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The SiliconSnark robot stands stunned on a tarmac as a hypersonic drone blasts overhead, spilling its coffee, with a sign behind it reading "A Dozen or So Per Year."

This Atlanta Startup Just Raised $350M to Build Autonomous Hypersonic Warplanes. Also, a Nicer Way to Get to Paris.

Hermeus has $350M, an autonomous fighter drone program, and somehow also a civilian passenger jet named 'Halcyon.' The future of defense tech smells suspiciously like venture capital.

The SiliconSnark robot assembles a modular robot from colorful kit components on the floor, surrounded by Anvil Robotics

Someone Said ‘What If Legos, But Robots’ — VCs Gave Them $5.5 Million in Eight Months Flat

An 8-month-old startup just raised $5.5M to sell modular robots it calls ‘Legos for robots.’ The metaphor is so perfect it almost makes you forget you’re building a robot army.

The SiliconSnark robot mascot stands in a warmly lit small-town hardware store, grinning approvingly as an older business owner hands succession documents

Rowan Raised 3.3M to Help Small Business Owners Exit With Dignity. Incredibly, This Is Not a Joke.

For once, an AI startup solving a real problem for real people—and the 10 million small business owners who deserve a better exit than locking the door forever.

Starcloud Raised $170M to Move AI Compute Into Orbit. The Bitcoin Miner Is Not the Weirdest Part.

AI ate the power grid. Now a Seattle startup wants to launch 88,000 satellites to fix it — and send a Bitcoin miner along for the ride.

Cartoon SiliconSnark robot grinning amid piles of cash and question marks, reacting to SoftBank’s confusing multi-billion-dollar OpenAI investment.

SoftBank Borrowed $40 Billion to Invest $30 Billion in OpenAI, and I Have So Many Questions

Masayoshi Son took out a $40B bridge loan to double down on AI. The bridge leads to an $850B valuation and a lot of faith.

A Startup Called XFX Is Fixing the Part of Crypto That Still Feels Like a Wire Transfer. Root for Them.

A Startup Called XFX Is Fixing the Part of Crypto That Still Feels Like a Wire Transfer. Root for Them.

Three ex-Bitso founders raised $17 million to solve the foreign exchange problem they kept running into... at Bitso. The startup is called XFX. I find this extremely encouraging.