Zipline raised $1.5 billion at a $21.5 billion valuation and signed a contract with Walmart to expand autonomous delivery to 300 supercenters. The company reports over 150m commercial autonomous miles and delivery noise that is six times quieter than the closest competitor.
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Funding: $1.5 billion raised, valuation $21.5 billion.
Contract: Walmart partnership to scale delivery to 300 supercenters.
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VFlash delivers 12x faster decoding, 5.1x robot speedup
VFlash delivers 12x faster decoding, 5.1x robot inference speedup on edge GPUs, and up to 61% lower 3D trajectory error. It outputs fixed-length geometric vectors in parallel instead of autoregressive token decoding.
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12x faster action decoding
5.1x overall robot inference speedup on edge GPUs like the Jetson Thor and DGX Spark
up to 61% lower 3D trajectory error
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slashapp crosses $500m revenue with under 100 staff
slashapp announced it has crossed $500 million in annualized revenue while employing fewer than 100 people. The company noted a $540 million run rate reached in six years.
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Revenue: $500 million annualized revenue.
Workforce: under 100 employees.
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Zipline raises $1.5b at $21.5b valuation
Zipline raised $1.5b, reaching a $21.5b valuation. When it started, autonomous flying in the US was illegal and the company began on a cow.
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Funding: $1.5b raised.
Valuation: $21.5b.
Early constraint: autonomous flying in the US was illegal.
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Starlink connects clinic serving 10 islands
Starlink connects clinic serving 10 islands with high-speed internet. Pangkep’s local government equipped Sailus Health Center, enabling staff to send patient referrals online and coordinate care across the islands.
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Starlink provides high-speed internet to Sailus Health Center.
The clinic serves 10 remote islands in Indonesia.
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Chai partners Roche to use AI models for drug discovery
Chai partners Roche to use AI models for drug discovery. Announcement states a collaboration with Roche to apply Chai’s AI models in drug discovery.
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Collaboration: partnership with Roche
Application: Chai’s AI models used for drug discovery