AI Revives the Rust Belt

Fentanyl vs. factories. [Altucher Confidential] February 26, 2024 [WEBSITE]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE]( Can AI help revive the Rust Belt? Atomic Industries, based in Detroit, believes so. Here’s how. [Hero_Image] AI Revives the Rust Belt [Chris Campbell] CHRIS CAMPBELL Dear Reader, Reporting from Prospera, Honduras… Two months back, I was taking a walk with my girlfriend near where we live. We rounded a corner and saw a guy -- in his early 30s I’d say -- bowled over puking. He stood up straight. Took a few steps. Then, he started puking again. Mind you, this was about 5:30 pm. Not exactly party hours. He noticed us from across the street. “Don’t do fentanyl guys,” he shouted with a weak wave. “Don’t plan on it,” I said back. “You good? Need us to call anyone?” “No,” he said. “I’m good.” Two days later, a relative saw someone stop outside of her house, get out, and -- again -- start puking. Different guy. This was in a relatively upper class neighborhood. It’s hard to overstate the scale of the problem. Fentanyl has ravaged the Rust Belt. On the back, of course, of the opioid crisis. How do we fix this? Sure, it’s a drug problem. America loses WW1 levels of humans every year to fentanyl (100,000+.) And the fact that fentanyl is showing up in marijuana, cocaine, and counterfeit pills makes it seem like… perhaps!... killing people is the point. BUT Deaths of despair are also on the rise. Ultimately… Sebastian Junger diagnosed the problem in his small book Tribe. I read the entire book at the bookstore in one sitting (and bought the book anyway to read again). He wrote: “Modern Society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary. It’s time for that to end.“ And maybe it’s in our power. Attention! Before You Read Any Further… [James Altucher]( Hey, it’s James. Before you read any further in today’s issue, an urgent situation needs your immediate attention. If you don’t plan on claiming this upgrade to your Altucher’s Investment Network subscription, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity. Right now is your chance to grab one of the biggest (and most valuable) upgrades our company has ever made to a newsletter. I’m taking Altucher’s Investment Network to an entirely new level and I’d hate to see you left behind. [To see how to claim your upgrade, just click here now.]( Once you’re done with that, read on to see today’s issue… The Factory is the Product Remember the glory days when America dominated global manufacturing? Most of the richest cities in America in 1949 were within 50 miles of my home -- Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, Dayton, Akron, and Columbus. [pub] David McCullough’s book “The Wright Brothers” listed Dayton, Ohio, as “the place for inventors and entrepreneurs.” Hard to imagine when I drive through these places, but it’s true. They were THE tech hubs of America. AND, according to Aaron Slodov, CEO of Atomic Industries, you shouldn’t count the Rust Belt out quite yet. Slodov is one American founder aiming for a Rust Belt revival. And I, for one, am rooting for him. Can AI Revive the Rust Belt? Based in Detroit, Atomic is working to automate and streamline the complex process of tool and die making -- a critical step in producing everything from paper clips to car parts. By using AI and simulations, Atomic's software designs and tests tool models in hours rather than the months a human would take. The potential here is massive: faster and cheaper production has the potential to make American manufacturing competitive. Atomic’s ultimate vision is bold: make mass manufacturing as agile and distributed as software development. As Slodov puts it, "Pushing the world of atoms towards the same pace as the world of bits is crucial." The Atomic team envisions a future where tech-charged manufacturers can "spin up factories that could mass produce anything, at a fraction of speed and cost." I’ll be reaching out to Slodov in the coming days to make a trip up to Detroit. (When I get home, that is.) As I revealed last week, Atomic Industries is just one small part of the “Deep Tech” movement in America. It’s a shift from focusing solely on software to bringing hardware back to the fore. More soon. [Ed. note: If you’re seeing this message, it means you’ve been left out. In other words, [you HAVE NOT seen this video](. A shame, because this video expires tonight at midnight. In it, our Director of Customer Service goes behind the camera for the first time to give you ALL the details on what has quickly become one of the [best-performing services in our entire industry.]( Tomorrow is too late: [Click it]( Until next time, [Chris Campbell] Chris Campbell For Altucher Confidential Are You Missing Out? 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