Elon Musk targets full global energy transition with Master Plan 3
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world is at the beginning of a massive energy transition, and Musk wants his companies to play a central role. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
Tesla’s first fully loaded electric Class-8 Semi completes its first 500 mile trip
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 500 miles is the sweet spot for trucking because truckers have to stop every 8 hours, and this is a major achievement. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
OpenAI’s conversational ChatGPT AI is over confident but otherwise brilliant
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Increasingly people can type text into an AI and the AI will auto-generate all kinds of content, from articles and scientific papers to code and even drugs … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
SpaceX unveils Starshield their government encrypted satellite network
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF SpaceX are now in a race to commercialise their multi-billion satellite network and this is their newest move. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. SpaceX,...
Researchers reverse engineered SpaceX’s satellite signals to create a new GPS service
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF GPS systems are expensive to create and launch, and they’re also often highly guarded by governments and militaries for good reason, but now some fancy reverse signal engineering just changed the game. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with...
Telsa vehicles will soon be connected to SpaceX’s global space internet system
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Elon Musk has announced on Twitter that all Teslas will soon be using his space based satellite communications system to connect to the internet. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
T-Mobile and SpaceX team up to end mobile dead zones in the USA
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By creating a hybrid service T-Mobile can now use StarLink’s satellite internet systems to offer mobile coverage to every inch of the US. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
FCC finally authorises SpaceX to roll out satellite broadband to anything that moves
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The future of communications could be purely space based and Elon Musk is building a $100 billion business off of it. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Elon Musk deepfake crypto scams are on the rise and they’re getting better
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Deepfakes are getting better, in two years they’ll be perfect, and that means you won’t be able to trust anything you see. And that’s a huge issue. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses...
Jack Dorsey wants Elon Musk to turn Twitter into a protocol not a company
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Future companies won’t look anything like the companies of today in the way they operate and scale, and this is a great example of future thinking. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Space based communication company Starlink just signed its first airline customer
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This is disruption in motion, and it won’t be long before other airlines and regions of the world ditch their current telco’s and sign up with Elon Musk’s Starlink. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
Elon Musk’s Starlink space internet system brings 500Mbps to anywhere on Earth
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you live anywhere that doesn’t have great, or any, internet connectivity then this is for you as space internet systems help finally connect everyone on the planet. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
To hit 20 million cars a year Tesla bets the farm on a monster 12,000 ton Gigapress
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Tesla wants to produce 20 million cars a year and to hit that goal they need to make some big changes and some big presses. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
SpaceX say they’ll be able to provide internet anywhere on Earth by September
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF SpaceX’s ambitious Starlink communications project is smashing all expectations and every record, and it shows no signs of slowing down. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Starlink, the satellite internet unit of...
Elon Musk turns his eye to disrupting the out dated global auto insurance industry
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The more data insurers have about a driver and their habits the more accurate the insurance premiums can be – and Tesla has all the data. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
SpaceX plans first orbital Starship test from Texas to Hawaii
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This is the first SpaceX test to see whether flying people around the world at Mach 27 will be an achievable goal. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. A year or so...
Amazingly Elon Musks massive Starship rocket is carbon neutral
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As Elon Musk “tries to save the planet” on one hand, on the other people criticise him for SpaceX’s rocket emissions but there’s a twist to the story. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote,...
SpaceX’s SN15 Starship prototype finally sticks the landing
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Elon Musk’s Starship is the rocket he wants to use to take people to Mars, so this is a big deal. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. SpaceX launched a high-altitude Starship...
Elon Musk’s Neuralink helps monkies play Pong with their minds
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Plenty of people in the world have neurological disorders, from brain damage to paralysis, that will benefit from this technology. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. In another breakthrough for Brain Machine...
SpaceX’s latest Starship SN8 test was a huge explosive success
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF SpaceX are building one of the world’s largest rockets and despite multiple failures it’s getting closer entering service. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. The path to the future is littered with failures,...
