Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸

Building the future // @caltech Ph.D. // AI, fusion, physics, space, e/acc 🇺🇸 🚀🇺🇸

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

2026 will be an insane year for space exploration! 🇺🇸🚀✨

Here are my top 10 predictions:

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

Drove in cyber cab @robotaxi almost the entire trip to Austin this time. Insane experience. Feels like the future! @Tesla

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

Instead of reinventing the wheel, Elon removed it! @Tesla @robotaxi

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

There is a special place in hell for the scum bags attacking @JensenHuang

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

Sweetgreen is evolving and every change is making the restaurant better!

Warm meals and wraps are making @sweetgreen more homey, comfortable and welcoming. ❤️🥗🌯🍜

Maybe high quality hot teas next @JonnyNemo? 🫖🍵☕️

[sweetgreen @sweetgreen]

LET US COOK, new warm plates are officially on the menu. made from scratch (just not by you).

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

@zebulgar What is interesting, is that SpaceX's internal costs are probably closer to $1k/kg maybe $2k/kg?

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

@rmcentush Let’s build it! I’ve been planning to build something like this for a while.

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

@cafazza 🇺🇸💪

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

Directed energy is the key to secure future and we must ensure large scale domestic manufacturing capacity.

Excited to be building this @stelliostech 🇺🇸🦾

[Laser Wars @laserwarsHQ]

This is our best look yet at what the US Army means when it talks about a "layered defense," via a recent PAE FIRES special notice https://t.co/kL5oGkEdBO

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

1000% agree! Jensen is a national treasure. He is a human. He made a mistake, learned the lesson.

He is still a national treasure and should be left alone to keep building the future ❤️🇺🇸🦾

[Shaun Maguire @shaunmmaguire]

1) Jensen is one of the greatest entrepreneurs of this generation

2) he did something incredibly dumb

3) it was bad for America

4) but my guess is there was no bad intention

5) two mistakes don’t make a right, and I believe Jensen is irreplaceable for America’s AI leadership

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

This has been @sequoia’s recipe: backing generational companies.

Insane value is created by founders who think in decades not years or quarters.

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

The beauty of aerospace & physics

[Aaron Burnett @aaronburnett]

If you’re trying to understand why ~22 hours from launch to catch this is the graphic for you

[Aaron Burnett @aaronburnett]

If you’re trying to understand why ~22 hours from launch to catch this is the graphic for you

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@calleymeans @StephenM @POTUS Keep pushing ❤️🇺🇸

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

@SusieWiles47 Thank you! ❤️🇺🇸

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

Shaun is the Messi of the VC world.

[Rishabh Karnawat @rishabhkio]

Shaun Maguire is probably the greatest VC the startup ecosystem has ever seen. His track record is almost impossible to beat.

Just look at the companies he’s backed:

SpaceX
Stripe
xAI
The Boring Company
X (Twitter)
Neuralink
IonQ
Lightmatter
Bridge
LayerZero
AMP Robotics
Decart
Eon
Factory
Mach Industries
Neros
Reflect Orbital
Safe Superintelligence

And the list continues.

source - @autumn_ai_inc

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

@rishabhkio The best!

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

@nickgrossman @Melt_Dem Spot on @Melt_Dem ❤️🇺🇸

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

@sourceryy @planet .@Melt_Dem data centers in space are becoming consensus very quickly 🚀

[Richard Starson 🇺🇸🚀🇺🇸 @DrStarson]

@Melt_Dem The engineering and business rationale for space compute is very clear. With Starship it becomes cheaper to run GPUs in orbit.

This advantage, however, is completely tied to Starship and the cost of launch. SpaceX is the only player for the next 3-5 years, possibly longer.