Issue #16August 25, 20268 links

Muon Space raises $250.0M Series C for satellites

Muon Space raised a $250.0M Series C to build and operate mission-optimized satellite constellations on its Halo platform, serving commercial and national security customers from production facilities in Silicon Valley. MIT spinoff Apollo Atomics raised a $31.0M Seed for factory-built pressurized water reactors, and says it has signed letters of intent covering over 20 gigawatts.

Interesting

cymerys.com

I'm becoming AI-blind - Rafal Cymerys

Recently I've been catching myself having these little moments at work, when I'm trying to read a document someone has sent me and my brain somehow refuses to analyze it. It feels like I'm reading it, but I'm unable to focus on its content. I sat down to analyze these situations and realized they all have a common denominator: the documents all show a strong trace to AI. My brain learned to quickly spot signs of AI-generated content, at least the low effort one, and it now ignores it and moves on without thinking much about it.

AI saturation

hai.stanford.edu

Computational Agents Exhibit Believable Humanlike Behavior | Stanford HAI

Generative agents rely on a large language model to remember their interactions, build relationships, and plan coordinated events, with implications for both gaming and social science.

World Models Simulation Cool As F

topgear.com

Meet the man who bought a Ferrari Luce for $40m

An electric Ferrari upstaged California's big car event. We look at the man who bought it

Optometrist Cars

Dev Tools

simile.com

Home | Simile

Simile is a simulation platform for human behavior.

Cool As F Simulation World Models

Cool Company Raises

$9.0M

idler raises a $9.0M Seed round

idler is a frontier data research lab and artificial intelligence evaluation platform based in San Francisco, CA. The company develops a comprehensive evaluation and benchmarking platform that builds advanced evaluation suites, programmatic datasets, and interactive reinforcement learning environments utilized by global AI labs. It focuses on specialized software engineering, cybersecurity, recursive self-improvement, and enterprise safety testing beds.

Software Artificial-Intelligence Cyber-Security Smaiyl Makyshov Nur Bazylbekov Feross Aboukhadijeh+9 more

$250.0M

Muon Space raises a $250.0M Series C round

Muon Space, founded in 2021, is an end-to-end space systems company that designs, builds, and operates mission-optimized satellite constellations to deliver critical data and enable real-time compute and decision-making in space. Its proprietary technology stack, Halo™, combines advanced spacecraft platforms, robust payload integration and management, and a powerful software-defined orchestration layer—enabling high-performance capabilities at unprecedented speed, from concept to orbit. With state-of-the-art production facilities in Silicon Valley and a growing roster of commercial and national security customers, Muon Space is redefining how critical Earth intelligence is delivered from space.

Information-Technology Data-And-Analytics Analytics Overlap Holdings Arc Tern Ventures Acme Capital+12 more

$1.8M

Dirac Labs raises a $1.8M Seed round

Dirac Labs is a quantum-enabled navigation company focused on building sensors that can accurately determine location when GPS is unavailable. Their innovative diamond-based sensing platform measures Earth’s magnetic field with extreme precision, providing an alternative to traditional GPS systems. The company aims to create scalable navigation solutions for challenging environments, including underwater and underground operations. Dirac Labs combines quantum sensing, AI, and semiconductor-compatible manufacturing to develop their technology.

Manufacturing Software Navigation Balaji Srinivasan Jude Gomila Quantum Edge Ventures+4 more

$31.0M

Apollo Atomics raises a $31.0M Seed round

Apollo Atomics is an MIT spinoff focused on developing the next generation of pressurized water reactors (PWRs) designed for factory-based manufacturing. The company aims to deliver high power density nuclear reactors capable of providing carbon-free energy for various large-scale energy users. Their innovative approach seeks to reduce the overall reactor footprint and accelerate regulatory processes for commercialization. Apollo has established a commercial pipeline with over 20 gigawatts of signed letters of intent.

Manufacturing Energy Renewable-Energy Ray Rothrock Matteo Franceschetti Philip Johnston+11 more

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