Backing Extraordinary Leaders to Build Austin Moonshots with Craig Cummings, Co-Founder and General Partner Moonshots Capital

Building companies that can 10x humanity requires extraordinary leadership. Craig Cummings of Moonshots Capital has made finding and backing these leaders his mission. Craig shares his insights on building the next generation of mission-driven companies and the future of the Austin ecosystem.

Episode Highlights

• What is a Moonshot?
• Finding the %$^* Yes: Moonshots Capital's Investment Philosophy
• Austin's Open Networks and Culture of Help 
• Building the Nation's Defense Tech Hub
• Dancing with the Stars Austin
• What's Next Austin?
  • "How do we get bigger and smaller at the same time...Don't try to change it, help us maintain it."

Craig Cummings
Moonshots Capital:  Website, LinkedIn, X/Twitter
Dancing with Starts Austin
Center for Child Protection: Website, Instagram

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Austin Next Links: Website, X/Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn
Ecosystem Metacognition Substack

What is Austin Next?

Austin is building the new tech, cultural, and intellectual stack. The region is a living laboratory to answer a single question: How do you build a global innovation superpower?

Host Jason Scharf dissects innovation from the individual to the ecosystem. From the soundstage to the data center to the fab, we decode the mechanics of Austin's innovation ecosystem.

As Atoms, Bits, and Intelligence converge, we explore how Hard Tech scale, digital velocity, and creative density collide. This is an audit of the future. We map the physics of the flywheel so builders and investors can navigate the chaos.