This is critical now. Regulations won’t keep pace with the oncoming wave of change.
Failing to create a US zone where progress moves at the speed of physics, not permits, will drive rapid tech advancement overseas and leave us behind.
Balaji Srinivasan proposes a western version of the special economic zone where builders can operate at the speed of physics, not permits.
“The special Elon zone, or more generally, the special founder zone... It’s like an essentially uninhibited territory, as close to Burning Man as possible”
Ben Horowitz: “I think that’s very doable. There’s so many states in the US that would wanna do that. I know Nevada would wanna do that.”
@balajis and @bhorowitz on Network State podcast
The billionaire tech investor Masayoshi Son has big dreams of working closely with the Trump administration to revitalize U.S. manufacturing—and the promise of billions in Japanese cash https://t.co/8GF2gZjVYr
WSJ says SoftBank’s Son is working with the Trump admin on a network of “Trump Industrial Parks” on federal land, aiming to channel part of Japan’s pledged $550B trade-deal money into US AI factories & chip/DC gear, with the US keeping 90% of profits after Japan recoups its stake
“.. the administration began pushing for a network of ‘Trump Industrial Parks,’ according to an administration official, with manufacturing infrastructure built on federal land.” 👇🏼
Over the past 50 years, America’s ability to build large construction projects has not just stagnated, it has eroded due to bureaucratic and painful processes. We built physical infrastructure faster, better, and cheaper a century ago than we do today.
Proud to invest in @unltdindustries@alexmodon@TaraViswanathan and the entire team at Unlimited to make building infrastructure in America fast again.
Unlimited is currently designing and building $100M+ data centers, power plants, and mining facilities, compressing engineering timelines from months into days. And they’re just getting started —hiring across mechanical, electrical, civil, simulation, and software.
It’s time to build fast again. 🇺🇸🚀🫡
Unpopular opinion: you shouldn’t need pre-approval of a bureaucracy to build in America.
POTUS should sign an executive order auto-approving every pending permit, reserving the right to bring enforcement later if someone breaks the rules.
1/ 🇺🇸 Today, @CAForever submitted detailed plans for the next great American city, an hour north of Silicon Valley, including: Solano Foundry, America’s largest manufacturing park, Solano Shipyard, our largest shipyard, and walkable neighborhoods for 400,000 Californians.
With Senator Lee's land auction gambit off the table, I hope we can get back to discussing Freedom Cities.
I think it is of tremendous importance for Americans to prove to ourselves that we can still build aspirational new towns and cities.
It’s official: Starbase is now an incorporated city in Texas. With local governance in place, we are excited to continue building the best city for our community.
With the federal land sales amendment from @RepMaloyUtah and @MarkAmodeiNV2, we are one step closer to realizing Freedom Cities and expanding access to affordable starter homes.
This morning, the President is uniting House Republicans behind the one, big beautiful bill which keeps taxes low, unlocks American energy, and reduces government waste 🇺🇸