Exec Director @LiuIdeaLab @RiceUniversity. Students, scientists & startups 24/7. I used to be a mech soldier but I didn't respect orders.

Houston, TX
Joined April 2009
Fired up to join @RiceUniversity as Exec Director of @LilieLab, helping launch the next generation of innovators, scientists and startups that will change the world. Can’t wait to tackle the hard problems in Space, Healthcare, the future of Energy and so much more... Let’s go!
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So proud of @cath_zhou , Michael, and the Truli team. Another killer founding team and startup from Rice, passionately focused on making real world impact to keep consumers and companies safe
Introducing Truli: AI-native regulatory compliance for consumer products, backed by @speedrun . Consumer brands lose billions every year to preventable compliance mistakes, yet regulatory review still runs on PDFs, spreadsheets, and manual workflows. Give Truli your ingredients, formulations, packaging, and other product materials, then connect your social and retail channels. It catches issues instantly and keeps monitoring as new risks emerge. From the fastest-growing brands to Nasdaq-listed companies, teams are using Truli to cut regulatory costs and review products in minutes. It’s time to modernize the regulatory infrastructure for the trillion dollar consumer goods industry.
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David Friedberg: "He called for an emergency urinary bag and stayed in the cockpit... that's when the guy tried to kill him" FRIEDBERG: "And I do think a big shout out to the pilot." "If you read the reports, he wouldn't go to the bathroom because he had suspicions that his co-pilot was going to do something. He called for an emergency urinary bag and he stayed in the cockpit to pee in his urinary bag. That's when the guy tried to kill him. He fought the guy off. While he was stabbed and bleeding out to death, he heroically opened up the cockpit door and screamed for passengers to come and help. And then several heroic souls stepped up and saved the day and saved 170 some odd lives. That's the story. It's a story of terror. It's a story of human heroism. I don't care where these people are from. I don't care what religion anyone is. I don't care what political interest anyone might have. This is the story that needs to be told. And it is being kind of recast by the media about Israeli politicians trying to score points, which is what the New York Times is trying to sell on their cover page today. Yeah." "As opposed to the story of what really took place here." Additional context: David Friedberg shared a gripping account of the Flydubai cockpit attack on All-In: a pilot suspected his co-pilot, used a urinary bag to stay in the cockpit, and got stabbed fighting him off. The core heroism is documented, but the viral details do not match the record. Here is what the investigation and reporting actually show: 1. The cockpit attack is real On Flydubai Flight FZ1073, the first officer stabbed Captain Smit Machchhar and forced the Boeing 737 MAX into a steep plunge. 2. The captain's actions saved the flight Despite severe stab wounds, Machchhar fought back and hit the door release switch. Passengers and off-duty crew rushed the cockpit, pinned the attacker, and safely diverted to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. 3. The bathroom detail was conflated Reporting from The Guardian and The Washington Post documents the actual lavatory connection: a mother waiting with her child near the forward bathroom heard violent screams inside the cockpit and alerted passengers. There is no official record of Captain Machchhar suspecting his co-pilot beforehand or using an emergency urinary bag.
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Kyle Judah retweeted
"Excited to announce our $5.5 million seed round led by Qatar whose government and citizens also funded such teams as Hamas, ISIS and Al-Qaeda and who will probably get someone to murder us if we don't succeed."
Up to $5.5M to move your startup to Qatar. Just an MVP gets you in the door. The Startup Qatar Investment Program (backed by QDB) funds tech startups to launch or expand in Qatar. Two tracks: START: up to $1.1M if you have a proof of concept or MVP GROW: up to $5.5M if you're already established and expanding What else you get: - Entrepreneur visa + flexible work visa - Registration and license fees waived - Subsidized housing - Subsidized co-working space - Access to R&D and innovation grants - Mentoring, training + help hiring talent and interns - Your product showcased at exhibitions Sectors they want: - AI & ML, B2B SaaS, FinTech, HealthTech, Cybersecurity, Climate Tech, Robotics + more - Not on the list? It's open to any innovative startup Apply link below 👇 startupqatar.qa/en/investmen… Bookmark this + tag a founder looking for a new market.
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Kyle Judah retweeted
“We don’t want data centers here.” Great. Your town’s economic development plan can remain a Dollar General and three vape shops
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*yelling at claude* KIMI BUILT THIS IN A CAVE
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Reviewers should rightfully deride this as derivative of Tadashi Hamada’s groundbreaking work and refuse to publish
Researchers at Columbia University have developed modular robots that can adapt, repair, and even rebuild themselves using a concept called robot metabolism. 🤖 Instead of remaining fixed, these robots can detach, reconnect, and reorganize their own structure based on the task or environment. If one part is damaged, the system can replace or rearrange itself rather than stopping completely. This could reshape the future of disaster response, industrial automation, and even space exploration. The idea of robots that evolve instead of wear out is becoming more than science fiction. What real-world application do you think will benefit most from this technology? 🎥 Media: @Columbia ⚠️ This content is shared for informational purposes only. CTO Robotics Media is a media platform and does not own or develop the technology shown. Credit belongs to the original creators.
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Has Mamdani figured out who did it yet?
I am horrified and angered by the swastikas painted on homes and synagogues in Queens, including on a plaque honoring survivors of Kristallnacht. This is not just vandalism — it is a deliberate act of antisemitic hatred meant to instill fear.

There is no place for antisemitism in Queens or anywhere in our city. I stand in solidarity with our Jewish neighbors. Their safety, dignity, and belonging are non-negotiable.

The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating and I am confident those responsible will be held accountable.
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Kyle Judah retweeted
great people have very low tolerance for bullshit. the mistake is to try to beat that out of them in service of orginizational comfort.
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This is really beautiful. We can choose to be in an era of unconstrained techno-optimism
If you’d like to refill your heart meter, watch this video we made about our recent progress with voice. I promise it’s worth it ❤️
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Patched the error @HankCouture 😉
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Kyle Judah retweeted
This Is Not a Rise in Antisemitism. It Is a Pandemic of Jew-Hatred. Calling what we are seeing a “rise in antisemitism” minimizes the reality: an ideological contagion that is spreading across movements, platforms, and demographics with alarming speed. My Latest Piece: bit.ly/4sCe9UM
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Kyle Judah retweeted
This hilarious French dude is a modern day Alexis de Tocqueville, and Texas is blessed to have him
THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA 🤠🤣🛢️
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Saw this from @DStrachman the other day, and it perfectly encapsulates the badassery of Alyssa Liu’s comeback Gold Medal
Joy is a competitive super power. Alysa Liu retired from figure skating at 16. She was tired of not not having fun, tired of being consumed by her sport. She came back two years later with a new goal: to have as much fun on the ice as possible. And now she’s an Olympic gold medalist. Liu won her first national title when she was just 13. But by 16, after competing in the 2022 Olympics, she decided she’d had enough and stepped away. She said pressure and losing her identity trying to be an elite athlete made it all miserable. But then, she said she went on a ski trip that reminded her just how much fun she could have doing a sport. Something in her brain clicked. Maybe she could bring fun to figure skating. Maybe she could approach it in a way that could be full of joy and life and love. She unretired at 18 and won a world championship the next year. At 20, she was ready to face these Olympic games differently than in 2022. Liu went into the women’s figure skating final in third place. After her short program, she said: “Even if I mess up and fall, that’s totally okay, too. I’m fine with any outcome, as long as I’m out there.” One of the greatest competitive advantages is having fun. People love to romanticize the athlete, artist, or entrepreneur who has a chip on their shoulder, fueled by anger and resentment. But the truth is that if you’re not having fun, you are not going to last long at whatever it is you do, and you certainly won’t get the best out of yourself. There’s a foolish idea that you either have to be full of intensity or full of joy. But that’s nonsense. It’s no surprise one of the first things out of Alysa’s mouth after her free skate was: “That was so much fun!” Joy and intensity can coexist, and in the best performers, they almost always do. Alysa is unapologetically authentic and true to her values. She has said where she used to skate to win and be technically perfect, she now uses competition as a chance to show her art, to have fun, and to put herself out there. She’s a fierce athlete with an infectious sense of joy in her sport. And she broke USA's 24-year gold medal draught in women’s figure skating doing it. Excellence requires focus, determination, a little bit of crazy, at times obsession, and living a mundane lifestyle that many people would find boring. But excellence also requires that you find deep joy in your craft, that you learn how to have fun while working hard. What makes for excellence—and not just in sports, but in anything—is the combination of intensity and joy. It’s the latter that makes the former sustainable.
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I wrote an op ed for the @nationalpost today to say this plainly: Jewish Canadians are being targeted simply because they are Jewish. That is antisemitism. And it is getting worse. nationalpost.com/opinion/can…
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Something for the last night of Chanukah: When George Washington learned there were Jews in America, he wrote them a letter basically saying: 'Wow, this proves America really is the most based and liberal country around. Live long and prosper.'
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Come to Houston. Build.
Replying to @ledwards
Good question. This resolution would restrict any kind of research laboratory - biomedical, Al, climate, energy, etc. This is just broad based anti-tech legislation for our city, birthplace of some of the most important companies in the world today.
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Only in Houston. If you want to build, and build fast, in the world of atoms, there's no better place in the country.
We built a chemical plant next to a church. Permitted in under a month:
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Kyle Judah retweeted
Lenin: “The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” Xi to Trump: “Sell us your advanced AI chips and we will kick you back 25%” Trump: “Deal!” 🤦‍♂️
Replying to @RushDoshi
This is a big deal. Essentially a reversal of the US export control policy on advanced chips. Possibly decisive in the AI race. Compute is our main advantage — China has more power, engineers, and the entire edge layer — so by giving this up we increase the odds the world runs on Chinese AI.
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