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Minnesota roots · Phoenix, Arizona · Est. 2026
Rooted North.
Built in the Desert.
Pine & Saguaro is my passion-project hub for the research, models, tools and work I build. Minnesota roots. Built in the desert. It grows slowly and is built to stand.
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Grant WeisFounder & Owner
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About
The North and the Desert.
A Minnesota pine and an Arizona saguaro have more in common than you'd think. Both grow slowly, both stand tall for generations, and both hold up through hard seasons. Pine is also framing lumber, the bones of every building.
Pine & Saguaro is the founder-owned hub for my research, models and dashboards, AI work, science, design, engineering, history, construction and golf. It is a personal project, not a registered firm or investment adviser. The structure is meant to grow, with new work added as new ideas take root.
Patient
Compounding over quick wins. Grow slow and stand tall.
Framed to last
A builder's discipline: good structure, square and plumb.
North & Desert
Minnesota roots, Arizona-built.
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What's here.
Research, science, construction and golf, from one root system. Jump into a section, or open the menu for everything inside it.
About
The story of the project, its pillars, and the founder.
Learn more →Research
Market and company research reports, including SpaceX, Tesla, Bitcoin, stablecoins and tokenized assets, plus the live US Companies and US Economic Trends dashboards.
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Scientific models and tools, including a true-scale 3D solar system and The Well, plus upcoming AI and engineering work.
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Consulting for small general contractors and subcontractors, with design work as it is finished.
Learn more →Golf
Planned golf trips and the live Green Book Golf Atlas.
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Reports and live dashboards.
Company and market research, together with the US Companies and US Economic Trends dashboards. Nothing here is investment advice.
US Companies
Revenue, earnings, market cap and returns for 25 representative US companies across 15+ industries, 2000–2026.
- 25 companiesUniverse
- 15+Industries
- 2000–2026History
US Economic Trends
Federal finances, growth, prices, housing, trade and demographics, 1990–2026.
- Federal financesCoverage
- Growth, prices, tradeThemes
- 1990–2026History
SpaceX — Investment Report
SpaceX is now a listed space, satellite-internet and AI-infrastructure company. Its reported growth is real: audited revenue rose from $10.4B (2023) to $18.7B (2025), and 9M 2026 revenue was $27.1B.
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Tesla — Investment Report
Tesla is still mostly a car company by revenue, but the stock is priced as an autonomy and robotics platform. Audited revenue stalled after 2023 ($96.8B, then $97.7B and $94.8B in 2025).
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Bitcoin — Adoption
Bitcoin adoption is broad and persistent, running through four distinct channels: Strategy (848,517 BTC), other companies (~726,000), U.S. spot ETFs (~1.29 million) and U.S. government custody (an estimated ~328,000).
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Bitcoin — Fastest to $1 Trillion
Measured from day one, Bitcoin is the fastest asset ever to reach a $1 trillion market value. It got there in 12.1 years, from the genesis block on 3 January 2009 to its first $1T close on 19 February 2021.
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Bitcoin — One Shared Timeline
All voices and institutions appear in the same chronological sequence. This is a selected historical record through October 28, 2026, not a complete inventory of every statement or a claim that each entry reflects the speaker’s latest opinion.
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Stablecoins — Adoption
The evidence supports growing utility for dollar-denominated blockchain money. Ethereum leads in balances; Tron leads the payment-value sample. Neither fact proves that its native token captures most of the profits.
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Tokenized Assets — Adoption
Adoption is real and broadening. Funds and collateral lead the institutional transition; stock tokens add a fast-growing distribution channel. Legal rights and liquidity remain product-specific.
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See it at true scale.
Scientific models and tools at true scale, with room for AI experiments and engineering projects as they are finished.
Incredible Solar System Model — True Scale
A 3D solar system at true scale — real sizes, distances, and orbital periods. Fly 4.25 light-years to Proxima Centauri.
The Well
A true-scale model of Earth’s atmosphere, satellite orbits, the Moon, and the edge of Earth’s gravity.
Construction
Built with care.
Work under Construction, including consulting for small general contractors and subcontractors, and design.
Golf
Time on the course.
Work under Golf, including planned trips and the Green Book Golf Atlas.
Green Book Golf Atlas
The American golf atlas: 250 public and private courses, a zoomable map, and the 2025–26 consensus ranking.
Contact
Let's build something that stands.
Questions about consulting, a golf trip, the research, or anything else here? Write to [email protected].
Email
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