Podbit · Moonshots with Peter Diamandis
Kratsios describes a future where states and cities compete to attract tech companies by offering the most innovation-friendly regulatory environments. He traces the lineage from the 2017 drone Innovation Pilot Program through the current eVTOL EIPP, and argues Texas is currently winning the race.
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Peter presents a map his team created ranking US states by their openness to autonomous vehicles, drones, nuclear, and data centers — what he calls 'singularity zones.' He asks Kratsios whether the US could formalize this into designated innovation regions where regulations are relaxed enough to accelerate research, similar to what China and Chile have done. Kratsios enthusiastically endorses the concept, tracing its lineage to the first paper he got President Trump to sign in 2017: the UAS Integration Pilot Program, which created 10 state and local government zones paired with drone operators to run real-world delivery tests with FAA regulatory clearance. That model is now being replicated for eVTOLs through the EIPP. Texas, both agree, is currently the leading state for innovation-friendly policy. Kratsios connects this to data center siting, describing the president's Ratepayer Protection Pledge — requiring AI companies to bring or buy their own power — as the mechanism that turns data center buildouts from community liabilities into community benefits.
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