Issue #21September 1, 20266 links

REGENT raises $240.0M Series B for electric seagliders

REGENT raised a $240.0M Series B for its all-electric seagliders, wing-in-ground-effect craft the company says will serve routes up to 180 miles on existing battery technology using current dock infrastructure. Cyclic Materials raised $75.0M for critical metals recycling, and Pollen Robotics opened pre-orders at $399 for Microduck, a 25 cm open-source biped.

Interesting

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Microduck - A tiny biped robot you can teach new tricks | Pollen Robotics

Microduck is a 25 cm biped robot with 15 motors, a camera, LiDAR and a grasping beak. Playable out of the box, and its open-source stack lets you train new behaviours in simulation and run them on the robot. Pre-order at $399.

Robotics

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The choices we make about AI now are critical | Bill Gates

AI will either be the greatest equalizer ever invented, or the worst source of injustice. We need to start planning now so it makes the world a fairer place.

AI risk Bill Gates

Dev Tools

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Nebula Sans

Nebula Sans is the brand typeface for Nebula, available under the SIL Open Font License.

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Cool Company Raises

$22.0M

Levanta raises a $22.0M round

Levanta is a leading affiliate marketing platform designed to help Amazon sellers unlock growth through creator-driven commerce. By connecting sellers with a network of vetted creators, Levanta enables performance-based partnerships that drive revenue, increase customer acquisition, and build brand loyalty. Launched in 2023, Levanta has quickly become a go-to platform for sellers seeking to capitalize on the growing power of creators and influencers in digital commerce. Levanta's co-founders previously founded and sold Grovia Partners, a leading affiliate marketing technology-enabled services company, to Acceleration Partners in 2022.

Internet Volition Capital $10M+

$240.0M

REGENT raises a $240.0M Series B round

REGENT’s seagliders will revolutionize regional transportation. Our mission is to drastically reduce the cost and headache of moving people and goods between coastal cities. Our vehicle, called a seaglider, is an all-electric, wing-in-ground-effect craft that operates within a wingspan of the water's surface and couples the speed of an airplane with the operating cost of a boat. Built to the same safety standards of all modern aircraft and watercraft, our vehicle will service routes up to 180 miles with existing battery technology and routes up to 500 miles with next-gen batteries, all via existing dock infrastructure. Our team of MIT-trained, ex-Boeing engineers are leveraging maritime vehicle development pathways to bring our zero-emission, high-speed seagliders to market within five years.

Mobile Consumer-Goods Transportation Erebor Bank Giant Step Capital Japan Airlines+8 more

$75.0M

Cyclic Materials raises a $75.0M round

Cyclic Materials helps businesses recycle, provides the market with a secure and local supply of critical metals, and does so in an ethical, economic, and sustainable way.

$50M+

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