Cyndi Reseburg

comms @initialized. Previously @GVteam, @thehatchagency, @thisisoutcast.

[Bloomberg TV @BloombergTV]

Chipmaker AMD agreed to acquire World Labs for $8.2 billion, gaining an artificial intelligence startup founded by industry pioneer and researcher Fei-Fei Li.

Read more here: https://t.co/XirkWmNQc4

[Joanna Stern @JoannaStern]

Newton and @kevinroose have licensed their show to NPR. @dee_bosa has licensed hers to Yahoo Finance. I’ve licensed mine to NBC News. This is the future of journalism: own your work, build independently, distribute and partner with others.

[Initialized Capital @Initialized]

It all starts with a single hair. From that hair, Feanix sequences an animal’s whole genome for just a few dollars, then combines it with real-world farm data like health, feed, production, weather, and economics.

What used to be a costly, luxury diagnostic can now become the foundation for how a farm operates.

With Autopilot, Feanix puts farms on autopilot, turning all that data into decisions about which animals to breed, treat, move, or sell.

Better decisions for each animal = better outcomes across the farm. https://t.co/osHYg2GBVL

[Initialized Capital @Initialized]

Amir Mashal started @arcturustechinc to tackle a massive problem: our grid was built for a different century, and nearly 15% of U.S. electricity is lost before we use it.

After building the first prototype in his garage, Amir and the team are developing high-performance conductors designed to run cooler, carry more power, and last longer.

We’re proud to lead Arcturus’ $8 million seed round, with participation from @1517fund, @Toyota_Ventures, @Breakthrough, @WireframeVC, and @ClimateCap.

A massive congratulations to Amir and his team on officially coming out of stealth today!

Read more from @tdechant in @TechCrunch: https://t.co/Y2Gicyh3uW

[Initialized Capital @Initialized]

🎙️ High Bit, Initialized's founder podcast, is recording live June 23 at Cafe Du Nord, SF.

@brettdg sits down with @dakshgup (@greptile) and @EliSchleifer (@trunkio) to get into what changes for your eng team when AI writes the code.

Do you still need eng managers?
Do tickets even make sense anymore?
What happens when a small team suddenly ships like a big one?

Free, drinks included, part of Deep Tech Week SF.

See you there.

RSVP link in replies ⬇️

[Saman Farid @samanfarid]

If you’re in Chicago and want to see the robotics revolution happening in full force, stop by

[Ollie Forsyth @ollieforsyth]

The New Media Landscape

Attention. Distribution. Power.

Creators can now build media channels and reach millions of fans faster — and at a fraction of the cost of previous eras.

We are entering a new era: the dawn of new media.

Creators are going direct. Journalists are going independent. Content is becoming timely or timeless. Brands are hiring heads of new media to stay relevant.

We mapped 270+ emerging new media channels shaping how — and from whom — people consume news, trends, startups, and technology.

Every creator and new media channel deserves attention — and a community to call home. This is our mission.

Don’t see your channel listed? Add it or explore all channels at https://t.co/rEHdcQsk2y!

This is the era of NEW MEDIA!

[Cyndi Reseburg @CyndiS]

Spectacular. 🌎♥️

[NASA @NASA]

Good morning, world! 🌎

We have spectacular new high-resolution images of our home planet, all of us looking back through the Orion capsule window at our Artemis II astronauts as they continue their journey to the Moon.

[Ashi Dissanayake @Ashi_Spaceium]

Artemis II is a milestone. But getting to the Moon isn’t the hard part anymore, staying there is.

Every Artemis mission is still constrained by a fundamental limitation: fuel. That approach doesn’t scale to a real space economy.
https://t.co/jGo8GXcpom

[Initialized Capital @Initialized]

4 founders on what it means to work at a startup right now.

Why right now matters:
"We melted sand, turned it into chips, and the chips are thinking. That is an enormous step forward — and to not be taking advantage of that would be a disservice to your career, and maybe a disservice to progress for humanity." — @lucas0choa, @automat_ai

[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

[Cyndi Reseburg @CyndiS]

Fascinating stuff.

[Pratap Ranade @PratapRanade]

Today, I’m excited to introduce @arenaphysica. For the past few years, we’ve been quietly partnering with companies pushing the frontier of hardware like @AMD , @anduriltech and @SiversSemicond  – deep in the guts of their most complex machines. Where applied physics, specifically the laws of electromagnetism, dictate performance. Electromagnetism is a domain poorly suited to LLMs, and a domain I spent most of my physics PhD trying to understand.

At Arena Physica, we are in pursuit of electromagnetic superintelligence.

We believe that a new class of foundation model will let humans push farther into our understanding of physics and will let us wield forces like EM that shape our world, but are fundamentally unintuitive to humans.

It was an honor to partner with my favorite essayist, @packyM to explain how electromagnetism secretly runs the world

[Alda Leu Dennis @AldaLeuDennis]

@ryanalshak is one of the most determined and inspirational founders I’ve ever supported. Congrats to him and the whole team. Great things ahead! https://t.co/uaWA5p9sRN

[Initialized Capital @Initialized]

What if hardware dev moved as fast as software?

Arena built Atlas—an AI hardware engineer that shortens the design loop by 1000x.

No more endless re-spins. Just fast, physics-grounded iteration.

The future of hardware starts here ↓

[Initialized Capital @Initialized]

Import goods? You’ve probably overpaid on duties. Pax AI uses machine learning to unlock tariff refunds. The duty drawback process used to be paperwork hell. Now it's automated.

[Cyndi Reseburg @CyndiS]

@MMCandyCheng @kleinerperkins @alliecefalo So excited for you, and glad we're bonded for life no matter where you go! :)

[Cyndi Reseburg @CyndiS]

@alliecefalo @MMCandyCheng @kleinerperkins Yes you are!

[Ruben Harris @rubenharris]

The number 1 quality that I look for in talent is obsession @Initialized

[Cyndi Reseburg @CyndiS]

@HarryStebbings I second @brettdg. Not an easy get. Deep thinker, smarter than sh*t - on seed, AI/ML, space, more. Philosophy background, self taught engineer, 4x founder, managing partner at Initialized.

[Zoe Perret @zcperret]

Check out what we are focused on funding in Climatetech in 2024: Some highlights 🌟
- ADAPTATION REMAINS AN UNDERRATED CATEGORY
- WE LOVE SOFTWARE FACILITATING THE ENERGY TRANSITION
- WE’LL CONTINUE TO FUND MOONSHOTS AIMED AT HARD-TO-ABATE SECTORS
https://t.co/LLASuJhvQ6