Former SignalFire investor Sahir Raoof raises $27.5M for new fund targeting AI in pharma
Also, PSI used an unreleased Anthropic model to answer a fundamental question about quantum computing that scientists have pursued for nearly two decades.
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A YC startup is putting $1M behind 5 unsolved materials science problems for AI; plus, AI hardware startup Nominal triples its valuation
While frontier AI models have solved a remarkable series of outstanding mathematics problems and made progress in the life sciences, they have yet to truly plumb the complex physics in advanced materials. Also, Nominal, a startup that offers an AI platform for hardware engineerin ... Show More
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Nov 6
Food delivery startup Wonder files for IPO as it explores its next big bite
Following years of fundraising, acquisitions, and expansion, food delivery startup Wonder is moving closer to becoming a publicly traded company. Also, the Los Angeles-based startup has now raised more than $650 million, and is working on electric trucks, emergency vehicles, and ... Show More
5m 33s
Sep 2020
(Bonus) The WHOLE EV Space With EV News Daily Podcast
As I said on Friday, my goal this week was I wanted to learn more about the EV space. Yes, there’s Tesla, but we only talk about Tesla. And remember, I got turned on to the whole SPAC phenomenon because a lot of EV startups were going the SPAC route to get themselves publicly tra ... Show More
36m 19s
May 2020
“This rocket self-drive to space or what?” — SpaceX’s capitalist milestone. Alexa wants podcasts. The COVID-19 umbrella challenge.
Small step for man, giant step for Elon Musk’s SpaceX, as it takes its first human customers to space. Amazon is making moves to invest in local news and sports podcasts because it wants to make “The Audio Wars” a thing. And stocks are up as the economy reopens, but this kinda fe ... Show More
20m 47s
Jul 2024
First Time Founders with Ed Elson – This Founder Raised $900M to Power the Grid
Ed speaks with Mateo Jaramillo, Co-Founder and CEO of Form Energy, an energy storage and manufacturing company. They discuss how his experience at divinity school led him to start the company, what his experience working at Tesla was like, and why innovation in energy storage is ... Show More
48m 6s