LA had serious automotive and aerospace manufacturing heft going back 100 years, but both industries were flagging until @SpaceX turned up. There's now a massive hardware boom taking place in LA thanks to SpaceX's rise.
@elonmusk has now kicked off a second, similar boom in Texas. We went to the Lone Star State to check out the best example of the new hardware scene at ProtoTown.
This area between Austin and San Antonio is going to be filled with hardware start-ups piggybacking off Tesla, Neuralink and SpaceX factories.
Timestamps 00:00 — Intro 02:45 — Barbecue With Founders 04:24 — The Big Red Bus 06:14 — Solar-Powered Air Conditioning 08:27 — Sleeping Beside A Centrifuge 10:07 — A Capitalist Commune? 12:43 — A Texan Shenzhen? 15:54 — Can America Rebuild? 18:23 — Is It A Cult? 20:45 — The Verdict
