ATLAS

Reawakening the American spirit to imagine & build a new energy paradigm.

[ATLAS @Am_Transmission]

Half of it sounded crazy at the time, and we did it anyway. The next one is here: building enough power for an era of AI, advanced manufacturing, and everything that runs on electricity. That'll take the same nerve.

[ATLAS @Am_Transmission]

For 250 years, the American answer to a hard problem was pretty much always to build.

[ATLAS @Am_Transmission]

We dug canals people swore couldn't be dug, laid rail across the entire country, ran power lines out to farms the utilities didn't think were worth it. Then we built the infrastructure that turned into the internet.

[ATLAS @Am_Transmission]

In a room full of Bitcoin builders, the idea that energy, like information, should be as open as the internet.

Thanks to everyone who joined us, and to @PresidioBitcoin for hosting.

[ATLAS @Am_Transmission]

Last week in San Francisco, we gathered a room of builders around the first edition of ATLAS for a conversation on why it’s so hard to build in America.

The overarching theme was that every critical system eventually opens up and moves to the edge. Compute went from whole-room supercomputers to the phone in your pocket, telecom went from one monopoly to a whole ecosystem, the room made the case that it’s energy’s time now.

[Amanda Terry @amandaterry]

Heading back to @SALTConference’s Wyoming Blockchain Symposium next week for year three!🤠

@huuep and I would love to meet teams working on post-token issuance lifecycle management and RWA vaults. Also happy to chat about the 1st 10K art collection on Bitcoin. @OnChainMonkey 🐵

Hosting dinner Monday, Aug. 17 with @KiteVC and Kaitlyn Savage from Energy Market Development at Google, diving into energy innovation + the future of AI & blockchain around the @Am_Transmission ATLAS project.⚡️

Can’t wait for a fun week of great conversations, new connections, and Jackson Hole energy! 🦬

[PBJ Podcast @PresidioPod]

Energy is becoming a bigger part of @PresidioBitcoin

@MaxAWebster recaps @Am_Transmission’s ATLAS launch at PB last week, and breaks down open energy standards, the case for private grids, @_panthalassa, and the upcoming Type II Summit 👀↓

Timestamps:
0:00 Bitcoin, AI and energy are converging
02:04 Why AI needs private grids
06:54 Batteries as the biggest opportunity
09:57 Announcing the Type II Summit
12:08 Panthalassa explained: compute at sea

[Amanda Terry @amandaterry]

The energy conversation is often framed as a false choice: slow growth or accept a grid that’s already breaking.

There’s a third path: create energy standards and innovate on the grid. ⚡️Great panel & reception for @Am_Transmission last week at the @PresidioBitcoin!

Continuing the conversation in Jackson Hole during @SALTConference next Monday, Aug. 17, where I’m hosting an intimate dinner with @KiteVC and Kaitlin Savage on the future of energy, infrastructure, AI & blockchain.

Limited capacity. Reach out if you’d like to join.

[ATLAS @Am_Transmission]

Tonight's the night. American ATLAS launch at @PresidioBitcoin in SF, 6pm. Last call to join us.

RSVP here: https://t.co/KLqOpzfpJO

[Bala Ramamurthy @rocket_bala]

@Am_Transmission, the American Transmission Leadership and Security project, is rethinking how we build energy infrastructure for the next century of American industrial growth.

Today they're launching the first American ATLAS, an anthology of 20+ founders. I wrote one of the essays, on why more wires alone won't solve the power crunch.

[2/] If you're in SF, I'll be at tonight's book launch at Presidio Bitcoin. Would love to see you there.

https://t.co/Mj3OIASdEo

[ATLAS @Am_Transmission]

"Geographic density matters. Temporal density matters more." – @aphysicist

The American Shenzhen is buildable, but we need to move fast.

Join us tonight at Presidio Bitcoin for the launch of American ATLAS. We’ll be hearing from contributors like @kitevc and sharing limited edition copies of the publication.

RSVP here: https://t.co/fJK6dHc3pC

[ATLAS @Am_Transmission]

"There is no physical law preventing the United States from building its own Shenzhen."

– @aphysicist, co-founder of @atomic_inc and @newindustrials.

In American ATLAS, Aaron lays out how we get there.

[ATLAS @Am_Transmission]

That same instinct for open, standardized protocols shows up in other @Am_Transmission essays: Bill Tai (@KiteVC) on a Telecom Deregulation Act for the grid; Vint Cerf (@vgcerf) on lessons from the Internet for bidirectional, multi-source energy systems.

ATLAS is working on exactly that kind of open grid architecture, and turning today’s fragmented, bespoke energy protocols into something we can actually build on – quickly, reliably, at lower cost, and at scale.

[Bill Tai @KiteVC]

Join us August 6th for the launch of ATLAS : https://t.co/mKviLlwkCT

[Presidio Bitcoin @PresidioBitcoin]

Bitcoin miners have spent years hunting for underutilized power and flexible load. The real bottleneck is still the grid itself.

Excited to host the ATLAS launch this Thursday at 6 PM as they push for faster, smarter transmission infrastructure.

Join the conversation:
https://t.co/WQrZXESsW0

[Travis Fisher @ts_fisher]

Get in, losers. We’re revolutionizing the electricity industry!

Bargaining with the gatekeepers is getting old

Time to build something new

[ATLAS @Am_Transmission]

"[America] built the internet when the phone companies said it couldn't work." – @kitevc

On 8/6 in SF, we're gathering the people ready to do the same for energy, around the first edition of ATLAS, our anthology with 20+ founders.

Join us: https://t.co/KLqOpzfpJO