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Lipofsky and his brother Blake relocated to Proto-Town this spring leaving behind an aerospace engineering career to focus on prototyping their groundbreaking cooling technology
Atmos founded by Evan Lipofsky is one of the first companies to join Proto-Town
Merle worked on energy hardware projects for emerging markets and helped develop technology that stabilizes the U.S. electrical grid
Josh launched a rocket nearly to space while still a student and later left Duke to start a rocket company
Proto-Town is a campus designed to help hardware startups prototype test and scale technologies
Their journey on the Red Bus had drawn interest and support from innovators across the country after 60000 miles
Founders chose Lockhart as home for Proto-Town attracted by Caldwell County’s strong local leadership proximity to Austin and San Antonio and its community spirit
The campus offers innovators space to move fast share ideas and hire skilled talent
Both founders saw firsthand how difficult it was for hardware companies to find space resources and talent and set out to build a better solution
The idea was born from experiences of founders Josh Farahzad and Merle Nye
They converted a school bus into a mobile pitch deck filled with prototypes from startups to promote their vision
Caldwell County is becoming a hub for cutting-edge innovation
The company has filed paperwork with the state to spend millions building the school power plant and the commercial center along with a sushi restaurant near Mr Musk's house
Some local residents said there had been talk of connecting the city to a local water system
SpaceX has explained little about its plans for the new city beyond its intention to have Starbase take over some functions such as managing utilities and roads
The creation of Starbase followed one of the nation's more unusual elections
Many had never taken part in an election of any type before
No campaigning took place and there were no yard signs or other evidence of a consequential vote in the area
A majority of eligible voters registered in the area since the start of the year and 90 percent had done so since 2024
Its plans for the city also appear to include more housing potentially expanding into the wetland which could require state or federal approvals