Austin Next
Revisited: How Specificity in Vertical AI Rewrites Industries | Nick Tippmann, TipTop VC
What Building in Austin Actually Feels Like Right Now | Will Johnson & Alex Cohen
The First Thing Built on the Moon Will Come from Austin | Jason Ballard & Will Hurd, ICON
Reinventing School Is Accelerating Austin's Talent Flywheel | Joe Liemandt, Alpha School
We're Living Through the Cyberpunk Era of War | Jim Rebesco, CEO, Striveworks
Innovation Ecosystems Are Inherited | Nait Jones
The Western Canon in the Age of Vibe Coding | Carlos Carvalho, President, University of Austin
Bootstrap vs. VC: Speed Costs Control | Rob Taylor, Silverton Partners
Patient Capital in the Age of the $10B Seed | Brian Smith, S3 Ventures
The Semiconductor Moment for the Mind
Combat as the Minimum Viable Product | Cix Liv, REK
Is The Venture Capital Model Broken? | Andrew Romans, 7BC
Zachary Levi | Can Austin Build an Ark for Human Creativity?
Is Austin a Music Incubator? | Terry Lickona, Austin City Limits
From Wristbands to AI: A New Cancer Playbook | Suzanne Stone, CEO, Livestrong
Did Austin Turn Soda Into Fashion? | Stephen Ellsworth, Co-founder, Poppi
Autonomy’s Moment Is Now. Austin Is the Autonomy Capital | Jeff Cavins, Outdoorsy Group
Reading the Global Rankings | Austin’s Momentum vs the Incumbents
Can AI Really 2X Output and Break Legacy Business Models? | Dru Armstrong, AffiniPay CEO
Design vs Slop | John Roescher, Raw Materials
Fungi, Coffee, and Diapers| Tero Isokauppila, Four Sigmatic & HIRO
Live from Health Supernova: Austin’s Rise as a Bio & Health Frontier Powerhouse
Bitcoin and the Future of American Power | Brian Morgenstern, Riot Platforms
How Specificity in Vertical AI Rewrites Industries | Nick Tippmann, TipTop VC