Neural technology
Science Corporation (opens in a new tab)
Develops neural interfaces, including vision technology and biohybrid devices connecting living neurons with electronics.
Venture capital for the once impossible
A study in four chapters
New Truth
Science fiction was the pitch deck.
These companies are the term sheet.
Our thesis
The future has
a first draft.
Before a breakthrough has a prototype, it often has a story. New Truth looks back at the worlds imagined on screen and follows the founders turning those possibilities into technology. These four chapters trace the distance between an idea and what can be built.
The companies below illustrate our thesis; inclusion does not indicate a New Truth investment.
Chapter I / Brain-computer interfaces
The Matrix1999
A direct line
to the mind.
- On screen
- A connection between the human brain and a digital world.
- In the world
- Neural interfaces that translate signals between biology and electronics.
The connection is neural communication. Today’s interfaces do not create the simulated world of the film.
FIELD NOTES / 01
01 / Fiction
Mind meets machine
02 / Technology
Brain-computer interfaces
03 / Company
Science Corporation
FICTION → TECHNOLOGY → COMPANY
The company
Building this chapter
Chapter II / Embryo screening
Gattaca1997
Reading the
possibilities.
- On screen
- A society that treats genetic information as destiny.
- In the world
- Genetic screening that provides information about IVF embryos.
Screening estimates risk. It does not edit an embryo or guarantee a future health outcome.
FIELD NOTES / 02
01 / Fiction
A future read in DNA
02 / Technology
Embryo genetic screening
03 / Company
Nucleus Genomics
FICTION → TECHNOLOGY → COMPANY
The company
Building this chapter
Genetic information
Nucleus Genomics (opens in a new tab)
Provides genetic analysis of IVF embryos, including inherited disease risk estimates, to inform family-planning decisions.
Chapter III / Factory-built energy
Iron Man2008
Energy, built
to scale.
- On screen
- The arc reactor: extraordinary power in a compact machine.
- In the world
- Factory-built systems for nuclear energy and solar-powered synthetic fuels.
Two distinct approaches to making energy systems repeatable. Nuclear fission and synthetic fuel production use different technologies.
FIELD NOTES / 03
01 / Fiction
The arc reactor
02 / Technology
Factory-built nuclear
03 / Company
Valar Atomics
02 / Technology
Solar-powered synthetic gas
03 / Company
Terraform Industries
FICTION → TECHNOLOGY → COMPANY
The companies
Building this chapter
Nuclear fission
Valar Atomics (opens in a new tab)
Develops small, factory-built nuclear reactors for industrial power and heat.
Solar-powered synthetic fuels
Terraform Industries (opens in a new tab)
Builds systems that use solar power and atmospheric carbon dioxide to produce synthetic natural gas.
Chapter IV / De-extinction
Jurassic Park1993
A future for
what was lost.
- On screen
- Extinct animals brought back through biotechnology.
- In the world
- Genetic engineering and reproductive research for de-extinction.
Artificial wombs remain an active research program. The connection is de-extinction research, not a claim of dinosaur resurrection.
FIELD NOTES / 04
01 / Fiction
Life beyond extinction
02 / Technology
Genetic & reproductive technology
03 / Company
Colossal Biosciences
FICTION → TECHNOLOGY → COMPANY
The company
Building this chapter
De-extinction & conservation
Colossal Biosciences (opens in a new tab)
Pursues de-extinction through genetic engineering and reproductive technology, including artificial womb research.
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