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Huge congratulations to our customer Muon Space on two major milestones: 🏆 Awarded a $44.6M U.S. Space Force agreement for FireSat-SBEM 🔥 Recognized by TIME as one of the Best Inventions of 2025 for FireSat A well-deserved honor for a team leading the way in space-based monitoring and national security! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eXpVQ9Sp #MuonSpace #SpaceTech

We are positively stoked to share that Violet Labs CEO Lucy Hoag will be joining the Space Stage this year at TechCrunch Disrupt! Catch Lucy on The Aerospace Corporation's panel "AI at the Edge: Startups Powering the Future of Space". We can't wait to hear the latest from pioneering voices like Bridgit Mendler at Northwood, Max Haot at Vast and Will Bruey from Varda Space Industries. Registered for Disrupt this year? Drop us a line -- let's meet! https://lnkd.in/dbfuxThc

The LA Hardware Meetup is tomorrow, Thursday, Oct 26! Duro CEO Michael Corr will be there with co-hosts First Resonance at their new office. Come mingle with some of the most ambitious builders in LA’s #hardware scene. Swap ideas, show what you’re working on, and connect with fellow engineers, founders, and operators. 📍 First Resonance, El Segundo 🕡 6:30–9:30 PM 🎤 Guest speakers: • Karan Talati, CEO of First Resonance • Gustavo Castillo, CEO of Pinto Robotics 📌 RSVP while there’s still space: https://luma.com/mph0lgdt #latechweek #lahwmeetup #losangeles

It's #latechweek — and we’re teaming up with TECH WEEK by a16z, intent, MistyWest, Second Order Effects, and Knectiv to host two back-to-back events this Thursday! We’re excited to bring LA’s #hardtech community together for an afternoon of ideas, connection, and collaboration — one location, two events, and most importantly, the same parking spot. 📍 Santa Monica Brew Works 📅 Thursday, Oct 16 🍽 Building, Scaling & Funding HardTech – Lunch & Panel (12–2 PM) Join founders, investors, and operators sharing insights on creating real products in the physical world. 👉 RSVP: https://lnkd.in/ebDiPXB2 🍻 Hard Tech Happy Hour (3–6 PM) Unwind and talk shop with the community shaping the next generation of connected devices. 👉 RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eW64qBt8 These events are free, but tickets are limited, so grab yours today!

Day 1 of LA Tech Week!!! We’re kicking off with Andreessen Horowitz official kickoff, Fenwick & West's founder bootcamp at Barry's, AWS Startups's culver cup GenAI film showcase, and Workday's entertainment + AI forum. Plus a packed slate of agents, hackathons, pitch nights, and founder meetups. Here’s what’s happening on day 1: a16z & friends • 6:00 PM – official a16z LA tech week kickoff (a16z) • 8:15 AM – hiit the ground running @ barry’s (fenwick) • 3:00 PM – culver cup: AWS genAI film showcase (AWS startups) • 5:30 PM – hollywood’s new golden age (workday) early morning • 7:30 AM – delphi × D.E. shaw run & coffee • 7:30 AM – surf meetup for founders & investors (venice breakwater) • 8:30 AM – techwalk (beverly hills) • 9:00 AM – hiit & hustle launch (rally group) AI, agents & infra • 9:00 AM – building an AI startup (mucker capital) • 11:00 AM – live “iron chef” vibe-coding (mucker capital) • 1:00 PM – build AI agents w/ ADK (mucker capital) • 2:00 PM – agents meet LA cohort (walnut AI) • 5:00 PM – the future of developer experience (deskree + friends) • 5:00 PM – the AI-powered storyteller (artera + ketchum) • 8:30 AM – AI that amplifies human connection (wildwood ventures) hackathons & competitions • 10:00 AM – startup world cup (syndicate AI) • 10:00 AM – web3 & AI pitch competition (ga^3in ventures) • 5:30 PM – techstars startup weekend: consumer × AI (digitalocean) • 7:30 PM – tech pitch roast comedy (founders get roasted) • 8:00 PM – hackSC × lovable hackathon kickoff (USC) health, climate, space & hard tech • 10:00 AM – astrobee returns to flight (USC ISI) • 2:30 PM – new space race (USC ISI) • 4:00 PM – how data powers aerospace & defense (mission space) • 6:00 PM – building in space (imagining forward) founder community, networking & social • 9:00 AM – coworking @ day one HQ (drop-in) • 5:00 PM – founders’ happy hour @ esters (objective × partners) • 6:00 PM – beverly hills tech mixer (city of beverly hills) • 6:00 PM – crypto mondays (sound money) • 6:15 PM – consumer social dinner @ chance house • 8:00 PM – afterhours LA nightcap (salesbricks & friends) media, music & culture • 6:00 PM – cinema 2.0: tech × storytelling × film • 6:30 PM – the AI music & video evolution (moss venice) • 6:30 PM – fashion tech dinner (the selling network) HSBC Innovation Banking Fenwick & West IBM Anthropic Deel Amazon Web Services (AWS) PwC Atlassian Dataiku Workday CodeRabbit See you around!

We’re excited to co-host the next LA Hardware Meetup with our partner First Resonance during TECH WEEK by a16z! Come talk shop with LA’s top robotics, manufacturing, and climate tech innovators on Thursday, October 16, in El Segundo. Notable speakers: 🔹 Karan Talati, CEO of First Resonance 🔹 Gustavo Castillo, CEO of Pinto Robotics Duro CEO Michael Corr will be there and looks forward to chatting with you all! 📌 Reserve your spot - https://luma.com/mph0lgdt #latechweek #lahwmeetup #losangeles

Hard Tech is taking over #latechweek and Duro will be right in the mix! From Robotics and Sensors to AI/ML, Manufacturing, and IoT, we’re bringing the ecosystem together for an epic lunch panel + happy hour. 📅 Thurs, Oct 16 📍 Santa Monica Brew Works 🍺 One parking spot = both events Spend your afternoon with the people building the future of physical innovation! Grab your space below 👇 🔹Lunch & Panel - https://lnkd.in/eepTnihj 🔹Happy Hour - https://lnkd.in/eW64qBt8

IonQ Chairman and CEO Niccolo De Masi joined Fox Business Network's The Claman Countdown to discuss the future of computing and IonQ’s role in creating the global quantum internet and quantum-secure communications.  With the leading commercial roadmap in quantum computing, networking, and sensing, on the ground and now in space, IonQ is positioned to help drive national and economic security through quantum innovation. https://lnkd.in/geYP9rRZ