A debut to multifamily property developers, with Randi Zuckerberg, Nest and August Locks before me. My introduction of Flux (the first spinout of the Google X moonshot factory) fetched a new response; I have never had an audience interrupt me with a round of applause. That happened after the Flux section. I told them that I wished the Flux team could see their reaction as a validation that they are on to the right track. And the video just came out today. Conference site

Update: Flux is now Helix.Re

3 responses to “Unveiling Flux at SPARK2014, now Helix”

  1. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    More on FluxFlux Seed — Congrats to the first Google X spinout! Building better buildings

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  2. !fatima Avatar
    !fatima

    Interesting

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    jurvetson

    I was at Flux yesterday and it occurred to me that this system, when fully developed, could be a very interesting tool for city officials and urban planners. Imagine the best practices sharing and Monte Carlo simulations that could be done on zoning and policy changes under consideration… At X-Prize Visioneering, Paul Romer spoke of "charter cities" in China… and I wrote a short essay on evolutionary dynamics in urban planning for ARUP.

    Flux HQ. As they were spinning out of Google X, they were called Vannevar Technology, now enshrined in a conference room title: DSC03943 DSC03941 full size

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