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[AnySignal @AnySignal_Space]

AnySignal To Deliver End-To-End Communications for Apex Missions, Building on Flight-Proven Hardware

Pairing AnySignal's AnyLink network and hybrid ground segment with Apex's production buses means a customer can design their mission as a single architecture, with one platform provider, from first concept through on-orbit operations.

"Apex has been an important partner as we demonstrate the operability and value of AnyLink on orbit, and this agreement is a natural next step as we continue to expand our work together," said John Malsbury, Founder and CEO of AnySignal.

Read the full announcement: https://t.co/6GgVJ4A6EJ

[AnySignal @AnySignal_Space]

AnySignal has been awarded a U.S. Space Force contract to demonstrate satellite-to-satellite communications on orbit. Moving sensor data across satellites in near-real time, without routing through the ground.

This extends our existing USSF work on resilient MILSATCOM and decentralized mesh networking for contested environments.

Read the full release: https://t.co/ExXn1IQ0qy

#SpaceForce #MILSATCOM #NationalSecurity

[Tyler Presser @presser_tyler]

Today we're coming out of stealth with a $10.75M seed co-led by @generalcatalyst and @a16z with support from @mainobjectvc , @xyz_vc , and @upfrontvc.

Global internet data moves the same way it did 30 years ago. 95% of intercontinental data runs through subsea cables that take a decade to build and get severed with zero consequence - the Red Sea, the Baltic, Taiwan, over and over.

@EndeavorSpace moves terrestrial data across oceans. A beam up to a satellite, a beam back to Earth. Nothing on the seabed.

The world has changed, we are building the infrastructure to keep up.

We're hiring.

[Jacques Sisteron @jdsisteron]

Charlie and Tyler are outstanding, stoked for @upfrontvc to be on the journey with them!

[Alex Chu @alex__chu__]

Excited to announce our $18M Series A, led by @msuster and @jdsisteron at @UpfrontVC!

Demand for persistent undersea awareness has been strong, and we're growing the team to meet it.

Since our seed round we've gone through three major hardware iterations, built 35 new PEARLs, and made massive strides on OBSIDIAN.

If you want to work with a cutting-edge engineering team on acoustic sensing, advanced sonar perception, software, hardware, or field operations - reach out.

Grateful for this team. The best work is still ahead of us.

[Matej Cernosek @mateocernosek]

Excited to continue scaling our distributed undersea sensing network!

Huge thanks to @UpfrontVC leading. We've known @msuster and @jdsisteron for over a year now, and are pumped to have them aboard.

Big thanks as well to Valor Equity Partners for joining, and to @CapitalAlso, @FirstRound, and @LongJourneyVC for their continued support.

I'm incredibly proud of what the Andrenam team has built, and am super excited to see customer demand rapidly growing.

This has been a fantastic journey, and we're just getting started.

Stay tuned for more news soon (:

[Andrenam @_Andrenam_]

Today we’re announcing our $18M Series A to continue scaling our distributed undersea sensing network.

Led by @UpfrontVC with participation from Valor Equity Partners, @CapitalAlso, @FirstRound, and @LongJourneyVC.

The undersea domain is becoming more contested, more autonomous, and harder to monitor. Legacy systems remain expensive, slow to field, and dependent on a small pool of specialists. The problem is no longer just access to the domain, but persistent awareness of what is happening there.

We exist to close that gap. We build PEARL, a network of passive acoustic buoys that listen continuously, powered by OBSIDIAN, our AI-native software platform that turns underwater sound into real-time maritime awareness.

This funding puts more systems in the water and grows the team to meet rising demand.

[Upfront Ventures @upfrontvc]

@pzakin 🔥🔥

[Peter Zakin @pzakin]

For the last few weeks, I've been building a new project called Loopy[dot]computer

Loopy is an orchestrator for event-driven agent workflows. Simply put, it's an easy way to define agent workflows that should run when your data changes.

Loopy is open source, agent-neutral, and code-first. You can version control your workflows, use whatever agent you prefer, and host in infra you control.

I've been thinking about the future of agent automations (and loops, much en vogue these past few weeks) for a long time and while my usual method of exploring ideas is to write, it's been pretty exhilarating to be back in the saddle and shipping serious code. It's been a minute.

Give Loopy a try. Or even better, lmk if you want to contribute!

[Kevin Zhang @kevinyzhang]

Last year's was very oversubscribed, this year we're upping the game with a friendly swinging competition, come join us!

[Kesar Varma @kesarvarma]

Incredibly excited to continue supporting @zaygranet @sobhan_nejad and the rest of the Blandigans in building the best enterprise AI phone platform on the market.

If you haven’t had a Bland experience yet, it’s worth the phone call!

[Upfront Ventures @upfrontvc]

@alexmarley @kesarvarma 👀

[Kevin Zhang @kevinyzhang]

That guy! Excited to double down in the Series C, congrats to @zaygranet and the entire @usebland team, so much more to do on automating complex calls, onwards!

[Mark Suster @msuster]

Will be a great event. Hard Tech in LA is 🔥 we bring together all the interns every year to network. Register with Alex 👇🏼

[Upfront Ventures @upfrontvc]

@kesarvarma @alexmarley what

[Alex Marley @alexmarley]

Who's interning in LA this summer?

Whether you're building laser comms, nuclear reactors, manufacturing facilities, or hacking away on your own side project, come join @upfrontvc and your peers on Tuesday June 30th in El Segundo.

Comment or DM to RSVP, spots are filling up!

[Upfront Ventures @upfrontvc]

@usebland 🙌🙌

[Bland @usebland]

Today, we’re announcing that we’ve closed our Series C and raised $100M to continue automating the world’s most complex phone calls.

We grabbed some guy named Paul to talk about it because nobody else in the office wanted to. 🧵

[Healthcare AI Guy @HealthcareAIGuy]

We’re hosting a hackathon in NYC!

A 1.5-day sprint to build useful AI agents and tools for healthcare, with talks, mentorship, food, and good people.

Apply now below — space is limited!

(If you want to judge or sponsor send us a DM)

Hope to see y'all there! 🗽

[Shahin Farshchi @Farshchi]

Space lasers making their way to @NYSE - most bits pushed and consumed by companies listed there will make their way through @ObservableSpace