Spectech Newsletter

[Announcement] We desire your Brains in 2026

Now accepting applications to start accelerating ideas for FROs, ARPA Programs, and more!

Oct 1 • 

Ben Reinhardt

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September 2025

Who Funds Misfit Research?

A practical guide

Sep 24 • 

Ben Reinhardt

23

August 2025

Meet the 2025 AI Brains Fellows

Another adventure begins

Aug 21 • 

Ben Reinhardt

5

July 2025

Efficiency, Fat Ideas, and False Negatives

Not all who wander are lost

Jul 24 • 

Ben Reinhardt

10

Some open questions on the financial history of technology

A quest for those with the skill and daring...

Jul 15 • 

Ben Reinhardt

20

June 2025

Brains Showcase 2025

And some meta-lessons

Jun 10 • 

Ben Reinhardt

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May 2025

[Announcement] AI Brains Q+A Sessions

You bring the questions, we'll bring the answers

May 27 • 

Ben Reinhardt

1

Applications open for AI Brains

We want your [digital] Brains

May 13 • 

Ben Reinhardt

11

April 2025

Humanoid Robots in Manufacturing

Or, there's a reason we don't pull cars with mechanical horses

Apr 8 • 

Ben Reinhardt

21

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March 2025

What does it mean for a technology to scale?

A particular failure mode that we’ve noticed among scientists and engineers doing ambitious technology research is ignoring the question “does this…

Mar 18 • 

Ben Reinhardt

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February 2025

January 2025

Meet the 2025 Brains Fellows

We’re excited to introduce the 2025 class of Brains Fellows!

Jan 30 • 

Ben Reinhardt

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