Endless Frontiers

Building a Stronger America

A private gathering of America's most consequential builders, thinkers, and leaders — united around a single purpose.

WHY WE EXIST

America faces a
decisive decade.

The decisions made in the next few years will determine whether America or its rivals write the history of the twenty-first century. China's industrial expansion, technological ambition, and military buildup is relentless. On current course and speed, we risk ceding that future within the decade.

Endless Frontiers was created to change that calculus. Inspired by Vannevar Bush's landmark postwar report, it convenes the people most capable of rebuilding the foundations of American strength — policymakers, founders, scientists, investors, journalists, and military leaders — in a setting designed for candor.

This private retreat, governed by Chatham House Rules, was built for a single purpose: to accelerate America's effort to win.

What Makes it Different

Endless Frontiers is structured around the conviction that the right people, in the right room, with the right constraints, produce outcomes no panel discussion ever could.

Highly Curated

Every seat matters. Guests are selected for their capacity to contribute, not their titles. Policymakers, founders, investors, academics, and military leaders share equal standing in the circle.

Off the Record

Every conversation is governed by Chatham House Rules. No recordings, no press, no performance. The candor that results is what separates Endless Frontiers from every conference on the circuit.

A Ten-Year Mission

This is a sustained commitment, not an annual event. Endless Frontiers tracks progress, iterates on strategy, and holds the community accountable to outcomes — year after year, for as long as the mission requires.

Endless Frontiers 2026

DATES

Tuesday, April 21 — Thursday, April 23

SCALE

200 guests, invite-only

VENUE

Campus on Lake Austin

RULES

Chatham House Rules

FORMAT

Full Group Circle

One Room. Every Voice.

Plenary sessions use a single-circle discussion format. Several guests present provocative arguments or calls to action, followed by open exchange across the full community. No panels. No keynotes.

Small Group Breakouts

Deeper into the hard problems.

Focused groups of 15–20 go deeper on specific challenges — each tasked with producing bold, non-obvious recommendations aimed at a specific institution, agency, or decision-maker.

Evening Program

The best ideas need breathing room.

Morning activities, fireside evenings, and unscheduled time are built deliberately into the program. The most consequential relationships often form between sessions.

“The pioneer spirit is still vigorous within this nation. Science offers a largely unexplored hinterland for the pioneer who has the tools for his task.”

Vannevar Bush,

SCIENCE, THE ENDLESS FRONTIER, 1945

THEMES

Defense and the Arsenal of Democracy

Autonomous systems, uncrewed platforms, and the acquisition reforms required to field them at speed. Can America out-produce and out-innovate a rival with 4x its manufacturing base?

AI and Technological Supremacy

The race for AI leadership is also a race for military, economic, and intelligence dominance. What does it mean to "win" — and what policies and investments will determine the outcome?

Reindustrialization and Economic Power

America's share of global manufacturing has halved in two decades. Rebuilding the industrial base — in semiconductors, shipbuilding, munitions, and energy — is both a strategic and economic imperative.

Governance and Institutional Renewal

A government built for the mid-20th century cannot execute a 21st-century competition strategy. What new institutions does America need — and which existing ones must be reformed or replaced?

National Cohesion

America's deepest advantage has always been its capacity for collective purpose. At a moment of fragmentation, how does the country rediscover the shared ambition that defined its most consequential eras?

The Inman Prize

Honoring the architects of the next American century.

Presented annually at the Endless Frontiers dinner, the Inman Prize honors individuals whose contributions have materially strengthened America's technological leadership, economic competitiveness, or national security — and whose example inspires others to take up this vital cause.

Admiral Bobby Ray Inman served as Director of Naval Intelligence, Vice Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Deputy Director of the CIA, and Director of the NSA. He later spearheaded the rise of Austin as a technology hub. His career embodies the integration of technological vision and national purpose that Endless Frontiers exists to advance.