It's About the People: Why Deep Tech Needs More Than Money

How early stage deep tech startup accelerators must reimagine founder support

Sep 9 • 

Matt Rappaport

The Mosaic of Minds: How Interdisciplinary Collaboration Transforms Deep Tech Dreams into Global Solutions

The world's greatest challenges demand the world's most diverse minds working in concert.

Sep 2 • 

Matt Rappaport

August 2025

Demystifying Deep Tech: Real Solutions for Real Problems

When people hear "deep tech," they often think of futuristic quantum computers or humanoid robots that seem impossibly complex.

Aug 26 • 

Matt Rappaport

The Knowledge Trap: Why Tomorrow's Most Valuable Manufacturing Secrets Will Be Impossible to Steal—Or Own

Why the next wave of autonomous manufacturing could create trade secrets that companies own but cannot access—and what deep tech innovators need to know

Aug 18 • 

Matt Rappaport

Don't Build a Better Wheat Farm: Why Defensibility Stakes Are Higher in Deep Tech

Eric Ver Ploeg from Tunitas Ventures' take on startup strategy and defensibility is one of the more thoughtful pieces on early-stage VC investing I've…

Aug 12 • 

Matt Rappaport

What Ants Can't Predict: The Beautiful Mystery of Superintelligence

We stand at the threshold of creating minds that will dwarf our own intelligence as dramatically as we surpass ants.

Aug 5 • 

Matt Rappaport

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July 2025

When Does Protecting Your Innovation Become the Thing That Kills Your Startup?

As someone who's spent decades helping companies navigate IP strategy, I see promising founders make this costly mistake regularly.

Jul 22 • 

Matt Rappaport

Part 3: Resistance is Futile: Why I'm Embracing Our Robot Future

After watching Tesla's Optimus robot dance with fluid grace that would make many human dancers envious, I had the strangest feeling: I was watching my…

Jul 15 • 

Matt Rappaport

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The Manufacturing Challenge That Will Define Robotics

After watching recent humanoid robot videos, particularly those released by Tesla in May, I decided to dig into the technology.

Jul 8 • 

Matt Rappaport

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June 2025

The Robots are Learning to Dance (And Why That Changes Everything)

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Jun 26 • 

Matt Rappaport

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April 2025

The AI Ownership Revolution: When Machines Claim Their Creations

Redefining Creation: The Legal and Ethical Frontiers of Non-Human Inventors

Apr 21 • 

Matt Rappaport

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September 2024

The Generalist's Advantage in an Increasingly Complex World

Hello Ignore the Confusion subscribers!

Sep 10, 2024 • 

Matt Rappaport

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