Your Window Into the Innovation Economy

Delivery is only part of the challenge and risk. That’s true of both the pizza business and healthcare. That insight hit hard at our HealthTech Pizza Tasting during NY Tech Week. With founders, investors, and operators gathered around, we considered key questions. Who’s ready to own the next big slice of risk? What slice of healthcare risk is actually worth owning? And when is one slice better than the whole pie?

Picture this: It’s 9:37 AM on May 14, 2025, and you’re standing in the New Mexico desert watching a small rocket lift off from Spaceport America. What you’re witnessing isn’t just another engine test: it’s history in the making. Venus Aerospace, led by Sarah “Sassie” Duggleby, just achieved what many thought impossible: the first U.S. flight test of her company’s Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE). This compact, highly efficient propulsion system is designed to enable hypersonic flight — and redefine how we move through the world.