Issue #24September 4, 20266 links

Owner.com raises $240.0M Series D for restaurant software

Owner.com raised a $240.0M Series D for software that helps independent restaurants grow online. Physical Superintelligence raised a $58.0M seed to build a physics research lab run by AI-driven virtual physicists, and says it is the founding technical partner for the first privately funded interstellar space mission.

Dev Tools

worldlabs.ai

World Labs

World Labs is a spatial intelligence company, building frontier models that can perceive, generate, and interact with the 3D world.

World Models

Cool Company Raises

YC F26

Orca Aerospace launches at YC (Fall 2026)

AI spacecraft operator that lives onboard the vehicle.

Aiops Space-Exploration Satellites YC Industrials

$58.0M

Physical Superintelligence raises a $58.0M Seed round

Physical Superintelligence (PSI) is creating the world's most advanced physics research lab, focused on discovering new physical laws and engineering systems beyond human design. It utilizes AI-driven virtual physicists to simulate and optimize complex physical problems, particularly in data centers. PSI's mission is to industrialize the process of physics discovery at scale, enabling breakthroughs in energy, computing, and materials. The company is also the founding technical partner for the first privately funded interstellar space mission.

Software Artificial-Intelligence A16z Scout Fund Jump Capital Hugging Face Oracle+13 more

$14.0M

Norbert Health raises a $14.0M Series A round

Norbert Health builds autonomous robotic nursing assistants. Norbert is a contactless, multimodal vital-sign scanner and autonomous care manager that rounds, senses, documents and escalates to close care loops in hospitals and care facilities.

Thomas Clozel Saeju Jeong Olivier Pomel Alexis Le Quoc Care It Exor Seeds+3 more

$9.0M

Newlight raises a $9.0M Seed round

Newlight builds hydrogen-injection plug-ins for cargo ships that cut fuel consumption and carbon emissions by over 20% without a dry-dock installation. On an 8,500-nautical-mile commercial voyage the hydrogen-hybrid system delivered a 24% reduction in fuel use and a 28% reduction in CO2 emissions. Founded by Haran Cohen Hillel (CEO) and Evyatar Cohen, the company has agreements to install on 12 vessels with wider rollout planned for 2027.

Manufacturing Fusion Vc Ci Ri Ventures Undeterred Capital Bird Energy Lomarlabs+1 more

$240.0M

Owner.com raises a $240.0M Series D round

Owner.com makes online growth easy for restaurants. Our software helps local restaurants compete — and win against — big national brands. Independent restaurants choose us because we give them a proven system that works, not an endless set of tools to figure out. As the world continues to move online, we're building the software that every local business owner will use to succeed.

Software Information-Technology-Services Jack Altman Headline Redpoint Meritech+2 more

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