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Right now, satellites are retired with perfectly good electronics simply because they run out of fuel. @SpaceiumInc's new port allows any spacecraft to connect, refuel in orbit, and keep working longer. 👏🚀
Today we're giving the space industry its first universal refueling port.
OpenPort™ lets any spacecraft refuel any other. Two identical ports. Fuel flows either way.
Any company can license it for $1.
Satellites worth hundreds of millions are retired with empty tanks and working electronics. That isn't an engineering problem. It's a missing standard. Now it exists.
OpenPort is step one of the in-space refueling network we're building at @SpaceiumInc .
Build it to be refueled.
#SpaceTech #InSpaceRefueling
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Huge congrats to @alazsengul, @MartinHuntJr, and the @withGarage team on their $41M Series B! Garage is helping communities get more value from essential vehicles and equipment. Now serving 1,000+ communities across all 50 states. Proud to back this team!
Today we’re announcing our $41M Series B, led by Invus Opportunities, bringing our total funding to $60M.
@MartinHuntJr and I started Garage just over two years ago to be the marketplace for America’s most essential vehicles and equipment. Since then, every day I wake up and get to build for the people responsible for keeping our cities and towns moving forward.
The more time we spend with our customers, the more energized I feel by the pride they take in their work and their commitment to the communities they serve. It’s a privilege to build for them, and even more special to do it alongside a team that shares that same sense of purpose.
There’s a lot left to build, and we’re looking for ambitious people to build it with us!
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Rippling has acquired Reprompt AI! Rob and Lukas built agents operating at massive scale, tackling complex data, speed, and efficiency problems. Exactly the kind of ambitious, technical founders we love at Rippling. Excited for them to help build what’s next for Rippling AI.
Deepnight is taking a new approach to night vision with an AI model that can see in the dark, using everyday digital camera sensors to make images clearer in extremely low light.
Hear more from CEO Lucas Young on High Bit about how they’re building embedded AI models deployed on hardware in the field, in the dark, and outside the lab: youtube.com/watch?v=1TRB5NTY…
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i sent this investor update super late at night and accidentally attached the wrong chart. it only goes till september.
sorry for the inconvenience caused.
here’s the right one:
Congrats to @IgorZIJ and the Digger team on the launch! Introducing @Computer, high-performance cloud workspaces for coding agents built on Digger’s infrastructure: opencomputer.dev/blog/cloud-…
Introducing @computer.
Claude Code & Codex in the cloud, as fast as your local machine. Sometimes even faster!
Try it today via Slack, byo sub supported.
opencomputer.dev
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Introducing RL with Neural Feedback (RLNF). We have found reliable ways to train AI models to respond to human preferences purely from brain signals.
The example below is a picture of a face that self-transforms into a more attractive version for the subject as they are looking at it.
.@samanfarid saw a major gap between impressive robotics demos and real-world deployment when he started @goformic.
Now physical AI is here, and Formic just raised a series B and is shipping robots to customers daily. 100+ facilities. 30+ states. 99.6% uptime.
Read more in @axios: axios.com/pro/all-deals/2026…
Watch the full High Bit episode: youtube.com/watch?v=GWNdQnYh…
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Raw material comes in. A spacecraft goes out.
Take a walk through our structures fabrication area with AstroForge's Head of Spacecraft Systems and Lead Fabrication Technician to get a behind-the-scenes look into how the team makes it happen.
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You’ve met Astraeus. Now meet Boreas.
Our cryogenic management system, designed to support long duration operations in orbit.
Because greater mobility in space starts with mastering what happens behind the scenes.
Built by Orbital Operations.
Introducing Astraeus.
High mobility. Long duration operations. Greater freedom to maneuver.
Redefining what spacecraft can do in orbit.
Built by Orbital Operations.
Concept video produced by London Studio @ZeroOneCreative and a special thanks their team @ashkan01C, @Rupert01C and @james_01c
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Introducing Astraeus.
High mobility. Long duration operations. Greater freedom to maneuver.
Redefining what spacecraft can do in orbit.
Built by Orbital Operations.
Concept video produced by London Studio @ZeroOneCreative and a special thanks their team @ashkan01C, @Rupert01C and @james_01c
.@bodyport has teamed up with @SutterHealth to bring its smart Cardiac Scale to patients living with heart failure.
~7.7M adults in the US live with heart failure. 30% die within a year, 40% in five years. And mortality rates have been climbing in people under 65.
A simple daily step on Bodyport’s cardiac scale gives care teams insights from patients at home and gives care teams better insights.
More about it here: vitals.sutterhealth.org/sutt…
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We're hiring for Member of Technical Staff. $5k for successful referrals. Apply or refer here: robocurve.org/careers/
Congrats @OrbitalOps_ and cofounders @BenSchleuniger and Ross Doherty on being awarded up to $35M by the Department of War to demonstrate Astraeus, its cryogenic-powered spacecraft, at full scale in orbit.
They’re tackling one of space's biggest challenges by developing technology for greater maneuverability and longer operations in orbit.
More in @payloadspace from @vicky_woodburn: payloadspace.com/exclusive-d…
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Time to go make history in orbit.
Sustained maneuver is the number one problem in national security space. Today the Department of War has funded @OrbitalOps_ to go demonstrate our Astraeus platform at full scale.
Department of War awarded Orbital Operations $35M to demonstrate Astraeus in orbit. A full vehicle scale demo of high thrust propulsion and active refrigeration for long duration storage of cryogenic propellants.
Exclusive from @Payloadspace:
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The C-130 Hercules aircraft and variants have hauled cargo, flown as gunships, and refueled military jets midair. Now, @OrbitalOps_ wants to do the same in space.
The startup won up to $35M from the Pentagon to fly a full-scale, in-orbit demo of Astraeus—its cryogenic-maneuvering vehicle.
“Space is now a contested environment,” Orbital Ops CEO Benjamin Schleuniger told @vicky_woodburn.
“We’re going into this new space age where there’s all these new orbits and all of these new ideas coming around…we just need more dynamic assets out there to transport things around.”
Read the full story for the inside look at Astraeus and why its capabilities are more timely than ever. ⬇️
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Department of War awarded Orbital Operations $35M to demonstrate Astraeus in orbit. A full vehicle scale demo of high thrust propulsion and active refrigeration for long duration storage of cryogenic propellants.
Exclusive from @Payloadspace:
payloadspace.com/exclusive-d…