Autonomous vehicles and AI surveillance could allow totalitarian control of movement; Banister worries about dystopian misuse and backs technologies that preserve individual freedom and dec…

AI as a 'paintbrush' will unlock dormant creativity, allowing individuals to vibe-code apps, vibe-manufacture products, and run agentized businesses from basements, creating millions of new…

Diamond Foundry's diamond wafers address thermal and performance bottlenecks in AI chips; the industrial diamond play was overlooked by investors focused on jewelry applications.

Domestic semiconductor manufacturing is a key problem to solve for national security and AI supply chain; Banister views this as a major deep tech investment theme alongside defense and pow…

Falling manufacturing and robotics costs plus SpaceX's precedent allow startups to prototype and produce domestically; Banister seeks an 'Alibaba of the Americas' for direct-to-consumer vib…

Satellites from adversarial nations are destroying US assets and racing to the moon, creating a technology war that accelerates space and defense startup formation beyond SpaceX's trailblaz…

Future wars will be fought with robots and battlebots, not humans; Anduril's drone-swarm defeat system exemplifies the startup opportunity as defense primes need competitors and new technol…

Banister invested in AI/crypto infrastructure layer six years early; now she seeks what that infrastructure enables next at lower prices with moonshot potential, avoiding hyper-competitive…