Forged documents to sneak into a war zone. Played in a rock band. Rebuilt a city in Baghdad. Came home and built one of the most active deep tech funds on the planet.

Ex-NASA gene editor. Her DIY covid vaccine got her banned from half the internet and investigated by the FBI, the FDA and the EU. Her company, ODIN sells gene editing kits to anyone who wants one. She also runs Embryo Corporation, building the next generation of animals.

He builds out of a shipping container on a Texas ranch. His drone has the rotor span of a basketball court and lifts five tons. Heavy lift still runs on helicopters designed in the 1960s. He is here to retire them.

Co-founded the Thiel Fellowship, paying teenagers to skip college before it was cool. Spotted Vitalik Buterin in a dorm room before Ethereum existed. Now runs a fund built entirely on betting against the system.

Surfs Nazaré, the biggest rideable waves on earth. Last winter he rode one almost 100 feet high. Maybe the biggest anyone ever has. The rest of the room models risk. He gets towed straight into it.

Twenty-three. Engineered rockets at Stoke Space. Now builds powered legs for infantry. Shenzhen, Tel Aviv, Washington, Kyiv, all inside last month. In Ukraine he slept a mile from incoming missiles and made the meeting the next morning.

Fourth generation of a Texas energy dynasty. Traded an English degree for a roustabout job on the rigs. Now runs his family businesses across energy, real estate, and investments. He’s been an active tech investor. He thinks in generations. Not funding rounds.