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Innovation Beyond Boundaries | deep tech + frontier tech

[Jakob Diepenbrock @jakobdiepen]

Last bonfire of the summer...

Critical to be there

[Jakob Diepenbrock @jakobdiepen]

250 years ago, a small group built something the world had never seen: America. 🇺🇸

That spirit never died. In 2002, @elonmusk moved into a warehouse in El Segundo and proved Americans could still build the impossible.

A generation of companies was born from that building. They're still being built here today.

If you're building something your family and your country will be proud of, come to the Gundo and build what you need to. Apply for the Fall Cohort below.

Deadline July 17th.

Featuring @jordannoone and @jordan__black

[Faraz 🇺🇸 🚀 @_Faraz]

🫡 From first check at seed to leaning in again at Series A, Giant Step Capital is proud to partner with Zane and @Picogrid on building the open infrastructure layer for defense autonomy.

[Cat @CatOrman1]

as always, we’re hiring for propulsion and test at @AstroMechanica. if you like big flames and things that go fast, DM me 👇

[Edward @EdwardGe]

Proud to announce that Phobos, the second @AetheroSpace satellite, was successfully launched to orbit earlier this morning

We’re partnered with @BoozAllen on this mission to demonstrate capabilities for adaptive event detection using high-fidelity Earth observation data collected on orbit

This will enable satellites to achieve faster, smarter, decision-making on orbit, and is a major step towards building the orbital intelligence layer for defense needs!

[Dr. Blake Gurfein @BGurfein]

Proud to share this.

We have just released a preprint of our first in human RCT showing that Microtesla Magnetic Therapy (MMT) was safe and resulted in clinically meaningful improvements in cognitive function and mood in participants who have been suffering with impairment from Long Covid for an average of 43 months.

This is the first clinical signal that MMT, a new, noninvasive, biophysics based approach, may restore brain function across brain disorders marked by neuroinflammation and oxidative stress.

We started Fareon with a belief that there was a fundamentally different way to treat brain disorders, not by adding molecules, but by restoring underlying biological function.

These early results are just the beginning.

[Faraz 🇺🇸 🚀 @_Faraz]

Made it. @GiantStepVC

[Giant Step Capital @GiantStepVC]

The mission:

To reshape the future of batteries.

Congrats to our portfolio company @Material_HM - working relentlessly to commercialize this technology.

[Gabe @gabednconfused]

MATERIAL has raised a $7.1M Seed round and is executing a $1.25M Phase II SBIR contract with the U.S. Air Force to rethink how energy is made.
For too long, product design has been dictated by the battery. MATERIAL is making energy adaptable to the product, unlocking new freedom in performance, endurance, and design.

This is just the beginning.

Press Release: https://t.co/ikgFhrrUqC

[TBPN @tbpn]

BREAKING: Nvidia is buying Groq for $20B in cash

[Giant Step Capital @GiantStepVC]

. @GiantStep Portfolio company @GroqInc gets acquired for over 20b

[Kalshi @Kalshi]

JUST IN: Nvidia acquires Groq for $20 billion

[Giant Step Capital @GiantStepVC]

Congrats to @JonathanRoss321 @sundeep and the @GroqInc team !

[Varda Space Industries @VardaSpace]

W-4 launched June 23, 2025 and we are excited to announce it’s coming home soon. Expect more updates.

[Ian Brooke @ianbrooke]

It's never been a better time to build hardware in San Francisco

Major thanks to @DanielLurie and his team for their support as we stand up our new factory in SoMa this year

[Giant Step Capital @GiantStepVC]

Come work at @AstroMechanica and make supersonic travel great again.

[Ian Brooke @ianbrooke]

People of Twitter: If you're a propulsion/design engineer from SpaceX, Blue, or elsewhere who wants to work on advanced airbreathing jet engines, please DM me

We need NX wizards who can own variable nozzle design, flameholders, and other fun mechanisms and subsystems

[Faraz 🇺🇸 🚀 @_Faraz]

Excited to share that @GiantStepVC participated in @GroqInc ‘s latest round.

Groq is building the world’s fastest AI inference engine, powered by its LPU™ architecture—unlocking real-time AI at a scale GPUs can’t match.

@JonathanRoss321 @sundeep big congrats to the team !

[Giant Step Capital @GiantStepVC]

Our portfolio company @AstroMechanica is building the future of supersonic flight.

We’re excited to have strong partners along for the ride.

[Ian Brooke @ianbrooke]

It’s great having a new partner who might know a thing or two about flight operations.

Looking forward to working with @united to bring long-range, efficient supersonic flight to market!

[Faraz 🇺🇸 🚀 @_Faraz]

0/ @VardaSpace is rewriting space history. In just 5 years, they made 5 monumental records

Here’s how they’re dominating 🧵

[Varda Space Industries @VardaSpace]

We can confirm that the W-4 vehicle is healthy and operating nominally on orbit.

Congratulations to the whole team on this achievement and thank you to our partners @FAANews @NASA @SpaceX @AusSpaceAgency @SouthernLaunch.

[Giant Step Capital @GiantStepVC]

Ed is cooking.

[Edward @EdwardGe]

Proud to announce @AetheroSpace has raised $8.4M led by @KindredVentures alongside @Neo, @GiantStepVC, @alumniventures, @1517fund, and @osventuresllc to build compute in space

s/o to our angels @JoshuaSteinman, @basti, @miamishor, @sthenc, @kayvz, and others

What comes next?

[Giant Step Capital @GiantStepVC]

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