They say Austin’s lost its mojo. 🤷♂️
That the dream dried up, the unicorns rode off, and the sizzle turned into sweat.
But some of us were born here, and we know better. I came into this world with a UT shirt on (my dad played 🏀 for the Longhorns). Austin’s in my bones. I’ve watched this town grow from laid-back and scrappy to tech-glossy and headline-worthy. And I’ve watched the headlines change.
Now they say we’ve peaked. That the real action’s moved on. That we’re just another warm-up act for the big coasts.
Well, bless their hearts. 😉
Austin was never about the party. It’s always been about the work. Quiet revolutions. Real systems. Technology that actually keeps things moving. 📦
That’s what we’re building with INDUSTRY 5 (industry-5.net). Not an app. Not a gimmick. We’re developing a system purpose-built for live orchestration across global supply chains—where thousands of decisions, transactions, and data points need to align in real time. The architecture is agentic at its core: distributed, adaptive, and designed to act autonomously within defined bounds. It doesn’t just show what’s happening—it moves with it. 💫
Because in Austin, we don’t wait around for headlines. We get things done. We solve the hard problems, the ones that don’t fit on a pitch slide. The kind of work that speaks for itself.
So let the critics chirp. We’ll keep building the future. 🔮
And if you think Austin’s done, you probably never understood what made it cool to begin with, alright? 💪
Posted by Austin Technology Council: https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/austin-tech-stories-volume-three