FAI Unveils 2025 'Tech Right Gift Guide,' Blending Innovation with Conservative Values

Max Bodach, Executive Vice President of the Foundation for American Innovation (FAI), announced today the launch of the organization's 2025 "Tech Right Gift Guide." The guide, a popular annual tradition, offers a curated selection of gifts reflecting a techno-optimist and conservative ethos, inviting readers to "Come for the gift ideas, stay for the dad jokes." The announcement was made via a social media post by Bodach.

The Foundation for American Innovation, a center-right think tank, aims to foster a "better, freer, and more abundant future" through technology, talent, and ideas. FAI focuses on the intersection of innovation, governance, and national security, advocating for policies that promote individual freedom and limited regulation in the tech sector. The "Tech Right" movement, with which FAI is associated, comprises influential Silicon Valley figures who champion technological advancement, often aligning with conservative or libertarian viewpoints.

This year's guide features a diverse array of items, from "Skunk Works Dress Socks" and a "Coinbase Genesis Scarf" to a "Cybertruck For Kids" and a "Hypershell Exoskeleton." The selection also includes books like Marc Andreessen's "The Techno-Optimist Manifesto" and a "Personal Palantír," alongside more substantial offerings such as a "NEO Home Robot" and a membership to the Trump International Golf Club. The guide notably includes a call for donations to FAI, accepting various forms of currency and assets.

Max Bodach, who previously served as FAI's Chief of Staff, has been a key figure in authoring these annual guides. His background includes public relations, and his writing has appeared in various publications. He holds a dual BA in political economy & government and history from Ave Maria University.

The "Tech Right Gift Guide" serves as a cultural touchstone for a movement that seeks to influence policy and public discourse through innovation and a distinct ideological lens. The items often carry symbolic weight, reflecting the movement's values of technological progress, individual agency, and a sometimes provocative stance on contemporary issues. The guide reinforces FAI's commitment to advancing a pro-innovation agenda within a conservative framework.