The Saturday Morning Newsletter #79
11 Rules for Resilience, Who Owns Ideas?, and The Most Important Supreme Court Case of the Decade
This Week I’m Tracking: 13 developments across the sectors shaping our future
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Your weekly pulse check: The most important events in venture capital, energy, space, economics, intellectual property, philosophy, and more. I distill the most important developments across sectors I track, saving you hours of research while keeping you ahead of the curve.
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#1: Climatex
Description: Climatex is a developer of recyclable textiles.
Why Is This Company Interesting? Climatex recently raised $4.1M in venture capital funding. Climatex is a truly unique product, designed to be partially durable. Their clothes are made with the end in mind: to be recycled. As such, their fibers are water-soluble, making them easily absorbable and recyclable. How does that work when you’re wearing it in many conditions? I’m not entirely sure yet, but I’m looking forward to learning more.
Description: Shine Technologies is a nuclear fusion startup.
Why Is This Company Interesting? Shine Technologies recently raised $240M in venture capital funding. Shine is yet another massive company trying to develop and commercialize fusion energy. They’re doing it in a unique way by finding commercial uses along the way as they complete milestones, which provide some revenue to offset development costs and create an ecosystem around them, so when they succeed, they succeed at a larger scale.
#3: Chariot Defense
Description: Chariot Defense is a battlefield power company.
Why Is This Company Interesting? Chariot Defense recently raised $34M in venture capital funding. I don’t tend to write about defense firms much because they can sometimes be a bit polarizing. Chariot isn’t quite different; however, they do have a unique angle that’s perfect for our discussion today. See, most of war technology is still reliant on diesel generators and fossil fuels, even though technology has advanced rapidly and now requires more power than we can currently provide. That’s where Chariot comes in—its goal is to provide energy to remote regions of the world to solve this pain point.
#4: ISPTech
Description: ISPTech is a space propulsion startup.
Why Is This Company Interesting? ISPTech recently raised $6.5M in venture capital funding. ISPTech aims to address one of the most critical aspects of space rockets in the 21st century—efficient fuel usage. The engineers want less fuel on board to keep the craft lighter; the climate change activists want less fuel to reduce CO2 emissions; and the companies want to use less fuel because it costs less. ISPTech is the next-generation space fuel, providing a superior alternative to existing options.
#5: Sophia Space
Description: Sophia Space is a space-based computing company.
Why Is This Company Interesting? Sophia Space recently raised $10M in venture capital funding. Sophia Space is building a space-based datacenter that utilizes solar panels and is cooled by space. Earth-based data centers are constrained by power limitations and expensive land costs. By looking to space, we can solve these issues efficiently. Space isn’t without its issues, but it does provide an alternative option for the future.
Yahoo Finance: Space-Based Solar Economically Viable by 2040
I love a good speculative Yahoo Finance article. This one argues that given our rate of innovation on solar panels and space, the 2040 timeline is viable. They claim the renewable energy transition is running out of land, so space must be the next frontier for clean energy generation.
The New York Times: Judge Approves $345M Verdict Against Greenpeace
The almost decade-long court battle continues this week, with a judge affirming the previous ruling that Greenpeace owes $345M to Energy Transfer for promoting business disruption and protest. Greenpeace maintains its right to free speech and continues to expect to appeal the decision throughout the court system.
The New York Times: Plastic is Everywhere
Peak plastic is nowhere in sight. In a new book, the author reveals that major corporations are doing everything in their power to get the world to use as much plastic as possible. She exposes disinformation campaigns and efforts to shift responsibility onto individual consumers through political lobbying and more.
The New York Times: NASA Shakes Up Artemis Schedule
NASA is aiming to launch more often in the future, mirroring historical patterns. Artemis III was moved up from 2028 to mid-2027 and will not travel to the Moon; it will instead be a test flight. This would set up two landing attempts in 2028, meeting the President’s goal of sending NASA astronauts to the Moon before the end of his term.
The New York Times: Is This the Most Important Supreme Court Case of the Century?
This week, the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s tariff plan. This stopped a monumental presidential power grab that relied on vague, broad language. The justices argued that this isn’t precise enough to sweep away language in the Constitution granting Congress taxing authority.
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Report 2026
Creating innovative solutions does not translate into economic growth or societal benefits. The process by which new technology is assimilated worldwide is called technology diffusion. This report discusses how the process happens and describes how policymakers can best inform their IP policy, systems, and strategies.
Columbia Undergraduate Law Review: Who Owns Ideas?
AI has rapidly expanded across the media industry over the last few years. How does intellectual property law create boundaries that protect human-created art? IP law must be able to distinguish between AI-assisted creations and human-only creations to protect human creativity and ingenuity without fully blocking the use of all technology.
11 rules mentally tough people live by (not an original, to be clear):
Don’t expect things to feel fair - Life doesn’t distribute challenges evenly. Accept reality as it is.
Separate facts from feelings - What happened is different from how you feel about it.
Focus on what you can control - Your energy is finite. Spend it on what you can change.
Take full responsibility for your actions and outcomes - Own what you did and what resulted. That’s where control lives.
Let go of the need for everyone’s approval - Not everyone will understand your choices. That’s not your problem.
Learn from the past but don’t dwell on it - Take the lesson, then move on. Replaying it won’t change it.
Engage in physical and mental wellness - Your mind and body are connected. Neglect one, and the other suffers.
Embrace change and calculated risks - Growth lives outside your comfort zone. Assess the risk, then take it.
Stop waiting to feel ready - Readiness rarely arrives. Confidence builds through action.
Set boundaries without guilt - Your time and energy matter. Protect them without apology.
Rest without justifying it - Recovery is part of performance, not a reward for it.
That’s a wrap on this week’s roundup.
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