1/ I'm excited to announce that @Picogrid closed a $45M Series A, led by @BessemerVP.
We're building the open infrastructure layer for the military's growing arsenal of sensors, drones, autonomous systems, AI agents, and C2 software.
Peace is antithetical to nature. The animals are not at peace, the earth, sea and air are not at peace. The sun, moon and stars are not at peace. Peace is a human invention. Everything strives and dies.
Not at @Picogrid. Our Ukraine office is tripling in size Q1. If you’re looking to join a high impact team with a permanent UA presence, please reach out to me or @albaneseindc. Our next forward deployed rotation starts next week. 🇺🇦✊
really interesting insight from ukraine
a lot of hyped, venture funded defense companies ship their “best” products, then never show up in country. when things break, nothing gets fixed and the gear gets abandoned
meanwhile the teams are comfy back in america doing press about their impact, while the equipment is being field tested and laughed at by the troops
hearing this directly from people on the front line who should be the real champions is pretty illuminating
There are only two countries in Europe that buy crude oil from Russia— Hungary and Slovakia. Trump is well placed to put pressure on their leaders Orban and Fico, both of whom are allies of his, but instead he hides behind the generic terms NATO or Europe.
A sad day. NOAA 18 and co are still the most engaging way to introduce so many important lessons on orbital mechanics, radio, earth observation and open source science platforms. I hope we dare to be so open again.