Welcome & Introduction | Andrew Cote | Physics of Consciousness — Austin DTW 2026

Andrew Cote ↗

Founder · Hyperstition Incorporated

Andrew Cote is an engineering physicist and the founder of Hyperstition Incorporated, the company that organizes Deep Tech Week.

Speaking events

15

DTW editions

7

Published talks

2

Hyperstition Incorporated ↗

Science Fiction as a Service.

Events

47

Talks presented

2

Registrations reached

13,413

M31 Capital ↗

M31 Capital's investment thesis revolves around recognizing historical patterns of technological unlocks that drive civilizational progress and power shifts, viewing breakthroughs like blockchain, AI, and psychedelics as phase transitions that reshape societies by revealing deeper truths about reality. Drawing from the "Great Founder Theory," the firm emphasizes backing exceptional "Live Players"—visionary individuals with obsessive focus who pioneer paradigm shifts, such as Satoshi Nakamoto with Bitcoin—through a systematized "machine" that augments human judgment to detect these opportunities at an accelerating pace. Focused on infrastructure emerging from these unlocks, particularly in blockchain and crypto (e.g., DeFi and compute races), M31 prioritizes asymmetric returns by positioning capital ahead of consensus, avoiding market predictions and instead leveraging historical waves of emergence, dismissal, adoption, suppression, and triumph to invest in transformative technologies that compress innovation timelines exponentially. This approach has yielded over 1,000% five-year returns in blockchain, underscoring their unique blend of pattern recognition and operator-driven strategies in high-velocity sectors.

Events

3

Talks hosted

8

Registrations reached

574