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Architecture Movement: Photonics

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We’re building cathedrals of compute — racks of silicon, corridors of power — on a dying substrate. Electrons powered the last epoch. Photonics may define the next.

Realities of Space-Based Compute

There’s been a lot! of noise about space being the “natural” next frontier for data centers. We've been seeing a flood of surface-level commentary on orbital data centers. But very little that digs deep. This antimemo is a step toward greater depth.

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The End of Thirst Traps

The American Southwest is running dry — and most solutions sound like sermons: conserve more, grow less, accept decline. This isn’t a morality tale. It’s a blueprint for turning sunlight and seawater into a future that can keep growing.

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Tribal Knowledge's Comeback

There's a common refrain that we can’t build this* anymore, we forgot how to do it. That's called tribal knowledge. This antimemo is a step toward restoring that lost mastery and rebuilding American industrial power from the inside out.

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Pray Not for Easy Lives, But to Be Stronger.

This manifesto explains why we champion 'hard pursuits,' the obstacles they face, and how our community aims to overcome them. Whether you're already building at the frontier or looking to join the effort, we invite you to be part of a movement that values the difficult path — because that's where true progress happens.

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"Clarity-1" c/o Albedo

Teardown dissects the most critical companies in today’s deep tech ecosystem — six points at a time. This edition breaks down Albedo's Clarity-1 VLEO satellite for unprecedented, ultra high resolution imagery.

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"DAPS" c/o Divergent

Teardown dissects the most critical companies in today's deep tech ecosystem — six points at a time. This edition breaks down Divergent’s DAPS: an end-to-end platform for design, print, and assembly.

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"TILE" c/o Sophia Space

Teardown dissects the most critical companies in today's deep tech ecosystem — six points at a time. This edition breaks down Sophia Space TILE: a solid-state, modular edge server purpose-built for in-orbit AI compute.

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"SiPhOG" c/o ANELLO Photonics

Teardown dissects the most critical companies in today’s deep tech ecosystem — six points at a time. This edition breaks down ANELLO Photonics’ SiPhOGTM: a chip-scale gyroscope using silicon photonics to deliver GPS-free precision navigation across land, air, and sea.

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Newsletter 004

We don’t need a rain dance — we need a systems upgrade. In this newsletter, we give desal the love it deserves. We explore what real intervention looks like: a solar-powered, off-grid desalination system delivering 4.5 million acre-feet per year — integrated with aquifer recharge and targeted flows to revive the Salton Sea.

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Newsletter 003

America’s industrial strength was never just a story of machines — it was a story of people. In this newsletter, we map the people and their expertise. Where it’s vanished, why it’s so hard to recover, and what it will take to preserve and leverage this disappearing advantage in the age of automation.

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Newsletter 002

So you want AI factories? This 002 newsletter is about how everyone’s hyping space-based data centers — yet, no one’s doing the physics. Beneath the glossy concepts lies a missing conversation: the economics.

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Newsletter 001

Nobody’s coming to save us. After months of careful preparation, we welcome you to the inaugural edition of the Per Aspera newsletter. Thanks for your patience. As you can see, we’ve poured our heart and soul into this, so this had to be done right.

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF RYAN DUFFY

CREATIVE DIRECTOR JOY SHIN

ADVISOR, RESIDENT INVESTOR JEFF CRUSEY

CHIEF HISTORIAN & FUTURIST DAN GOLDIN

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