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Reflection, once focused on autonomous coding agents, has raised $2B at an $8B valuation to expand into both an opensource alternative to closed frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic, and a Western equivalent to Chinese AI firms like DeepSeek. Learn more about your ad choices. ... Show More

Novoloop has signed a deal with a contract manufacturer to produce its Lifecycled TPU material. Also, Knapsack creates a unified workspace that integrates design and coding tools to ensure design and engineering teams are on the same page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ... Show More

Base Power's Series C will help the company expand beyond Texas, its beachhead market, and build batteries in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Artificial gravity space station startup Vast announced that it intends to put the first commercial space station in orbit in August 2025 via launch partner SpaceX. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Injectable immunotherapy drugs can be made, in theory, but gravity prevents them from crystallizing correctly. A startup thinks the solution could be right above us.Read this story here. 

Bay Area-based robotics firm Figure this week announced that its humanoid officially took its first steps — a milestone it hit a few days shy of of the company’s first anniversary.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Amazon confirms more layoffs, impacting its Buy with Prime unit; LoanDepot outage drags into second week after ransomware attack; Japan's SLIM mission makes historic Moon landing, but its time is running out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

This Sunday, the greatest telescope in the history of humanity is scheduled to reach its destination nearly a million miles away from Earth. Vox’s Unexplainable explored what it will do when it gets there.Transcript at vox.com/todayexplainedSupport Today, Explained by making a fi ... Show More

NASA’s Artemis mission is the first step toward a long-term human settlement on the moon. Vox’s Unexplainable examines whether humans are even capable of living far from Earth for an extended period of time.Transcript at vox.com/todayexplainedSupport Today, Explained by making a ... Show More

China- and U.S.-based Pony.ai said Monday its valuation has surged to $8.5 billion after the first close of its Series D funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

The Turntable wars were one of the more fascinating stories to emerge in 2021 startup land (though I suspect those involved might dispute the matter). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Episode 194: Neal and Kyle break down Hyundai's deal with Amazon to sell cars directly to consumers. Plus, F1 head to Vegas for a pricey race and SpaceX's Starship is ready to launch. The guys share why Boeing is outselling Airbus for the first time since 2017 and how can the USP ... Show More