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CompanyWeeklyNov 3 6 days ago

Rendezvous Robotics

Added in Space technology. Rendezvous Robotics builds modular spacecraft that autonomously assemble and reconfigure in orbit.

CompanyWeeklyNov 3 6 days ago

Bleu Robotics

Added in Humanoid robots. Bleu Robotics, a Paris-based startup building AI models for industrial humanoid robots, has raised a €5 million pre-Seed round, to reach its goal of…

CompanyWeeklyOct 27 13 days ago

Wingtech Technology

Added in Advanced semiconductors. Wingtech Technology is a Chinese partially state-owned publicly-traded semiconductor and communications product integration company based in Jiaxing, Zhejiang.

16 more companies: Winbond, VIGO Photonics, Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation and others
  • Winbond Added in Advanced semiconductors. Winbond Electronics Corporation is a Taiwan-based corporation founded in 1987.
  • VIGO Photonics Added in Photonics. Vigo Photonics is a Polish electronics company that specializes in the creation of photonic integrated circuits and epitaxial wafers.
  • Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation Added in Advanced semiconductors. Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (VIS) is a Taiwanese specialized IC foundry service provider, founded in December 1994 in Hsinchu Science…
  • United Microelectronics Corporation Added in Advanced semiconductors. United Microelectronics Corporation is a Taiwanese company based in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
  • Tsinghua Unigroup Added in Advanced semiconductors. Tsinghua Unigroup Co., Ltd. is a state-owned Chinese technology and semiconductor manufacturer that also supplies digital infrastructure and services…
  • Thales Group Added in Space technology. Thales S.A., trading as Thales Group, is a French multinational aerospace and defence corporation specialising in electronics.
  • SUMCO Added in Advanced semiconductors. SUMCO Corporation is a Japanese semiconductor company, manufacturing silicon wafers for semiconductor manufacturers worldwide.
  • STMicroelectronics Added in Advanced semiconductors. STMicroelectronics NV is a European multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company.
  • Rockchip Added in Advanced semiconductors. Rockchip is a Chinese fabless semiconductor company based in Fuzhou, Fujian province.
  • Renesas Electronics Added in Advanced semiconductors. Renesas Electronics Corporation is a Japanese semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo.
  • Nordic Semiconductor Added in Advanced semiconductors. Nordic Semiconductor ASA was founded in 1983 and is a Norwegian fabless technology company with its headquarters in Trondheim, Norway.
  • MediaTek Added in Advanced semiconductors. ……
  • Infineon Technologies Added in Advanced semiconductors. Infineon Technologies AG is a German company which designs and manufactures semiconductor devices.
  • Himax Added in Advanced semiconductors. Himax Technologies, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Tainan City, Taiwan founded on 12 June 2001.
  • RhymeQ Added in Quantum computing. RhymeQ is a quantum computing startup simplifying quantum programming.
  • QuantrolOx Added in Quantum computing. QuantrolOx is a quantum computing spinout from the University of Oxford.
RoundWeeklyOct 27 13 days ago

Peak Energy

Raised $108M (Series B).

2 more rounds: RhymeQ, QuantrolOx
  • RhymeQ Raised $2M (Pre-seed), led by Ground State Ventures.
  • QuantrolOx Raised $13M (Series A).
EventReviewOct 26 2 weeks ago

Hunting Red Leaves with Satellites

Taken off the site after review.

5 more events: Spiral’s Edge, NASA Invites Media to 2026 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium, APOD: 2026 October 16 – Chasing the International Space Station and others
  • Spiral’s Edge Taken off the site after review.
  • NASA Invites Media to 2026 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium Taken off the site after review.
  • APOD: 2026 October 16 – Chasing the International Space Station Taken off the site after review.
  • NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Florida Students Taken off the site after review.
  • APOD: 2026 October 10 – Lunar Farside Taken off the site after review.
CompanyWeeklyOct 20 2 weeks ago

BlackSky

Added in Space technology. BlackSky Technology Inc. is an American company that provides geospatial intelligence services, such as satellite imagery and data analytics.

5 more companies: ams OSRAM AG, Wolfspeed, Planet Labs and others
  • ams OSRAM AG Added in Advanced semiconductors. ams OSRAM AG is an Austrian semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Premstätten, Austria with a co-headquarters in Munich, Germany.
  • Wolfspeed Added in Advanced semiconductors. Wolfspeed, Inc. is an American developer and manufacturer of wide-bandgap semiconductors, focused on silicon carbide materials and devices for power…
  • Planet Labs Added in Space technology. Planet Labs PBC, known as "Planet.", is a publicly traded American Earth imaging company based in San Francisco, California.
  • KP Labs Added in Space technology. Polish company KP Labs, which develops solutions for processing satellite data directly in Earth orbit, has received €4.42 million (PLN 19.4 million) from…
  • 120ft Added in Humanoid robots. 120ft builds and operates autonomous microfactories run by humanoid robots.
RoundWeeklyOct 20 2 weeks ago

KP Labs

Raised $5M.

2 more rounds: 120ft, Tenstorrent
  • 120ft Raised $1M (Seed).
  • Tenstorrent Raised $1.5B (Series E), led by Trace Capital and Innovation X.
CompanyWeeklyOct 13 3 weeks ago

Momentus

Added in Space technology. Momentus Inc. is an American commercial space company headquartered in San Jose, California.

11 more companies: Mailchimp, Intel Programmable Solutions Group (Altera), DISH Network and others
  • Mailchimp Added in Space technology. Mailchimp is a marketing automation and email marketing platform, operated by Rocket Science Group, a subsidiary of Intuit.
  • Intel Programmable Solutions Group (Altera) Added in Advanced semiconductors. Altera Corporation is a manufacturer of programmable logic devices (PLDs) headquartered in San Jose, California, with a primary focus on field-programmable…
  • DISH Network Added in Space technology. DISH Network LLC, often referred to as Dish, an abbreviation for Digital Sky Highway, formerly EchoStar Communications Corporation and DISH Network…
  • Collins Aerospace Added in Space technology. Collins Aerospace is an American aviation and defense technology company, which is one of the world's largest suppliers of aerospace and defense products.
  • CNBC Added in Space technology. The Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) is an American business news channel owned by Versant.
  • MintNeuro Added in Brain-computer interfaces. MintNeuro builds specialized semiconductor chips for neural devices and brain-computer interfaces.
  • Mecka AI Added in Humanoid robots. Mecka AI collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots.
  • Universal Quantum Added in Quantum computing. Universal Quantum builds large-scale, modular quantum computing systems.
  • Oratomic Added in Quantum computing. Oratomic develops neutral-atom quantum computing systems using reconfigurable arrays.
  • Sinopec (China) Added in Advanced geothermal. 57 papers in this field in 24 months (OpenAlex)
  • NTT (Japan) Added in Photonics. 80 papers in this field in 24 months (OpenAlex)
RoundWeeklyOct 13 3 weeks ago

MintNeuro

Raised $5M, led by Odyssey Ventures.

3 more rounds: Mecka AI, Universal Quantum, Oratomic
EventReviewOct 7 4 weeks ago

October 2026 Satellite Puzzler

Taken off the site after review.

11 more events: NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Spacecraft Departure, Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Its 2026 Minimum, NASA Astronaut Christina Koch at Eagles vs. Rams and others
  • NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Spacecraft Departure Taken off the site after review.
  • Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Its 2026 Minimum Taken off the site after review.
  • NASA Astronaut Christina Koch at Eagles vs. Rams Taken off the site after review.
  • NASA to Stream SpaceX Crew-12 Return, Splashdown Live Taken off the site after review.
  • Mapping the Gaps in NASA’s Return to the Moon, featuring Richard Spolzino Taken off the site after review.
  • Moon-Like Madagascar Taken off the site after review.
  • NASA’s Webb Provides Crash Course on Planet-Shattering Collisions Taken off the site after review.
  • NASA Welcomes San Marino Signing the Artemis Accords Taken off the site after review.
  • How 2 US, European Satellites Are Studying Hurricanes During El Niño Taken off the site after review.
  • US-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption Taken off the site after review.
  • NASA Welcomes Côte d’Ivoire as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory Taken off the site after review.
RoundWeeklyOct 6 4 weeks ago

O-ID

Raised $1M (Pre-seed).

3 more rounds: Blackswan Space, OSCP, Volantis
  • Blackswan Space Raised $3M, led by Iron Wolf Capital.
  • OSCP Raised an undisclosed amount (Series A), led by New Science Ventures.
  • Volantis Raised $88M (Series A), led by Lachy Groom and Abstract Ventures.
CompanyWeeklyOct 6 4 weeks ago

O-ID

Added in Humanoid robots. O-ID builds modular humanoid robots for industrial manufacturing and logistics.

3 more companies: Blackswan Space, OSCP, Volantis
  • Blackswan Space Added in Space technology. Blackswan Space develops autonomous spacecraft navigation software.
  • OSCP Added in Photonics. OSCP develops photonic inertial measurement units (IMUs) for navigation.
  • Volantis Added in Photonics. Volantis develops photonic inference systems for AI.
TechnologyFirst loadSep 25 6 weeks ago

6G wireless

Tracked from here on: The mobile network generation after 5G, designed to use AI in the radio, new spectrum and radios that can also sense their surroundings.

CompanyWeeklySep 25 6 weeks ago

Eliyan

Joined in Photonics. Makes die-to-die chiplet interconnect PHYs for AI and HPC packages.

CompanyWeeklySep 25 6 weeks ago

Ventana Micro Systems

Added in Advanced semiconductors.

37 more companies: Texas Instruments, Teradyne, Synopsys and others
  • Texas Instruments Added in Advanced semiconductors. Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
  • Teradyne Added in Advanced semiconductors. Teradyne, Inc. is an American automatic test equipment (ATE) designer and manufacturer based in North Reading, Massachusetts.
  • Synopsys Added in Advanced semiconductors. Synopsys, Inc. is an American multinational electronic design automation (EDA) company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that focuses on design and…
  • Skyworks Added in Advanced semiconductors. Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is an American semiconductor company headquartered in Irvine, California, United States.
  • SiTime Added in Advanced semiconductors. SiTime Corporation is a publicly traded fabless chipmaker based in Santa Clara, California that develops micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), used for…
  • Sandisk Added in Advanced semiconductors. Sandisk Corporation is an American multinational computer semiconductor company based in Milpitas, California.
  • Rambus Added in Advanced semiconductors. Rambus Inc. is an American technology company that designs, develops and licenses chip interface technologies and architectures that are used in digital…
  • Qorvo Added in Advanced semiconductors. Qorvo, Inc. is an American multinational company specializing in products for wireless, wired, and power markets.
  • Onto Innovation Added in Advanced semiconductors. Onto Innovation Inc. is an American semiconductor company formed in 2019 from the merger of Rudolph Technologies, Inc. and Nanometrics Incorporated.
  • onsemi Added in Advanced semiconductors. ON Semiconductor Corporation is an American semiconductor supplier company, based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
  • NXP Semiconductors Added in Advanced semiconductors. NXP Semiconductors N.V. is a Dutch semiconductor manufacturing and design company with headquarters in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
  • Monolithic Power Added in Advanced semiconductors. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. is an American, publicly traded company headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida.
  • Micron Added in Advanced semiconductors. Micron Technology, Inc. is an American multinational semiconductor company that manufactures computer memory and computer data storage products, including…
  • Microchip Added in Advanced semiconductors. Microchip Technology Incorporated is an American publicly traded semiconductor corporation that manufactures microcontrollers, microprocessors, integrated…
  • MACOM Added in Advanced semiconductors. MACOM Technology Solutions, Inc. is an American developer and producer of radio, microwave, and millimeter wave semiconductor devices and components.
  • Lattice Semiconductor Added in Advanced semiconductors. Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is an American semiconductor company specializing in the design and manufacturing of low-power field-programmable gate…
  • KLA Added in Advanced semiconductors. KLA Corporation is an American company based in Milpitas, California that makes wafer fab equipment.
  • GlobalFoundries Added in Advanced semiconductors. GlobalFoundries Inc. is a multinational semiconductor technology development, design and contract manufacturing company domiciled in the Cayman Islands and…
  • Entegris Added in Advanced semiconductors. Entegris, Inc. is a supplier of materials for the semiconductor and other high-tech industries.
  • Credo Added in Advanced semiconductors.
  • Cerebras Added in Advanced semiconductors. Cerebras Systems Inc., headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, develops semiconductors, supercomputers, and related software to power artificial intelligence…
  • Cadence Added in Advanced semiconductors. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology and computational software company headquartered in San Jose, California.
  • Broadcom Added in Advanced semiconductors. Broadcom Inc. is an American multinational designer, developer, manufacturer, and global supplier of a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software…
  • Astera Labs Added in Advanced semiconductors. Astera Labs, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, California, is a fabless manufacturing company that develops connectivity technologies and related software that…
  • Arm Added in Advanced semiconductors. Arm Holdings plc is a British semiconductor and software design company headquartered in Cambridge, England, whose primary business is the design of central…
  • Analog Devices Added in Advanced semiconductors. Analog Devices, Inc.
  • AMD Added in Advanced semiconductors. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  • LimX Dynamics Added in Humanoid robots. LimX Dynamics builds humanoid and legged robots and the software stack that runs them.
  • Humanoid Added in Humanoid robots. Humanoid develops wheeled industrial humanoid robots for manufacturing, logistics and retail work.
  • OLIX Added in Photonics. Builds photonic inference processors and rack systems for serving large AI models.
  • XPENG Robotics Added in Humanoid robots. XPENG Robotics, the robotics unit of XPeng, develops the IRON humanoid robot and physical AI models.
  • Morphotonics Added in AR glasses. Netherlands-based deeptech companyMorphotonics has raised more than €40 million in Series B funding to scale itsmanufacturing technology for AI glasses…
  • China National Petroleum Corporation (China) Added in Advanced geothermal. 59 papers in this field in 24 months (OpenAlex)
  • China General Nuclear Power Corporation (China) Added in Advanced nuclear. 177 papers in this field in 24 months (OpenAlex)
  • Atomic Energy (Canada) Added in Advanced nuclear. 220 papers in this field in 24 months (OpenAlex)
  • Robotics Research (United States) Added in Humanoid robots. 139 papers in this field in 24 months (OpenAlex)
  • China Mobile (China) Added in 6G wireless. 86 papers in this field in 24 months (OpenAlex)
RoundWeeklySep 25 6 weeks ago

LimX Dynamics

Raised $200M (Growth).

5 more rounds: Humanoid, OLIX, XPENG Robotics and others
  • Humanoid Raised $152M (Series A), led by Prime Movers Lab.
  • OLIX Raised $312M (Series B), led by Fundomo and Arm.
  • XPENG Robotics Raised $900M (Series A), led by IDG Capital.
  • Crusoe Raised $3.9B.
  • Morphotonics Raised $47M (Series B).
EventReviewSep 25 6 weeks ago

US-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption

Status set to rejected (duplicate of 399).

3 more events: Rocket Lab filed an 8-K: reported other events, Rigetti Computing filed an 8-K: entered a material agreement; sold unregistered shares; reported other events, Medtronic filed an 8-K: reported other events
  • Rocket Lab filed an 8-K: reported other events Taken off the site after review.
  • Rigetti Computing filed an 8-K: entered a material agreement; sold unregistered shares; reported other events Taken off the site after review.
  • Medtronic filed an 8-K: reported other events Taken off the site after review.
CompanyFirst loadSep 25 6 weeks ago

Rohde & Schwarz

Joined in 6G wireless. Test and measurement company that built an AI-powered 6G receiver with Nokia.

32 more companies: Keysight Technologies, T-Mobile US, Verizon and others
  • Keysight Technologies Joined in 6G wireless. Test and measurement company in 6G trials such as 7 GHz X-MIMO.
  • T-Mobile US Joined in 6G wireless. US operator testing AI-RAN with Nokia and NVIDIA.
  • Verizon Joined in 6G wireless. US operator that ran an ISAC trial on a virtualized network.
  • LG Uplus Joined in 6G wireless. Korean operator researching ISAC for 6G with Samsung.
  • KT Joined in 6G wireless. Korean operator testing AI-RAN and 7 GHz X-MIMO for 6G.
  • SK Telecom Joined in 6G wireless. Korean operator co-developing AI-RAN and 6G core technology with Samsung.
  • NEC Joined in 6G wireless. Co-developed a sub-terahertz 6G wireless device with DOCOMO, NTT and Fujitsu.
  • NTT DOCOMO Joined in 6G wireless. Operator running 6G trials in sub-terahertz devices and AI-driven air interfaces.
  • SoftBank Corp. Joined in 6G wireless. Operator developing AITRAS, a converged AI and RAN platform.
  • NVIDIA Joined in 6G wireless. Supplies the Aerial AI-RAN computing platform and the 6G Research Cloud.
  • Qualcomm Joined in 6G wireless. Chip and standards company working on 6G air interface and prototypes.
  • Samsung Electronics Joined in 6G wireless. Develops 6G radio technology such as X-MIMO in 7 GHz, AI-RAN and ISAC.
  • Ericsson Joined in 6G wireless. Network vendor developing 6G proofs of concept, including with Qualcomm.
  • Nokia Joined in 6G wireless. Network vendor building AI-RAN on NVIDIA platforms and leading European 6G research.
  • Pivotal Commware Joined in 6G wireless. Makes mmWave repeaters (Echo 5G, Pivot 5G) and the Cyclops RF scanner.
  • Cohere Technologies Joined in 6G wireless. Develops Zak-OTFS waveform and ISAC software aimed at 6G.
  • Software Radio Systems Joined in 6G wireless. Develops open-source RAN software, partnering with DeepSig on the OCUDU 5G/6G stack.
  • DeepSig Joined in 6G wireless. Builds AI-native air interface and neural receiver software for 5G and 6G RAN.
  • Microsoft Joined in Synthetic biology. Research team showed AI-designed protein variants can slip past DNA synthesis screening and helped patch it.
  • NVIDIA Joined in Synthetic biology. Offers the BioNeMo platform for training and running biology foundation models.
  • Google DeepMind Joined in Synthetic biology. Developed AlphaFold 3 with Isomorphic Labs to predict structures of protein complexes.
  • Novonesis Joined in Synthetic biology. Large maker of enzymes and microbial biosolutions for industry.
  • Colossal Biosciences Joined in Synthetic biology. Uses multiplex genome editing for de-extinction and species conservation.
  • Solugen Joined in Synthetic biology. Makes industrial chemicals with enzymes and metal catalysts at Bioforge plants.
  • Arzeda Joined in Synthetic biology. Designs new enzymes and proteins and manufactures them at scale; co-founded by David Baker.
  • Asimov Joined in Synthetic biology. Genetic design tools, engineered cells and software for making biologics.
  • Ginkgo Bioworks Joined in Synthetic biology. Cell engineering and lab automation company offering autonomous labs for biotechnology.
  • Elegen Joined in Synthetic biology. Makes long clonal DNA with a cell-free gene synthesis process called ENFINIA.
  • Ansa Biotechnologies Joined in Synthetic biology. Sells custom DNA made with enzymatic synthesis.
  • DNA Script Joined in Synthetic biology. Makes the SYNTAX benchtop printer for enzymatic DNA synthesis.
  • Twist Bioscience Joined in Synthetic biology. Makes synthetic DNA at scale on a silicon-based synthesis platform.
  • Constructive Bio Joined in Synthetic biology. Synthetic genomics company recoding cells to make peptides and proteins with non-canonical amino acids.
CompanyFirst loadSep 25 6 weeks ago

Rohde & Schwarz

Added in 6G wireless. Test and measurement company that built an AI-powered 6G receiver with Nokia.

25 more companies: Keysight Technologies, T-Mobile US, Verizon and others
  • Keysight Technologies Added in 6G wireless. Test and measurement company in 6G trials such as 7 GHz X-MIMO.
  • T-Mobile US Added in 6G wireless. US operator testing AI-RAN with Nokia and NVIDIA.
  • Verizon Added in 6G wireless. US operator that ran an ISAC trial on a virtualized network.
  • LG Uplus Added in 6G wireless. Korean operator researching ISAC for 6G with Samsung.
  • KT Added in 6G wireless. Korean operator testing AI-RAN and 7 GHz X-MIMO for 6G.
  • SK Telecom Added in 6G wireless. Korean operator co-developing AI-RAN and 6G core technology with Samsung.
  • NEC Added in 6G wireless. Co-developed a sub-terahertz 6G wireless device with DOCOMO, NTT and Fujitsu.
  • NTT DOCOMO Added in 6G wireless. Operator running 6G trials in sub-terahertz devices and AI-driven air interfaces.
  • SoftBank Corp. Added in 6G wireless. Operator developing AITRAS, a converged AI and RAN platform.
  • Ericsson Added in 6G wireless. Network vendor developing 6G proofs of concept, including with Qualcomm.
  • Nokia Added in 6G wireless. Network vendor building AI-RAN on NVIDIA platforms and leading European 6G research.
  • Pivotal Commware Added in 6G wireless. Makes mmWave repeaters (Echo 5G, Pivot 5G) and the Cyclops RF scanner.
  • Cohere Technologies Added in 6G wireless. Develops Zak-OTFS waveform and ISAC software aimed at 6G.
  • Software Radio Systems Added in 6G wireless. Develops open-source RAN software, partnering with DeepSig on the OCUDU 5G/6G stack.
  • DeepSig Added in 6G wireless. Builds AI-native air interface and neural receiver software for 5G and 6G RAN.
  • Novonesis Added in Synthetic biology. Large maker of enzymes and microbial biosolutions for industry.
  • Colossal Biosciences Added in Synthetic biology. Uses multiplex genome editing for de-extinction and species conservation.
  • Solugen Added in Synthetic biology. Makes industrial chemicals with enzymes and metal catalysts at Bioforge plants.
  • Arzeda Added in Synthetic biology. Designs new enzymes and proteins and manufactures them at scale; co-founded by David Baker.
  • Asimov Added in Synthetic biology. Genetic design tools, engineered cells and software for making biologics.
  • Ginkgo Bioworks Added in Synthetic biology. Cell engineering and lab automation company offering autonomous labs for biotechnology.
  • Elegen Added in Synthetic biology. Makes long clonal DNA with a cell-free gene synthesis process called ENFINIA.
  • Ansa Biotechnologies Added in Synthetic biology. Sells custom DNA made with enzymatic synthesis.
  • DNA Script Added in Synthetic biology. Makes the SYNTAX benchtop printer for enzymatic DNA synthesis.
  • Twist Bioscience Added in Synthetic biology. Makes synthetic DNA at scale on a silicon-based synthesis platform.
RoundFirst loadSep 25 6 weeks ago

Nokia

Raised $1.0B (Strategic equity investment by NVIDIA (directed share issuance)), led by NVIDIA.

10 more rounds: Basecamp Research, Chai Discovery, Generate Biomedicines and others
TechnologyFirst loadSep 25 6 weeks ago

Next-gen batteries

Renamed from Solid-state and next-generation batteries.

4 more technologies: Quantum sensing, Humanoid robots, AR glasses and others