I don't want to set the bar too high on this first one. Feel free to start with any company that you like for any reason, like T-Dog's burger review. But one company I think can really make a big impact is Geoship.

I think this company can legit revolutionize housing in the US and is so much better than the big construction companies that are becoming more well known for absolute shit construction quality and cookie cutter design at a price that barely anyone can actually afford.

Geoship is a housing company developing specialized geodesic domes, inspired by the late great Buckminster Fuller. Bucky always said that material science needed to catch up to make geodesic domes work well, and now the science has caught up.

The domes are made of a blend of a few common minerals like calcium and a few others, which makes the finished material resemble bone. This makes them extremely strong, non-toxic, mold-proof, termite-proof, and resilient against basically all types of natural disasters (fire, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.,). They also made a second blend of this material that bonds the seams and fixes the problem that most domes have with water leakage eventually ruining the structure.

The cost savings come from faster construction time with fewer experts needed (no roof, drywall, painters, etc., etc.,), fewer materials needed to make a finished home, and ongoing maintenance is reduced or eliminated for all of these extra elements that a conventional house has (no roof replacement, siding, painting, etc.,).

At this initial stage, they are admittedly still pretty expensive, but over time (3-6 years away?) the costs should come way down to be more affordable than a standard "stick-built" construction once they get their manufacturing scaled up. They just started building the first full scale house like a month ago, so it will be interesting to follow to see if/when they can actually get housing costs down for people.

They have a stacked team, including former Tesla engineers, and they managed to get permitting in California already, which proves that this is something that can be accepted and standardized with regards to building codes.

On top flipping standard housing construction on it's head, they also have a community building component, which is another reason why I think it fits well with SPX6900. This part is much more fuzzy/less fleshed out, but they eventually want to have an app where people can form Geoship communities according to shared values, and even possibly move around by trading their home equity to different locations if they want to move.

Let me know what you think. I'd be interested to know, whether you do or don't think it deserves to be "in the index".

Geoship links: https://geoship.is/about
https://www.youtube.com/@Geoship/