Bio/Health, Space, Critical Tech are built on digital tech stacks.

This Wednesday on Austin Next: Peter Voss, who coined the term "AGI." He argues against our current path of larger & larger data models; instead, he proposes AI modeled on the human mind. We explore this & Austin's potential as AI's rebel hub. Can't wait to share!

Does anybody in Austin have a laser engraver / cutter that I can use?

Great American Optimist between Joe Lonsdale & Dino Mavrookas of Saronic (ATX's latest unicorn) Joe asked "Why Austin?" (A question I obsess over) & Dino's answer hits what's driving our ecosystem: ◦Software/Hardware Convergence ◦Existing talent & More Coming ◦Rising Defense Hub

Is Austin an ecosystem for software/digital based startups or one built around deeptech/physical startups? According to data from Peter Walker Walker at Carta, the answer is both. My mental model for Austin is modern Silicon Valley + 50’s Detroit + 20’s Paris. This unique