Michael Mealling -- e/acc

A space finance person, @SpaceFrontier Advocate, @StarbridgeVC GP. #speedrunthetechtree but leave room for those who prefer the past.

[Michael Mealling -- e/acc @mmealling]

@OmarJPimentel Something about the clouds that day...

[Michael Mealling -- e/acc @mmealling]

The limit is your own understanding of the process and the question you are asking. AI is like a team of junior developers. You still need your human senior developer, human factors lead, and business team to tell it what to build and to verify that it built it the way you want. That is what's called an agent "harness".

[Michael Mealling -- e/acc @mmealling]

@MinagorriRob @EconomyComments @Govindtwtt Then just keep doing what you are doing...

[Michael Mealling -- e/acc @mmealling]

To anyone building a startup that's trying to raise money or sell their product:

Do NOT start by talking about your technology. I repeat, DO NOT DO THAT.

First, describe the problem.

Then who has the problem. Then describe the level of pain that the problem causes. Then talk about how much the people who feel that pain are willing to pay. THEN give first-hand evidence for all of that. Then talk about your business model: who pays, how much, when, how, etc. Then ask the person you are talking to about whether they want to hear about your solution. Not your technology. Your solution. If you don't know the difference, then go back to your business model and start over. Only after ALL of that, would an investor or customer be even remotely interested in how your technology solves PART of the problem.

*Screen shot from SpaceNews' Military Space article "What defense buyers want from space startups":

[Michael Mealling -- e/acc @mmealling]

@RocketRick Stay safe!

[AlumaPower @alumapower]

Data centres shouldn't have to choose between reliable backup power and community acceptance.

Solid Aluminum Fuel Discs™ deliver firm, dispatchable backup power with zero emissions at the point of use, zero noise, and no diesel test runs.

That's the Aluminum-fuel advantage.

[Michael Mealling -- e/acc @mmealling]

@AthletesInSpace @degenutz Starlink had $11.39 billion in sales last year, which generated $4.41 billion in profit for that division. Reports suggest that the top line number increased by 25% in just the first quarter of 2026.

[Michael Mealling -- e/acc @mmealling]

Space people, especially lunar ones, if you need a steady source of energy that consumes nothing but Aluminum and some water and produces enough heat to keep you alive during the night, then this is the company.

[AlumaPower @alumapower]

Last week, we attended the @creativedlab super session in Toronto!

We are grateful not only to be a part of the CDL program but to be two-time graduates as well.

We look forward to continuing the fuel-metal revolution and demonstrating the Aluminum-fuel advantage

[AlumaPower @alumapower]

Last week, we attended the @creativedlab super session in Toronto!

We are grateful not only to be a part of the CDL program but to be two-time graduates as well.

We look forward to continuing the fuel-metal revolution and demonstrating the Aluminum-fuel advantage

[Michael Mealling -- e/acc @mmealling]

@rocketrepreneur @danaen803 My general polling says the consensus is the 2031 window...

[Michael Mealling -- e/acc @mmealling]

@FiSurgi @DKThomp The things in that list HAVE taken decades...

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

This has quietly been a miracle month in medicine.

In the last 5 weeks we’ve got news on:

- retatrutide, the triple agonist GLP-1 from Lilly, basically melting fat and body-wide inflammation at record levels
- RevMed’s new pancreatic cancer drug showing unprecedented abilities to extend life
- small trial of a one-and-done PCSK9 gene editing therapy for slashing LDL cholesterol
- Mayo’s AI-assisted radiology showing vastly improved cancer detection
- this new therapy for metastatic solid tumors

This stuff is at varying levels of evidence. Retatrutide is ~100% on its way, other stuff needs more clinical trial data. But put it together and we’re maybe on the verge of majorly reducing the mortality of heart disease and cancer, the two leading causes of death in America.

[AlumaPower @alumapower]

We are looking forward to attending IDEaS Marketplace 2026 by the @NationalDefence in Ottawa on May 29!

We look forward to connecting with stakeholders shaping the future of Canadian defense innovation and bringing the power tower – our fully integrated product demonstrator.

[Michael Mealling -- e/acc @mmealling]

@EricFlo19671974 @PaulKorney @wingod @JamesTate121 I dare someone to remake this movie...

[Michael Mealling -- e/acc @mmealling]

@pmarca That would suggest that the point is not the issue but the simple joy of panicking and freaking out.

[Michael Mealling -- e/acc @mmealling]

For those of us who were part of the Internet in the late 80s and all of the 90s, this AI "backlash" feels very familiar and silly...

[Michael Mealling -- e/acc @mmealling]

@ronin12666 @curlyheadedjas There is nothing stopping you from organizing with others who agree with you, moving to some location and living that way. There are communes all over California, Oregon, and Washington that have been doing that since the 1970s...

[Michael Mealling -- e/acc @mmealling]

@curlyheadedjas Sounds like a hellscape world...

[Michael Mealling -- e/acc @mmealling]

@Freyy_is I distinctly remember that same suggestion around 1995 about the Internet...

[Michael Mealling -- e/acc @mmealling]

@LawtonAver58308 It is possible for men to plant trees under whose shade they will never sit.