Launch will send six Block 4 satellites on a dedicated mission in 2028, direct-inject to GEO at 22,000 mi using an Impulse Helios upper stage. Demand is rising from sovereign and air-gapped network verticals.
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Launch scheduled for 2028.
Six Block 4 satellites will be launched.
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Fern model – 10M token context, 0.5M lines code
Fern, Mirendil’s first model, is pretrained from scratch with up to 10M tokens of context. It corresponds to roughly 0.5M lines of code or days of an agent’s work, all in context at once. The initial release, Fern 0.1, underwent a short round of post-training.
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Context length: up to 10M tokens
Scale: ~0.5M lines of code (roughly Megatron-LM scale)
Fern 0.1 had a short round of post-training
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Paradev launch and $11.5M seed round by USV and Y Combinator
Paradev, the former Superset code editor, launches and announces an $11.5M seed round led by USV with Y Combinator. The editor helps engineers run armies of coding agents.
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Superset is now Paradev, a code editor that helps engineers run armies of coding agents
Raised an $11.5M seed round led by USV with Y Combinator
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Reticle layer for AI agents launches free tier
Reticle, a verification layer for AI coding agents, offers a free forever plan for indie developers. It instruments codebase elements, captures runtime signals, and lets agents verify their own work, with pricing $49/mo for heavier usage.
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Users: 6,000–7,000 users
npm downloads: 120K downloads per month
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- Original post
- reticle.sh - Linked in the post
EveryApp launch – mission to make every app open source
EveryApp (YC F26) announced its mission to make every app open source. It started with OpenSEO, which has 24k GitHub stars. The post invites starring, trying, or building apps.
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Mission to make every app open source
Started with OpenSEO, 24k GitHub stars
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SKY-001 first Engineering World Model announced
SKY-001 is the first Engineering World Model, announced by Skyfall AI. A sneak-peek video lets researchers explain the approach, training and data collection paradigms.
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World-class research team behind SKY-001.
Sneak-peek video where researchers discuss what makes the approach unique.
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Finch 1 model announced, trained on 50+ sensors
Finch 1 is introduced as a model that works with any sensor, at any resolution, anywhere on Earth, trained on imagery from 50+ sensors. It is the first step toward a single model for all sensor types.
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Finch 1, first step toward one model that works with any sensor, at any resolution, anywhere on Earth
Trained on imagery from 50+ sensors across satellites, aircraft and drones
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Artemis IV targeting 2028 lunar landing by NASA
Artemis IV aims for a 2028 Moon landing, the first human return since 1972. Jared Isaacman challenges NASA to apply Apollo-level intensity. China plans a crewed landing by 2030.
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Target date: 2028 landing for Artemis IV
China goal: crewed lunar landing by 2030
Last human surface visit: 1972
Jared Isaacman challenge: bring Apollo-level intensity, discipline, and engineering ownership