The July 4th deadline is approaching and the nuclear SMR race is fast approaching the finish line. Here are our thoughts on who is leading the pack to turn on their reactor and go critical prior to America's 250th birthday, and who are lagging the pack. Link below:

What's happening in Prototown? It's an exciting place for founders who want to get stuff built fast, such as... Terran Robotics, building cob houses out of mud using custom designed robots. And Bedrock Robotics, automating existing excavators using AI.

The hottest companies may be digital, but the physical world still eclipses them. However, of the ~$47 trillion in global manufacturing output, how many industries can claim any level of major technological advancement in recent years? Yet there are innovators out there changing that: Rangeview, who are reinventing investment casting one, of the oldest metal casting techniques still in use today. Varda, who are revolutionizing zero gravity testing medicine in space. Valar Atomics, who are trying to overhaul manufacturing and fuel production via small modular reactor gigasites. And Cuby, who want to create the most efficient system for mass producing quality houses at a lower cost.