Daily Hard Tech Headlines:
- @8vc, the Austin, Texas-based venture capital firm, has secured $1.5 billion for its seventh fund to invest across critical American industries.
- Geneva Technologies, Inc. has secured a $4 million-plus contract focused on using rockets to transport cargo for the United States Air Force.
- @jobyaviation and Toyota Motor Corporation are forming a joint venture to manufacture eVTOL aircraft and scale the air taxi industry.
- Hydron Desalination, which develops modular desalination systems for treating hypersaline and contaminated water on-site, is now ready for pilot deployments.
- Eclipse Space has launched to give governments and enterprises control of their own sovereign satellite communications networks.
- @VELO3DMetal, the metal additive manufacturing company, is expanding operations with a new 288,747-square-foot facility in Livermore, California, significantly increasing its metal 3D printing capacity.
- @cosmic_robotics, the startup developing autonomous construction equipment for the solar industry, has been selected for Y Combinator’s summer cohort.
- The City of Virginia Beach Police Department is launching its Drone as a First Responder program, integrated with its real-time crime center.
- Amber Cable SIA is developing a subsea fiber-optic cable connecting six countries across the Baltic Sea region.
- @weaverobotics has launched its home robot, which can complete tasks such as cleaning and laundry.
- @oklo has secured DOE approval for the final safety analysis of its Groves Isotope Test Reactor, clearing a major milestone toward operational authorization and first criticality.
- LS GreenLink is investing $681 million to build a subsea power cable factory in Chesapeake, Virginia.
- @K2SpaceCo is expanding operations to Seattle, Washington.
- @BAESystemsInc has secured an additional $35 million to manufacture amphibious Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicles (pictured below) for the US Army, designed for Arctic operations.
