Daily Hard Tech Headlines:
- @DominionDynamic secured a $100M USD Series A led by Georgian. The Canadian defense technology startup develops Arctic surveillance systems, rugged sensors, and autonomous aircraft for operations in extreme environments.
- @HarpoonVentures secured $155M for Fund IV. The San Diego venture capital firm invests across critical American industries.
- @cantos has launched a new $70M fund focused on pre-seed and seed-stage deep tech investments.
- @biosphereio, which develops deployable biomanufacturing systems for producing food, fuels, chemicals, and materials, has acquired NovoNutrients, a developer of gas-fermentation and bioreactor technology.
- @BedrockRobotics successfully operated an autonomous excavator for several hours, stopping only after it exhausted the available dirt, according to Kevin Peterson.
- Walmart is deploying more than $300 million to integrate robotics into its Opelousas, Louisiana, distribution center.
- @iperionx secured $6.6M from the Department of War to scale titanium plate production and received a separate US Army order to produce titanium fasteners for Joint Light Tactical Vehicles used by the Army and Marine Corps.
- AWS is partnering with @anduriltech to bring edge computing into austere and contested environments through Anduril’s deployable data centers (pictured below), supporting mission operations, autonomy, logistics, and ISR.
- The FAA is proposing a new noise-based certification standard for commercial supersonic aircraft, potentially reopening supersonic flight across the United States after decades of restrictions.
- Nassau County, New York, has launched a $1 million drone-as-first-responder program for its police department.
- Kurita Water Industries, the Japanese water treatment firm, has partnered with Membrane Group India to launch a company focused on water infrastructure for India’s semiconductor industry.
- Nigeria has successfully discovered new rare earth deposits in the northern part of the country.
- Ambi Robotics and Pickle Robot Company have integrated their robotic systems to automate the unloading and palletizing of packages arriving at warehouses.
- @oasisdevices has launched a smart ring for private voice dictation and touch-based editing across devices.
- TYTAN Technologies, the German C-UAS startup, is building a new factory in Germany to expand production of its drone interceptors.
- Queue, a Bay Area company building an autonomous pharmacy using robotics, secured a $12.6M seed round led by @alley_corp.
