Optimus robots production forecast 50k units per year impact. The post projects top humanoid firms reaching 1 million annual production by 2029-2030 and cites examples like Intuitive Surgical selling ~2,000 systems yearly. It estimates a US robot on 2-3 shifts creates >$100k value per year, >$500k over five years, and >$25b annual value at 50k robots per year.
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Top humanoid companies reaching 1 million annual production rate in 2029-2030.
Intuitive Surgical sells ~2,000 robot systems per year; Unitree sold ~5,500 humanoids last year; Symbotic sells 5,000-10,000 SymBots per year.
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Applied Compute crosses $100M ARR, raises $350M
Applied Compute announced a $100M annualized revenue run rate, up from zero 18 months ago, and a $350M funding round at a $3.25B valuation. The update also notes 40% of customers use the platform for both custom model training and production inference, and inference serving reached 1 trillion tokens per day 12 weeks after launch.
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Revenue: crossed $100M annualized revenue run rate up from zero 18 months ago
Funding: raised $350M at $3.25B led by Elad Gil
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Neros partners with America on $615M drone factory
Neros partners with America to build a next-generation factory for millions of drones and components per year, backed by a $615M financing package. The financing includes a $450M conditional loan from the Office of Strategic Capital and $165M of Neros equity. The effort seeks top engineers and manufacturing experts.
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$450M conditional loan commitment from the Office of Strategic Capital under the @deptofwar.
$165M Neros equity added to accelerate vertically integrated drone production and in-house component manufacturing.
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Securitize Stocks add 13 on Solana, Disney
Securitize Stocks add 13 on Solana, Disney, and other companies. Each token is backed 1:1 by a real share held in custody, with dividends passed through to holders.
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Token backed 1: 1 by a real share held in custody
Dividends passed through to holders
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Ryhla launch - grid modeling for faster connection
Ryhla launches, offering grid models to locate optimal project spots and accelerate connection. It targets solar, batteries, EV chargers and data centers.
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Launch: Ryhla (YC F26) announced today.
Function: Builds models of the distribution grid to find the best spots for projects and get connected faster.
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Radiant DOE approval for Kaleidos microreactor full power
Radiant received U.S. Department of Energy approval of its Documented Safety Analysis for the Kaleidos microreactor, making it the only microreactor reviewed and approved for full power operations. The approval covers more than criticality, extending to full-power operation.
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DOE approval of Radiant’s Documented Safety Analysis for Kaleidos
Only microreactor reviewed and approved by DOE for full power operations
Approval not limited to criticality, includes full-power operation
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SuperstateInc added to NYSE transfer agent network
SuperstateInc joins NYSE transfer agent network for tokenized securities, alongside Computershare, Equiniti and Broadridge. The network serves nearly 99% of the S&P 500.
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Transfer agent network includes Computershare, Equiniti, Broadridge
Those three together serve nearly 99% of the S&P 500
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Marvell acquire Lumentum definitive agreement
MarvellTech announced a definitive agreement to acquire Lumentum. Full transaction details are in a Wilson Sonsini release.
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Agreement: definitive agreement to acquire Lumentum
Legal: Wilson Sonsini team involved in the transaction
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- Original post
- wsgr.com - Linked in the post
