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Huge congrats to @KaranKunjur and @neelkunjur and the whole K2 Space crew! The satellites keep getting bigger and so does the momentum 🚀
Our biggest round yet: @K2SpaceCo has raised a $500M Series D at a $6.8B post-money valuation. The round was led by @kleinerperkins and @ICONIQCapital, with participation from @CapitalG, @lightspeedvp, @AltimeterCap, @sparkcapital, Sands Capital, @ARKInvest, @TRowePrice, and other existing investors.
"Scaling” is probably the word I’ve used most often the past few months in conversations with our investors, customers, and employees when talking about what’s next for K2 Space in 2027 and beyond:
--We’re going to continue to scale up mass production, to deliver against the $1B + in contracts we’ve won to-date.
--We’re going to scale up the satellite itself, from the 20kW Mega to the 100kW class Giga. Its no longer just 100kW, but we’ll save that update for another day.
The capital from the Series D will turbocharge this scaling.
Thanks to everyone who has been on this journey with us for the last four years – let's keep building bigger.
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IT'S TIME!!! 🤘🎸🕛🎄 #SoldeJaneiroPartner
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Why have neither Anthropic nor OpenAI purchased the rights to use Majel Barrett's voice? IMO both Claude and GPT should sound like Majel Barrett when they talk.
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“We have powerful tools: openness, optimism and the spirit of curiosity” - Captain Jean-Luc Picard
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it is so rude when you finally reply to people's emails and then they immediately write you back
like wtf, i'm trying to triage an inbox over here
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Jean-Luc Picard remains the single most compelling vision of progressive politics I am familiar with — secular, rational, compassionate, egalitarian; a believer in progress & abundance but also duty, hard work, and a constant battle for self-improvement and improving the world.
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Whether or not it's good that the Canadian gov invested directly in @cohere - this customer testimonial is hilarious
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Too sad to say much about this. One of the few celebrity deaths that could make me choke up reading it.
One of the great human beings of planet Earth. LLAP 💔
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:
Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund
alzresearch.org/giving/
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources
alzfdn.org/donate/
Photo Credit: Tommy Garcia
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Absolutely heartbreaking. This man is greatly responsible for my love of space.
Rest in peace, Sir Patrick Stewart. We’ll continue exploring the stars in your memory.
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In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:
Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund
alzresearch.org/giving/
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources
alzfdn.org/donate/
Photo Credit: Tommy Garcia
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One of the top videos of the year. I think I would happily subscribe to a channel that only streamed videos featuring Michael Jordan's & Tom Brady's ruthless competitiveness and Léa Seydoux's utter disdain (delivered with great charm) for anything that is not excellent.
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Our propulsion team is cooking with gas! (Krypton gas in fact)
20.6kW achieved on orbit on our Gravitas mission. This concludes demonstration of the full operational envelope of our in house hall thruster system on orbit - the highest power ever fired in space by 4x! The Gravitas mission continues to add to the record books.
Every propulsion system we build from here will be even better than the last, starting with our new 2-axis gimbaled system shown below launching on our next mission. These systems will eventually propel our spacecraft to Mars and beyond.
With a 20.6kW burn, we just shattered the record for highest Hall thruster burn ever completed on orbit – four times more powerful than any thruster that has ever flown in space.
And that’s just the beginning. We’re continuing to test and refine our in-house, custom-designed avionics and propulsion systems for next year’s launches. Below, our gimbal moves our thruster while it fires in our vacuum chamber. Of course, we couldn’t resist the opportunity to draw our Dyson sphere logo, which represents the abundant space future that we’re aiming for as we push the bounds of what’s possible in space.
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With heavy hearts, we say goodbye to beloved sloth Hurricane, who has passed away at 29. ❤️
Known for her curious nature and special bond with her care team, Hurricane brought joy to countless visitors and leaves behind lasting memories. She will be deeply missed.
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Hey so this is the best commercial created in my lifetime and it's not close
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