JJ MacLean

🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🌐👨‍💻 e/acc • building @sidedoor_vc • podcast @going_vc • ambassador @sandboxers

[JJ MacLean @JJMacLean]

Four years ago @K2SpaceCo was two people in a WeWork. Today: a 275-person team, a 180k sq ft factory in Torrance, $450M raised, $1B in contracts, and one of the largest satellites ever to operate on orbit.

Congrats on the fourth anniversary @KaranKunjur and @neelkunjur! 🚀🚀

[K2 Space Corporation @K2SpaceCo]

K2 Space celebrates its fourth birthday today, June 1. When our co-founders @KaranKunjur and @neelkunjur started this company, they had big dreams to build big satellites – and now K2 is changing what’s possible in space with high power, high payload mass satellites to support all kinds of complex missions.

Over the last four years, we went:
--From a WeWork to a 180,000 sq. ft. factory in Torrance, CA
--From 2 founders to a team of 275 people who are the best at what they do
--From a new bank account to $450M in capital raised and $1B in contracts won
--From a render to one of the largest satellites ever operating on orbit

As we celebrate this milestone, we’re actively building and scaling to support extensive growth and other planned missions over the next year. Our Trinity mission will launch several satellites in early 2027, and we’ll be producing at least three dozen satellites a year in 2028.

All of this is possible thanks to the support of our investors, customers, and employees, who share our vision of a bigger, more powerful future in space.

(From then to now, below -- our original facility, on the left, and our current 180k sq. ft. factory and growing team, on the right.)

[I Love To Talk Film @ILoveToTalkFilm]

Why would Obi-Wan leave Luke with the surname "Skywalker"?

[Renny @rennyzucker]

This is so sick

[Logan Graham @logangraham]

This is good! I started red teaming LLMs for biorisks/weapons risks in my bedroom in Nov 2022.

In 2023 a lot of people said we were overreacting -- 'models won't be better than internet search'. True then, but the important point is they were going to get a lot better.

Now I think there's clear reason for caution. The ultimate solution is inventing + deploying biodefenses. This is one step.

I fully expect humanity to conquer pandemics in the 21st century

[Sam Altman @sama]

man the early days of the internet were so special

[Renny @rennyzucker]

Oh my god

[Logan Bolton @septisum]

Just asked GPT-5.5-Pro a hard math problem and in the chain of thought I can see it reading teenvogue

[Neel Kunjur @neelkunjur]

Some fun morning news to share:

1. A few weeks ago @K2SpaceCo became the world record holder for highest power hall thruster ever fired in space.

2. A couple weeks after that we doubled our power and put 2x margin between us and second best.

3. We are still only at 50% throttle.

We’re building sci-fi stuff over here and we’re just getting started.

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

We just launched Canada’s new AI Strategy: AI For All. 

We’re taking control of our future — with AI that’s governed by Canadian values, AI that’s accountable to Canadians, and AI that serves all Canadians.

[Aidan Gomez @aidangomez]

For decades, Canada invested to build the research foundations that made modern AI possible. Now we have to build, train, and scale what comes next here at home.

Canada's new national AI strategy is an important step toward that goal, and Cohere is proud to be part of the national effort.

Let’s build a better, stronger Canada. 🇨🇦

[Eliot Pence @EliotPence]

Canada needs a Prime Minister who has the courage to act on his convictions. The voters who elected him did so because they believed he would.

[Seth Bannon @sethbannon]

Tech has gotten too nationalistic.

When we used to say "If we put our minds to it, we can build whatever we dream of" the "we" meant humanity.

Too often now, the "we" means America. Or the UK. Or Europe.

The vision has shrunk from "humanity can do this for the benefit of humanity" to "my country can do this for the benefit of my country."

It feels smaller.

World scale ambition is more inspiring than national ambition.

[art tavana @arttavana]

Me on opening day at the Lucas museum.

[Shane Evans @shanevans]

Holy hell man

[Nikolaj🇺🇦🇵🇸 @nikicaga]

Finally, the anti-bedtime left has a champion in office

[Liberal Party @liberal_party]

Happy #Pride, Canada!

Pride season kicks off today, and we can’t wait to join Canadians from coast to coast to coast this summer in celebrating love and inclusion.

[Patrick Hsu @pdhsu]

people aren’t celebrating this pancreatic cancer breakthrough enough. it should be international news

[culture @notgwendalupe]

18 years ago, Hilary Duff invented Pride month

[Crave @CraveCanada]

A big night for #HeatedRivalry 🏆🏒

Congratulations to the cast and crew on their #CdnScreenAwards wins, and a huge congratulations to #HudsonWilliams for taking home Best Lead Performer.