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EVP @archetype. Formerly @humane and @thisisoutcast

[Ahmed Ahres @Boudatw]

As a teenager, I spent most of my time building games. I was obsessed with creating worlds other people could step inside. That obsession took me through computer science in the Netherlands, computer vision for VR in Switzerland, and eventually to a small office in downtown San Francisco where four of us were building something I'd wanted to exist since I was a teenager.

Today, we're announcing $59M seed and Series A backed by Lightspeed, Amplify and incredible angels.

The infrastructure for real-time interactive worlds is here.

[Bryce Schmidtchen @_bschmidtchen]

A year ago @taiuti and I started tinkering with real-time video in cafes around San Francisco. We’d worked together on Vision Pro at Apple, deep in the real-time systems that power new types of experiences and software.

World models blew us away, but nobody was building infrastructure to run them interactively at scale, so we decided to become that platform. Today we’re announcing Reactor + $59M to unlock a future where real-time world models are accessible to every developer.

[Alberto @taiuti]

It’s time to unveil what we’ve been working on: today, @reactorworld comes out of stealth with $59M to power the World Model era.

And we’re just getting started.

[reactor @reactorworld]

Today Reactor is coming out of stealth. We’ve raised $59M in Seed and Series A funding, led by @lightspeedvp, with participation from @AmplifyPartners, @wndrco, @Sky9Capital, and @FPVventures.

Reactor is the platform for building in the World Model era: the infrastructure that lets developers build with them at global scale for the first time. Stream from a frontier World Model to your app, in real time, all in under 10 lines of code.

World Models represent the next major shift in AI: pixels, audio and actions are generated on the fly, in real-time, in response to user inputs, and to the environment. Every time computing has made a shift from passive to interactive, entire industries appeared that didn't exist before. We're standing in front of such moment again.

Over the last 6 months, we’ve assembled an all-star team with alumni from Apple, Meta, Google, Luma AI, Netflix, and Replicate. We're already partnering with some of the biggest names and labs in the world, and hundreds of developers are already building on Reactor.

The World Model era starts now.

[immad @immad]

https://t.co/59ZPavbYRz

[Alex Heath @alexeheath]

“I don’t think Claude is going to go build a bank”

@mercury CEO @immad joins us this week on the pod to talk all things AI and banking, thinking outside of the box, companies whitewashing their layoffs with AI, tech's poker culture, and more https://t.co/gZ4Vz09miF

[uking3 @uking3]

Good team building something very exciting!

[Bryce Schmidtchen @_bschmidtchen]

6 months ago, @taiuti and I made a bet.

World models are the next platform shift, and we saw it coming.

Since then, we've assembled a team from Apple, Meta, Google, Adobe & Microsoft and raised from top-tier investors.

Come build with us: https://t.co/G0gVgnVNAe

[Alberto @taiuti]

Big update: I’m starting a new company.

6 months ago, @_bschmidtchen and I made a bet. What if entire worlds could be generated on the fly, pixel by pixel?
World models are the next platform shift, and we saw it coming.

Since then, we’ve:
- secured major contracts across media and physical AI industries
- assembled a team of 10+ from Apple, Meta, Google, Adobe & Microsoft
- raised from top-tier investors

More details soon. We’re scaling fast, and hiring now.

Come build with us: https://t.co/MHTPVxS5et

[Myah Taylor @t_myah]

A portion of all Ragerz proceeds will be donated to charity, and Good Eat’n will partner with the Paige Bueckers Foundation to donate Good Eat’n snacks to Feed the Children.

[Myah Taylor @t_myah]

Good Eat’n, a snack brand founded by 12-time NBA All-Star Chris Paul, announced Tuesday that Bueckers has joined the company as an equity partner. She has co-developed her own snack, Ragerz, in the flavors Chili Lime and Sweet Chili Crisp.

Photo credit: Bobby Metelus.

[James Deacon @jamesdeacon_]

Today only... use your Mercury IO Card* at a participating SF spot today and coffee’s on us.

It’s our way of saying thank you for building with us.

☕️ ☕️ ☕️

For all the details of this offer and a map of the participating coffee shops, check out the Partiful link below 👇

[uking3 @uking3]

@lhfang Felt it here in Oakland as well

[uking3 @uking3]

@alexanderlong Congrats!

[uking3 @uking3]

@24hdcpglofer @957thegame Because he’s a better 3 pt shooter and provides more spacing

[uking3 @uking3]

@FrankConniff @AkilahObviously The whole point of his podcast is to have dialogue w/ people who have opposite views from him. It’s easy to write some one off, turn your back and stay in your bubble. But in so doing, might miss an opportunity to have a positive impact in someone’s life + change their views.

[꩜ @doriandargan]

introducing @doji_com - a fun new way to shop for fashion online

you can create a personalized AI likeness, easily try on real products, and shop your favorite looks

rt/comment for early access to our private beta 👇🏾

[uking3 @uking3]

@gv49ers @nineralex Lol had same thought. Need to see what’s in there 👀

[uking3 @uking3]

@mlevram Doing my best to adhere to that rule as well! Just got back from my sons’ back to school night 🫠

[uking3 @uking3]

@thomashawk @shakeshack Or Bay St. Emeryville. Still available there.