Arena Physica

Electromagnetic superintelligence

[Arena Physica @arenaphysica]

Introducing Arena Physica.

For years, we've been quietly building alongside the teams defining the frontier of hardware — embedding with @AMD in AI compute, @anduriltech in defense technology, @BauschLomb in advanced manufacturing, and @SiversSemicond in satellite and 5G communications.

Atlas, our platform for agentic hardware workflows, is only the beginning. We believe a new class of foundation model will let humans push further into the physics that shapes our world but remains fundamentally unintuitive to us.

Read our thesis here: https://t.co/tmRxPcWrRi.

Thank you to @packyM for capturing why electromagnetism secretly runs the world - and what it means to build electromagnetic superintelligence.

Our foundation model launches in 7 days. Link in the comments to be first to know.

[Packy McCormick @packyM]

The future is electromagnetic.

One challenge is that there are ~ten people in the world who can deeply intuit electromagnetism. RF engineering is "black magic."

Arena Physica thinks machines can intuit EM better.

CEO Pratap Ranade & I on AI for EM:

https://t.co/U3CUnqcYPp

[Arena Physica @arenaphysica]

@johnsonmxe @Trevs_Dev Wow cool idea…we’re going to think on it and come back to you!

[Arena Physica @arenaphysica]

@Trevs_Dev brought an unreleased version of Atlas Fields Studio to life with the Apple Vision Pro.

Explore and view predicted electric (E) and magnetic (H) near-fields in Atlas Fields Studio yourself at https://t.co/EoVt6KH2KH! More coming soon.

[Arena Physica @arenaphysica]

@kartikb753 @chartsncrafts You can reach us at [email protected]!

[Arena Physica @arenaphysica]

Thanks @chartsncrafts for featuring us in your Moonshots series!

Want to join us in the Arena? We’re hiring across roles, from research scientists to forward deployed engineers: https://t.co/D2NTuHkFx6.

[Natalie Fratto @NatalieFratto]

In the ever-wise words of @packyM, electromagnetism secretly runs the world.

And this startup is trying to wield it to build more elite hardware - from fighter jets to satellites to microchips.

Episode 2 of Moonshots on @arenaphysica with @Smartsheet 👇

[Claire Pan @_clairepan]

🥞🍕🍅🍵✈️🎬

We’re hiring! https://t.co/Y1LIUzNbRN

[Mattia Ravasio @MattiaRavasio]

Come meet some of the hardest working, humble and most fun folks out there!

[visionOS fan @visionOSfan]

Seeing E and H near fields around you in 3D

That's the kind of thing a flat screen can't teach

Nice work @Trevs_Dev 👀

[Arya Hezarkhani @_i_am_arya]

What happens when you put an FDE in contact with deep science and hardware problems? You create mutants. We are those mutants.

Hangars at Army bases in Hawaii and Kentucky. Luxury automotive production plants in Alabama. Semiconductor manufacturing sites in Taiwan. Test flight ranges in the desert. Starting your first week @arenaphysica, you're handed a flight ticket to your users.

As we forward deploy around the world, we’ve had the privilege of working alongside our customers, obsessing over the applied science and engineering work required to solve the hard problems that stand between their ambition and the built world we all desire.

Building the FD team @arenaphysica with Reid Butler, Nathan Petrie, and @svikas20 has been one of the many privileges and joys of building this company. We’re hiring more mutants. So get off your Zoom call, and come join us.

See you at the airport.

[Pratap Ranade @PratapRanade]

If you dream of a job where you’re part engineer, part Indiana Jones,

If you dream of working with a truly elite team that will push you to discover your peak potential,

If you dream of deep bonds with your teammates and the kind of camaraderie that only comes from shared sweat,

Come join us in the Arena.

[julian @gooffkingjulian]

Come join our awesome team

[Arena Physica @arenaphysica]

@AmazonLeo @Microsoft Grateful to be in the Arena with the team members featured in this video: Alec Portelli, Anka Buisson, @_i_am_arya, Arjun Akkiraju, Arjuna Velayudam, Brendan Ehrman, Catherine Kauber, @edson_greenwood, @MattiaRavasio, Minh Tran, @BykhovskyNico, Reid Butler, Tony Leapo, Sam Lee

[Arena Physica @arenaphysica]

Forward deployment is at the heart of what we do at Arena Physica. Our hardware + software double majors have built satellites at @amazonleo, trained underwater vehicles, designed chips at @microsoft, built phased array radars, and founded companies serving the DoD. Their hot takes:

🥞 Breakfast food is dessert
🍕 Detroit > New York pizza
🍅 Tomatoes ruin sandwiches
🍵 Less coffee, more matcha
✈️ Board planes in reverse order
🎬 Movies SUCK

We’re hiring FDEs + DSs: https://t.co/8AliU82diG!

[Arya Hezarkhani @_i_am_arya]

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[Pratap Ranade @PratapRanade]

A very visual explainer on what we do at @arenaphysica

[Carter Evans @evans_carter22]

I gotta hear how they're making medicine in space, that's wild

[Pratap Ranade @PratapRanade]

Watch the full episode: https://t.co/JKGXrvoSWZ

[Pratap Ranade @PratapRanade]

Gravity is a chaos monkey. I'm excited to launch Episode 3 of The New Feynman Lectures by @arenaphysica , featuring my friend @WillBruey, the CEO & Co-founder of @VardaSpace. He explains the second law of thermodynamics, and why it is what makes manufacturing in orbit the best way to make a drug. There are some fun cameos in here, so watch it to the end.

Link to the full episode on youtube in replies.

[Arena Physica @arenaphysica]

@WillBruey @VardaSpace YouTube: https://t.co/DFQ13nSo0R
Spotify: https://t.co/CPvggY4qSQ

[Arena Physica @arenaphysica]

Welcome to Episode 3 on Gravity is a Chaos Monkey!

@WillBruey, CEO and Co-Founder of @vardaspace, explains why crystals grown in space come out more ordered than crystals grown on Earth. This episode features a special guest, a Winnebago shirt, and a lesson on Zeno’s paradox from Will’s dad.

Highlights:
0:28 - Why the crystal form of a drug decides its shelf life, hardness and how fast it dissolves.
2:12 - How crystals sink and stir up the fluid on Earth, and float evenly in microgravity.
3:31 - Entropy explained with a pair of dice.
7:51 - Zeno’s paradox and the difference between physicists and engineers.
11:03 - How gravity adds states that microgravity takes away.
12:51 - Varda as a gravity knob for manufacturing.

A massive thank you to Will for teaching us why turning gravity off makes better medicine. Episode is live across platforms (links in the comments).