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ISSUE 09/26
THE MONTHLY ECHO #August
Andreas Roth
September 05, 2026
Hi All!
Welcome to this month’s echo - a roundup of what’s been on my radar, what I’ve been pondering, and the gems I’ve stumbled across lately. Enjoy!
“I train like I’ve never won, and I compete like I’ve never lost.”
Eileen Gu
PERSONAL NEWS & VENTURES
58g - Celebrating Iconic Tennis Moments On Limited Garments. We released our latest iconic Grand Slam moment: Rivals. For the US Open we’re featuring the ultimate rivalry of Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. A classic for all true tennis enthusiasts. Feel free to check it out P.S. Our first black edition - a wink to the Night Sessions. Few rivalries and certainly no other Grand Slam are as closely connected to tennis after dark.
TECH & DESIGN
Build & Sell Grok Bots - A 2-hour course on building and monetizing AI agent bots.
Autonomy - A physical personal-AI hub built for privacy: local, autonomous intelligence instead of cloud-dependent assistants. First batch shipping soon.
Figure - The humanoid robotics company building general-purpose robots (like Figure 03) for real-world and household tasks.
Cover - AI-powered weapon detection system for school entrances, built with NASA JPL tech.
Hark - Personal AI hardware building natural, multimodal assistant devices.
ON THE WATCHLIST
The Gentlemen - Season #2. Guy Ritchie's Netflix crime-comedy series (spinoff of his 2019 film) about an aristocratic family whose estate turns out to sit on a massive cannabis empire. With Theo James and Kaya Scodelario.
Lioness - Season #3. Taylor Sheridan's Paramount+ series about a CIA "Lioness" officer juggling covert counterterrorism ops and personal life. With Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, and Sheridan himself.
The Shards - Ryan Murphy/FX's adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's novel, a thriller set at a 1980s LA prep school stalked by a serial killer. With Wes Bentley and Kaia Gerber. - Liked reading the book more…
The Curse of Optionality: Tim Ferriss on Experiments, Risk, and Freedom - Tim Ferriss on HBS's "The Founder Mindset" podcast, on entrepreneurial risk-taking and why keeping too many options open can hold you back.
MORE WISDOM
"No matter how isolated you are and how lonely you feel, if you do your work truly and conscientiously, unknown friends will come and seek you." — Carl Jung
"Delaying a conversation doesn't make it easier."
— James Clear
"Who is initiating the items on your to-do list? When I'm most productive, I decide what I want to create and work on the task that will help build my vision. When I am less productive, I spend my day responding to what someone else sends to me — emails, texts, etc. — and often that means I end up building someone else's vision."
— James Clear
THE TO-DO-LIST
/travel French Polynesia - For some German travel nerds, here’s some great input.
/read The Secret History - (Donna Tartt) - A group of classics students at an elite New England college. Modern classic of the "dark academia" genre.
/watch US Open 2026 - A yearly classic , Night Sessions, Tennis non-stop.
