Welcome to poldermate

At his final IATA AGM, Willie Walsh named manufacturers, oil companies, and governments as the parties costing airlines billions. The numbers behind the speech.

When Europe’s airports warned the EU’s new biometric border checks had hit a critical point, Brussels said no. The standoff reveals the real cost of a security-first rollout.

San Diego startup Algenesis won the 2026 ACS Green Chemistry Challenge Award for Soleic®, the first fully biodegradable polyurethane that leaves no microplastics.

Enterprises are confronting unpredictable AI bills after two years of investment euphoria. The cost reckoning has begun, and public markets are pricing it in.

Three June 2026 events — Bezos on labour shortages, Meta’s chatbot breach, and Sanders-Trump on public equity — reveal an AI transition outpacing its governance.

FAA’s SMART AI system debuts September 2026, predicting and deconflicting air traffic months ahead using cloud computing, in the agency’s boldest modernization bet.

Hydrogen propulsion moves from concept to tested reality as GE Aerospace achieves the first altitude relight of a hydrogen jet engine, a critical certification gate.

SpaceX raised $75 billion in the largest IPO in history. Here’s what the $2.25 trillion valuation means for industrial tech, aviation, and the exit window.

The Netherlands is either a remarkable feat of engineering or a very long argument with the sea. This is an introduction to PolderMate, where a Dutch polder meets an Argentine mate gourd.