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Backing founders obsessed with hard problems.
Early investors in @Coinbase @Instacart @Rippling @Flexport @FlockSafety @trmlabs @valaratomics + more.

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Deepnight is taking a new approach to night vision with an AI model that can see in the dark, using everyday digital camera sensors to make images clearer in extremely low light.

Hear more from CEO Lucas Young on High Bit about how they’re building embedded AI models deployed on hardware in the field, in the dark, and outside the lab: https://t.co/3KSofL5cUT

[Daksh Gupta @dakshgup]

i sent this investor update super late at night and accidentally attached the wrong chart. it only goes till september.

sorry for the inconvenience caused.

here’s the right one:

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Congrats to @IgorZIJ and the Digger team on the launch! Introducing @Computer, high-performance cloud workspaces for coding agents built on Digger’s infrastructure: https://t.co/YHDqlhkaXj

[Igor Zalutski @IgorZIJ]

Introducing @computer.

Claude Code & Codex in the cloud, as fast as your local machine. Sometimes even faster!

Try it today via Slack, byo sub supported.

https://t.co/C0dtl00g2Q

[Rahul Chhabra @rahulchhabra07]

Introducing RL with Neural Feedback (RLNF). We have found reliable ways to train AI models to respond to human preferences purely from brain signals.

The example below is a picture of a face that self-transforms into a more attractive version for the subject as they are looking at it.

[Initialized Capital @Initialized]

.@samanfarid saw a major gap between impressive robotics demos and real-world deployment when he started @goformic.

Now physical AI is here, and Formic just raised a series B and is shipping robots to customers daily. 100+ facilities. 30+ states. 99.6% uptime.

Read more in @axios: https://t.co/hpJtx2agej

Watch the full High Bit episode: https://t.co/c8ZqA7LwAC

[AstroForge @AstroForge]

Raw material comes in. A spacecraft goes out.

Take a walk through our structures fabrication area with AstroForge's Head of Spacecraft Systems and Lead Fabrication Technician to get a behind-the-scenes look into how the team makes it happen.

[Picogrid @Picogrid]

ECN HX is now with the Army.

7.5x the AI computing power of our standard nodes. Helping soldiers process sensor data and drone footage in minutes.

[Orbital Operations @OrbitalOps_]

You’ve met Astraeus. Now meet Boreas.

Our cryogenic management system, designed to support long duration operations in orbit.

Because greater mobility in space starts with mastering what happens behind the scenes.

Built by Orbital Operations.

[Greptile @greptile]

Greptile catches bugs.

[Orbital Operations @OrbitalOps_]

Introducing Astraeus.

High mobility. Long duration operations. Greater freedom to maneuver.

Redefining what spacecraft can do in orbit.
Built by Orbital Operations.

Concept video produced by London Studio @ZeroOneCreative and a special thanks their team @ashkan01C, @Rupert01C and @james_01c

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.@bodyport has teamed up with @SutterHealth to bring its smart Cardiac Scale to patients living with heart failure. ​

~7.7M adults in the US live with heart failure. 30% die within a year, 40% in five years. And mortality rates have been climbing in people under 65. ​

A simple daily step on Bodyport’s cardiac scale gives care teams insights from patients at home and gives care teams better insights. ​

More about it here: https://t.co/P1pc5jPkZD

[Orbital Operations @OrbitalOps_]

Meet Astraeus!

Full reveal tomorrow.
#Astraeus #SpaceTech #orbitalops #sneekpeak

[Robocurve PBC @robocurve]

We're hiring for Member of Technical Staff. $5k for successful referrals. Apply or refer here: https://t.co/WIuqbzylY6

[Initialized Capital @Initialized]

Congrats @OrbitalOps_ and cofounders @BenSchleuniger and Ross Doherty on being awarded up to $35M by the Department of War to demonstrate Astraeus, its cryogenic-powered spacecraft, at full scale in orbit.

They’re tackling one of space's biggest challenges by developing technology for greater maneuverability and longer operations in orbit.

More in @payloadspace from @vicky_woodburn: https://t.co/NYmBS0Tbqo

[Ben Schleuniger @BenSchleuniger]

Time to go make history in orbit.

Sustained maneuver is the number one problem in national security space. Today the Department of War has funded @OrbitalOps_ to go demonstrate our Astraeus platform at full scale.

[Payload 🚀 @payloadspace]

The C-130 Hercules aircraft and variants have hauled cargo, flown as gunships, and refueled military jets midair. Now, @OrbitalOps_ wants to do the same in space.

The startup won up to $35M from the Pentagon to fly a full-scale, in-orbit demo of Astraeus—its cryogenic-maneuvering vehicle.

“Space is now a contested environment,” Orbital Ops CEO Benjamin Schleuniger told @vicky_woodburn.

“We’re going into this new space age where there’s all these new orbits and all of these new ideas coming around…we just need more dynamic assets out there to transport things around.”

Read the full story for the inside look at Astraeus and why its capabilities are more timely than ever. ⬇️

[Orbital Operations @OrbitalOps_]

Department of War awarded Orbital Operations $35M to demonstrate Astraeus in orbit. A full vehicle scale demo of high thrust propulsion and active refrigeration for long duration storage of cryogenic propellants.

Exclusive from @Payloadspace:

https://t.co/0Fkyg71X8b

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Switching AI coding models can take 34 minutes. @cedanacorp cuts it to ~1, without losing work.

In a blog co-written with @nvidia, @neelmaster and Niranjan Ravichandra show how companies can run multiple AI coding models on a single GPU server, switching between them as needed.

The result? Less idle hardware, less wasted computing power, and more output from every GPU. https://t.co/pEzld8Ubuc

[bodyport @bodyport]

Incredibly proud to partner with @SutterHealth to bring the Bodyport Cardiac Scale to Sutter Sync™ for heart failure care. Readings flow into Epic, helping pharmacists monitor trends. https://t.co/rsuWGNMtWL @SutterHealth #heartfailure #remotemonitoring #fluidstatus

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We led @goformic’s seed round in 2021 and have backed @samanfarid and team as they’ve scaled to 100+ U.S. manufacturing facilities, with 99.6% uptime and a 97% renewal rate.

Now, with $50M in new funding, Formic is taking another big step toward bringing physical AI to factory floors at scale. Congrats!

[Formic @goformic]

Formic raised $50M in Series B funding.

100+ facilities. 30+ states. 99.6% uptime. Now scaling physical AI onto real factory floors.

read it in @axios -

https://t.co/nf5F1WMYqq