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16 startups, 1 champion: who wins?

Housing’s “iPhone moment”

I’m putting the finishing touches on a story 100 years in the making.

2026 will be an awesome year, and not just because it’s America’s 250th birthday. Innovators will wake up every morning and make it awesome.

It’s the holidays, and you’re likely reading this on your phone between family gatherings, with a plate of leftovers nearby. So it’s time to have some fun!

From the original Rational Optimist

Time to break the rules

The Wright brothers first sputtered into the air in 1903.

Imagine dropping a pea-sized capsule through a spherical chamber and hitting it with a colossal bolt of laser energy as it falls.

Today we’re sharing a piece from the original Rational Optimist himself, Matt Ridley.

Imagine a cube 14 inches on each side, about the size of a microwave. At 2,200 pounds, no man can lift it. And it’s worth $65 million.

In most modern cities, steel cranes rise above the skyline. Back home in Abu Dhabi, crews break ground on a new project every month. But in California, the home of Silicon Valley and America’s supposed bastion of innovation? Nothing.

I’m on the road with Matt Ridley and ROS co-founder Dan Steinhart, visiting six cities and meeting 30 world-class innovators in two weeks.

I’m on my way to LA kicking off a two-week sprint across America with my ROS co-founders Matt Ridley and Dan Steinhart.

One of the coolest things about living in Abu Dhabi is how fast everything arrives.

There’s a new world’s fastest car. It’s not a Ferrari, Lamborghini or Bugatti. It’s Chinese brand BYD.

If friendly aliens landed on Earth in 2025, they’d be baffled.

AI is the new doctor’s waiting room

I had a proud dad moment at 5:55 am yesterday.

A time traveler from the past would certainly agree that much we take for granted today qualifies as magic.