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Funding the future before the world catches up. Early-stage VC firm.

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Packages delivered from China to the USA in 90 minutes? Outpost will become the FedEx of space by making Earth re-entry affordable. The U.S. Air Force already handed them $1.25 million to prove orbital return vehicles work. NASA visits their office. They won Best in Space

Packages delivered from China to the USA in 90 minutes?

Outpost will become the FedEx of space by making Earth re-entry affordable.

The U.S. Air Force already handed them $1.25 million to prove orbital return vehicles work.

NASA visits their office.

They won Best in Space
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I care deeply about Bitcoin innovation. Amid all the noise, stacks.btc and @Muneeb have consistently proven themselves as top Bitcoin innovators. Stacks’ new SIP-031 treasury management framework sets Stacks up for growth. Over half a billion dollars in Bitcoin is already

I care deeply about Bitcoin innovation.

Amid all the noise, <a href="/Stacks/">stacks.btc</a> and @Muneeb have consistently proven themselves as top Bitcoin innovators.

Stacks’ new SIP-031 treasury management framework sets Stacks up for growth.

Over half a billion dollars in Bitcoin is already
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The cure for AI hallucinations might be here. For the past few years, AI fact-checking programs have been fighting fire with fire. Now, there’s an AI fact-checking program that actually fights misinformation. Meet AI Seer’s Facticity.AI… A fact-checking tool that

The cure for AI hallucinations might be here.

For the past few years, AI fact-checking programs have been fighting fire with fire.

Now, there’s an AI fact-checking program that actually fights misinformation.

Meet AI Seer’s Facticity.AI…

A fact-checking tool that
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Join us for BitcoinFi Accelerator Demo Day on June 23! Meet the founders pitching the next wave of Bitcoin innovation. 🗓️Register now: bitcoinfi.network/demoday

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Not too long ago, we invested in someone from Pretoria, South Africa. He built some rockets, cars, and even satellites. Let's just say the returns weren’t too bad. Now we’ve found another Pretorian to invest in. @Kgast99, wields electricity in revolutionary ways, but this time,

Not too long ago, we invested in someone from Pretoria, South Africa. He built some rockets, cars, and even satellites. Let's just say the returns weren’t too bad.

Now we’ve found another Pretorian to invest in. @Kgast99, wields electricity in revolutionary ways, but this time,
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Carta is reporting that solo founder companies are skyrocketing, especially bootstrapped ones. Many VCs are more hesitant to fund solo founders. But we are always open to it. AI is making solo founders incredibly capable. Everyone can be a designer, engineer, etc.

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Imagine your brain on a chip. Self-learning and local processing. That’s CyberSwarm, Inc.. While everyone is focused on training larger language models, CyberSwarm is creating brain-on-a-chip platforms. Their neuromorphic computing approach mimics how our brains actually process

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Bitcoin recently hit 61% market share, up from 40% after the first boom-bust cycle and 50% after the last one. There is a gravitational pull toward Bitcoin. All the successful innovations on other platforms are being now ported to Bitcoin. This matters so much more than people

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Instead of forcing factories to adapt to robots, this robot adapts to existing operations! This is the Peer 3000. It’s Peer Robotics most advanced collaborative mobile robot yet, and it's solving a massive problem in manufacturing automation. They work with existing pallets,

Instead of forcing factories to adapt to robots, this robot adapts to existing operations!

This is the Peer 3000.

It’s <a href="/RoboticsPeer/">Peer Robotics</a> most advanced collaborative mobile robot yet, and it's solving a massive problem in manufacturing automation.

They work with existing pallets,
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The right drug. The first time. Every time. BioCorteX is one of a few startups to benefit from @NVIDIA's DGX Cloud Lepton AI platform (the same tech unveiled at NVIDIA’s GTC Paris at VivaTech). They’ll be leveraging NVIDIA's computing capabilities to fast-track the development

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We're not just talking about living longer anymore, we're talking about living younger... reversing biological age. At Draper Associates, we're backing the founders turning science fiction into healthcare reality. → Hexem Bio can take a 55-year-old cell and rewind it to an embryonic

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Mental health shouldn’t be a guessing game. But right now it is. Most therapy is done without the right data in hand. Founders of Allia, Amie Leighton and Saroosh Khan, are changing that. Allia is a precision mental health platform that’s tackling one of the most costly and

Mental health shouldn’t be a guessing game. But right now it is.

Most therapy is done without the right data in hand. Founders of Allia, Amie Leighton and Saroosh Khan, are changing that.

Allia is a precision mental health platform that’s tackling one of the most costly and
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Congratulations to our Draper Associates company Grifin 👏 Grifin helps you invest as you spend, automatically buying stock in the companies where you shop.

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AMBOSS ( AMBOSS ⚡ ) just launched Rails. It’s a self-custodial Bitcoin yield service that will transform how we think about Bitcoin infrastructure and returns. Users maintain full custody of Bitcoin while earning yield. The Lightning Network needs liquidity to function

AMBOSS ( <a href="/ambosstech/">AMBOSS ⚡</a> ) just launched Rails.

It’s a self-custodial Bitcoin yield service that will transform how we think about Bitcoin infrastructure and returns.

Users maintain full custody of Bitcoin while earning yield.

The Lightning Network needs liquidity to function
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The agent economy just went from $0 to billions overnight. AI agents just became… paying customers? AI agents, which now generate over half of all web traffic, were basically digital freeloaders. Until today. Agents couldn't sign up for accounts and they couldn't pay for

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86% of Americans don’t directly own any stock. Not because they don’t care, but because investing has always felt intimidating, complex, and out of reach. Grifin is changing that. We're thrilled to be part of Grifin's $11M Series A funding round and supporting their

86% of Americans don’t directly own any stock.

Not because they don’t care, but because investing has always felt intimidating, complex, and out of reach.

<a href="/grifinapp/">Grifin</a> is changing that.

We're thrilled to be part of Grifin's $11M Series A funding round and supporting their
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Mars is all carbon dioxide. → Could we put plants there first to generate oxygen so humans can colonize? I think that growing plants on Mars will be easier that sustaining human life for a while. Climate change is fundamentally shifting our environment. → One of our

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Firehawk Aerospace ( Firehawk ) is breaking ground on a cutting-edge rocket motor manufacturing facility near Fort Sill, OK. With a massive 320-acre land grant and $22 million in backing, this project will revolutionize U.S. defense production capabilities. What makes this