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High-level introductions to investable themes across the Fund’s mandate


Supersonic Flight
The next five to ten years could make or break supersonic travel’s comeback. Concorde will always remain an icon, but it is up to us to determine whether it will remain a a glimpse of what might have been, or a guide to what might still be.

Gregory Chassapis
5 days ago4 min read


Decarbonizing the Shipping Industry: Pathways to Zero-Emission Container Shipping
Global trade depends on an immense and largely invisible engine: a constant flow of ships moving goods across oceans every day of the year. Maritime shipping carries more than 80% of global trade by volume, making it indispensable to the modern economy, but the sector currently accounts for roughly 3%-5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and without meaningful intervention, that share could climb toward 10% by 2050 if trade volumes expand as predicted.

Gregory Chassapis
Mar 23 min read


How Renewables are Transforming Architecture and the Built Environment
Renewable energy is reshaping the way we design, construct, and inhabit buildings, turning structures from giants of energy consumption into active participants in a sustainability push toward net zero and beyond.

Gregory Chassapis
Feb 24 min read


Autonomous Fighter Jets: Are Pilots Becoming Obsolete?
The Challenge: The Future of Human Pilots in Aerial Combat Before we get granular about autonomous jets, let’s talk about Top Gun for a second. Hollywood is good at two things: storytelling and captivating visuals. Despite the lack of authenticity in the films (as many current and former pilots pointed out), both succeeded in entertaining their audiences. Beyond the gripping dogfights and cavalier attitudes of the film’s popular alpha-male protagonists, both films serve as h

Gregory Chassapis
Jan 24 min read


Improving the Economics of Space Exploration
In 1962, John F. Kennedy gave a speech at Rice University, one that would be made famous by his declaration that, "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." Fast forward 7 years and we put a man on the moon. Unfortunately, following that triumph, the United States largely abandoned space exploration. An almost decade’s long innovation effort and nothing more to show for it outside of flights to t

Gregory Chassapis
Dec 1, 20255 min read
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