Danny Crichton

@DannyCrichton

I write on technology, science and global power at Securities/Riskgaming as Partner @Lux_Capital. Fellow @ManhattanInst, former Managing Editor @TechCrunch

Manhattan, NY

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Danny Crichton
@DannyCrichton
Jun 27
This weekend's essay from me – sorry, it's 5K words, but if you have the attention span: Chinese economic development, SV workaholics, factory work, what Ren Zhengfei and Steve Jobs share, the most beautiful data center in the world, and comments on the challenges of journalism
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Danny Crichton
@DannyCrichton
Sep 28
Implied in this analysis is that financial system stability comes from many investors making suboptimal decisions (aka, regular retail investors without the high-speed training infra or advisors to protect them). Equalizing these barriers is absolutely a positive.
Andrew Curran
@AndrewCurran_
Sep 27
The chief economist at Apollo is warning that mass adoption of AI agents could trigger a bank run as they optimize user investments. Gary Gensler spent his last few years as SEC chair warning that the exact same problem will hit the markets: the pursuit of algorithmic perfection
Danny Crichton
@DannyCrichton
Sep 28
I wrote about this a few years ago called "brainwash departures" – governments increasingly see the minds of its most talented people as natural resources that it should control. The highest educated will have the least travel opps in the future: readsecurities.com/p/brainwash-de…
Bloomberg
@business
Sep 28
China has expanded overseas travel restrictions for top AI professionals in private firms to include the families of key personnel bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Danny Crichton
@DannyCrichton
Sep 28
I think this is one of my favorite portfolio companies in the "sci-fi to sci-fact" transition. Giant space mirrors are very much in the realm of (financially profitable) possibility, accelerated by declining payload costs to orbit. Yesterday's sci-fi begets today's
The Economist
@TheEconomist
Sep 28
Reflect Orbital, a Californian startup, reckons that 76 satellites, in the right orbits, would be enough to provide sunlight—in patches about as bright as a full Moon—on demand anywhere on Earth economist.com/science-and-te…
Danny Crichton
@DannyCrichton
Sep 24
Carl is a one-of-a-kind wunderkind - he and his team are going to completely change the energy stack - take a look:
Carl Schoeller
@CarlSchoeller
Sep 24
Today we’re launching Parallax, the AI energy company with a $117m fundraise led by Founders Fund, Eclipse, Lux, Diffusion, Greylock and General Catalyst. (1/5)
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