๐บ๐ธ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ 2025
๐๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ. ๐๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
Washington has its own kind of magic...
It was so inspiring to spend the day at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center for ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐โbrilliantly organized by Christian Garrett, Delian Asparouhov, and Jacob Helberg.
The room brought together the smartest minds from government, venture capital, and frontier tech to confront one big question:
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๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐?
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฒโ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ + ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ + ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ!
๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐:
โก ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ.
From independence to dominanceโdomestic power is the foundation for AI, chips, and industry. Renewables lag, nuclear is coming back, and critical minerals must be sourced at home.
๐ค ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
Agentic robots are coming fastโhumanoids may scale faster than autonomous cars. Physical reasoning is next. Winning the AI race will require energy, talent, and manufacturing infrastructure.
๐ญ ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐โ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐.
America remains the best place to do that. But we must adjust regulations to the current state of tech development, double down on re-skilling, reinvest in new industries, and revive U.S. manufacturing with the help of AI, digital twins, tradecraft workers, and strategic focus. U.S. technology remains unmatchedโChina hasnโt surpassed us yet, so let's make sure the best talent comes here.
๐ ๐ช๐ฒโ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
In 2010, the US had 15โ25% of global orbital rocket launches. Today, SpaceX alone is responsible for ~60โ65% of global orbital launches, and the U.S. overall hit ~75โ80%. ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป.
๐ฅ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐.
The main call was to build, to lead, and to believe again. Obviously, AI will change jobs, industries, and lives. Itโs up to us to make sure it lifts everyone.
๐๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ. ๐๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
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