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💥 Big News - ANYbotics Raises $60M to Accelerate Global Expansion! 💥 📢 We’re thrilled to announce that ANYbotics has raised additional funding, bringing our total funding to $130 million. This milestone marks a significant step in accelerating our global scaling and U.S. expansion to meet the growing demand for industrial inspection robots and deliver exceptional services and seamless integrations across industries like energy, power, metals, mining, and chemicals. Led by Qualcomm Ventures and Supernova Invest and joined by new investors such as TDK Ventures along with continued support from Walden Catalyst Ventures, NGP Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Swisscom Ventures and Swisscanto, this funding underscores the growing demand for our AI-driven industrial inspection robots. 📈 What’s next? With growing demand from leading industry clients like bp, Siemens Energy, Equinor, PETROBRAS PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA, and Outokumpu, we’re scaling faster than ever to reshape the future of industrial inspection globally. With the opening of our new Silicon Valley office, we are bringing faster deployments and tailored solutions to North American customers. We’re also elevating #ANYmal to the next level - with cutting-edge features such as AI-powered analytics, expanded sensor capabilities, and deeper integrations with partners like SAP and Amazon Web Services (AWS) driving safety, efficiency, and operational excellence like never before. This remarkable progress is thanks to the unwavering support of our partners, investors, and our exceptional team of 200+ experts from over 35 nationalities, all dedicated to shaping the future of autonomous industrial inspection. 📖 Discover more about our vision https://hubs.la/Q02_n5TV0.

Astranis has won a DoD contract to design next-gen Resilient GPS satellites. R-GPS is a new $1.9 billion program to: ▸ build 24+ small satellites ▸ boost GPS resilience ▸ deter GPS attacks by America's adversaries Here’s why it matters, and why we’re honored to play a part: It’s an open secret that GPS is unusable today on the front lines of conflict. The Russia-Ukraine frontline is known as the “most signal-dense conflict zone in human history,” and China and Russia alike have fielded anti-satellite capabilities capable of kinetic attack. If our GPS satellites are vulnerable, our warfighters are vulnerable. As Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said, “the U.S. cannot project power successfully unless our space-based services are resilient enough to endure while under attack.” GPS degradation would also be a massive problem for the American economy. A Department of Commerce report estimated that the impact of a GPS outage would be $1 billion per day. Or much higher. Space Force’s answer is Resilient GPS: a new program that will deploy up to $1.9 billion to build 24+ small satellites to supplement the existing constellation. And they are moving at lightning speed— Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has personally led the charge on this, using the DoD’s “quick start” authority for the first time ever — and six months later, Astranis has already been awarded a contract for the initial design phase. The goal of the program is deterrence through proliferation. The Head of Space Force, 4-star General Chance Salzman said it best: “If it only takes me five satellites to perform a mission, that’s not very many targets for an adversary to think about. But if we proliferate that out to hundreds of satellites performing that [mission], it changes the attack calculus substantially.” Our solution for Resilient GPS is our newest product — Astranis Nexus. Astranis Nexus takes our existing small, high-orbit satellite design, and applies it to a new mission area. It’s our first move beyond GEO, and beyond comms. But it won’t be our last. We’re honored and humbled to play a part in such an important program. In just a few years, your phone might connect with an Astranis satellite every single day. That’s a huge responsibility. But we’re ready for it. Link to CNBC article: https://lnkd.in/gGRnP9CC

We are humbled to have our CEO Mike Xu be recognized as one of the most exceptional entrepreneurs of 2024 this week at Goldman Sachs’ Builders and Innovators Summit held October 16-18th in Healdsberg, CA. 👏👏👏 We're excited to see what ideas start with #GSInnovators and we look forward to hearing from other leading entrepreneurs and thought leaders at the summit. 🤝 Check out the full Press Release via the link in the comments below 🔗👇

🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇨🇭 We’re Hiring: Marketing Manager for our DACH region 🚀 Ready to take charge of driving growth in one of our most exciting regions? Upway is looking for a Marketing Manager to lead our marketing efforts in DACH and help scale our business. This is a key role where you’ll be responsible for growing traffic, customer acquisition, and revenue through a wide range of marketing channels including SEA, SEO, CRM, partnerships, and more. 🤩 What makes this role even more exciting? You’ll be working with an amazing team of colleagues – Fabienne, Diogo, Torben, Carlota, Guilherme, Dario – as well as collaborating with top-notch agencies like Moritz & Ad Specialist GmbH, PIABO, Claneo | Internationales SEO & Content Marketing, and more! If you’re passionate about leading marketing efforts that directly impact Upway’s growth in Germany, we’d love to hear from you! #Hiring #MarketingManager #MarketingJobs #DACHRegion #GermanyJobs #CareerOpportunity #DigitalMarketing #GrowthMarketing #SEO #SEA #CRM #CustomerAcquisition #Upway

🚀 Fivetran has hit a major milestone! We've surpassed $300M in annual recurring revenue — driven by the growing demand for automated data movement and AI-powered decision-making. Trusted by industry leaders like OpenAI, BlackRock, Saks Fifth Avenue and NAB, Fivetran empowers organizations to move data securely and efficiently, powering GenAI applications, real-time decision-making and optimized business operations. Read the announcement: https://5tran.co/47HQWYa

Astranis has raised a $200 million Series D, led by a16z Growth Fund and co-led by BAM Elevate. This brings our total capital raised to $750 million, and gets us one step closer to launching 100 MicroGEO satellites by 2030 — and connecting millions to affordable internet. It also fully funds our Omega development program: https://lnkd.in/guRrUXFx Thank you to our participating investors for their support! Andreessen Horowitz, BAM Elevate, BlackRock, Fidelity Investments, Baillie Gifford, Uncorrelated, Y Combinator, Friends & Family Capital, Haystack, Metaplanet, SV Angel, Garage VC, Refactor, PWV/RedwoodJS, Trinity Capital, Jeff Dean, and others.

We are thrilled to announce that Shaped has secured $8 million USD in Series A funding to make AI-powered personalization easier. The round was led by Madrona Ventures with participation from Y-Combinator and executives and founders from Clickhouse, Docusign, Okta, Rippling, and StitchFix. Consumers expect personalized digital experiences with every brand, but under the hood, this can be difficult to build and orchestrate. Shaped was founded to help companies leverage their data into powerful user experiences that drive business outcomes. We're not just building another personalization engine; we're building the foundation for a future where every user interaction is informed, intelligent, and impactful. This funding round is a monumental step in our journey as we continue to scale Shaped. Thank you to our customers, our investors, and our developer community who have helped us get here. Read the full news here: https://lnkd.in/gbEHmSS9