ICON

ICON develops robotic and AI systems to lower the cost and increase the speed and quality of construction.

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

Discover the most advanced piece of construction equipment in the industry.

Build Smarter. Build Faster. Buy Titan. --> https://t.co/XoPozJB1BW

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

Congrats to our Austin neighbors @FireflySpace.
@blueorigin, hope to hitch a ride in the future!

[NASA @NASA]

LIVE: We're sharing the latest updates on @NASAMoonBase, our lunar habitat where astronauts will work and live. https://t.co/7oWZYx0GYx

[Will Hurd @WillHurd]

Permanence is the difference between a footstep and a foundation. Visiting versus staying. A flag versus a home. The Moon isn't a destination ... it's a starting point.

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

@FireflySpace @NASAJPL @NASA To the Moon!

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

A meaningful step toward making innovative housing more accessible.

Our collaboration with @WellsFargo reflects growing momentum behind new approaches to housing delivery and homeownership. https://t.co/jYhn4ZpLF9

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

@brentwisener @gailalfaratx Not this one!

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

@spaceandtech_ Meet Titan https://t.co/OvKUURz3eL

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

@PeterDiamandis 🚀

[Will Hurd @WillHurd]

.@ICON3DTech official on deck at the @tbpn Ultradome!

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

Tune-in live to TBPN to hear President of ICON Prime, @WillHurd, talk robotics on the moon, defense construction, and what the team is building on and off-world.

[TBPN @tbpn]

Happy Monday. On today's show:

- @ZBrownCEO (McLaren)
- @RickCarusoLA (Caruso)
- @WillHurd (ICON)
- @AnushElangovan (AMD)
- @ADoricko (Rainmaker)

See you on the stream.

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

Construction is broken. Software alone won’t fix it.

ICON CEO @JasonDBallard joins ICON Prime President @WillHurd on the Austin Next Podcast to unpack why building the future requires a full-stack approach—from housing shortages to lunar infrastructure.

Give it a listen.

[Jason Scharf @Jason_A_Scharf]

The first words spoken on the moon were Houston. @JasonDBallard believes the first thing built on the moon will come from Austin.

Ballard is the CEO of @ICON3DTech Will Hurd, former CIA officer, three-term Texas congressman, and OpenAI board member, just joined as President of ICON Prime, the company's new government-focused unit serving the military, the intelligence community, and NASA.

I've been tracking ICON for a long time, but this conversation hit different. The thesis that has been at play since 2018 is materializes in the real world faster, cheaper, better and at scale.

1 week vs 59 days
2 people vs 17 people
$20 per sqft vs $35 per sqft
Tougher and stronger than what's out there, so it can go where no building has gone before

The future is starting to look like the future

Agenda
0:00 What ICON is building and why shelter is broken
6:40 The regulation stack and ICON as a technology company
11:40 Customer shapes, business model, and the innovation stack
17:10 AI, ChatGPT from the inside, and the case for optimism
23:40 The spoons-and-ditches fallacy and Hurd's regulation inversion
30:30 What is ICON Prime and the barracks crisis
36:40 Military construction, Afghanistan, and expeditionary printing
42:40 The moon base, Olympus, and in-situ resource utilization
49:40 Eight years of the same thesis and software's limit
56:40 Austin's talent gravity and the ICON diaspora
1:00:40 The moon in our lifetime
1:04:40 National security, espionage, and Austin as a target
1:08:40 Laser on the moon, 2028

[Jason Ballard @JasonDBallard]

Surfs up 🏄

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

@Speculator_io Construction @ICON3DTech

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

Welcome to ICON, @WillHurd. 🚀🏠🤖

[The Real Deal @trdny]

Austin-based 3D-printing builder Icon launched Icon Prime, a new division focused on military and space construction led by former congressman Will Hurd.
https://t.co/WQZcTASrMK

[Austin Business Journal @MyABJ]

Construction of roads and landing pads on the moon could begin as early as 2028. https://t.co/Mt5Icyq5Y0

[Payload 🚀 @payloadspace]

Robotic construction company ICON today announced the establishment of ICON Prime, a new business unit that will work with the Pentagon and NASA.

https://t.co/Gs9SNBztOe

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

@krdonnelly @Jason_A_Scharf @JasonDBallard @WillHurd 🚀🤖🏠

[This Week in Startups @twistartups]

3D Printed Homes Are Here: Icon is Selling the Printer https://t.co/Bfpz96g4HY

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

Introducing ICON Prime, our dedicated defense and space tech division built to bring robotic construction to the nation's most critical infrastructure challenges.

→ Learn more at https://t.co/A9y2Q2csMh

[Jason Ballard @JasonDBallard]

Let's go to the Moon! Godspeed Artemis II.