Frederick DasoAn Assay of the Modern AI Tech StackAuthor’s Note: An Assay is my version of a VC investment thesis. Read the Prelude section of An Assay of the Creator Economy to learn more.18 min read·Feb 19, 2024----
Frederick DasoRed Planet Capital: The NASA-backed VC Firm That Never WasI’ve been on a roll with these defense tech articles I’ve been writing recently. It’s become its own little mini-series.4 min read·Jan 22, 2024----
Frederick DasoSpaceX — The Promise and Potential of U.S. Industrial Policy?In an era of a diminished defense industrial base and VC preference for software startups, how does SpaceX exist?8 min read·Jan 13, 2024----
Frederick DasoThe $3.5 Trillion ‘Catch 22’ of Re-GlobalizationThere’s $3.5 trillion at stake behind the recent surge of VC interest in defense technology. But re-globalization may not be so easy.9 min read·Jan 12, 2024----
Frederick DasoAmerican Dynamism — Or Inertia?In an era of high interest rates and slowing venture capital activity, I was surprised to see a16z General Partner Katherine Boyle…3 min read·Jan 11, 2024----
Frederick DasoIs MrBeast The Ideal Content Creator?Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson hasn’t been on my radar until recently. I stumbled across the following video by Ro Ramadin: MrBeast: Dystopian…3 min read·Apr 6, 2023----
Frederick DasoContent Creators And Tech Founders Are More Alike Than DifferentThe similarities are striking as the two groups converge.3 min read·Mar 29, 2023----
Frederick DasoThe Salvation of The Creator EconomyAmid our post-industrial era of the American economy, the rise of the digital realm proved to be the leading edge of our country’s…4 min read·Mar 24, 2023----
Frederick DasoSoftware Has Transcended The WorldThere’s religious fervor behind the rise of generative AI. Why?3 min read·Feb 24, 2023----
Frederick DasoCombining Things To Create SerendipitySteve Job famously once said: “Creativity is just about combining things.”4 min read·Mar 14, 2021----