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Atoms Not Bits

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Atoms Not Bits

@AtomsNotBits

Covering technology not found in the cloud

Joined February 2023

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Atoms Not Bits
@AtomsNotBits
Jun 10
Daily Hard Tech Headlines: - @orbitaldotinc has secured a $5M pre-seed round led by @speedrun. The Los Angeles-based startup is developing space-based AI data centers that use solar power and radiative cooling to support compute infrastructure in orbit. - @reaxiomatic has
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Feb 18, 2024
Hard Tech is Hard
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Feb 20, 2024
This weekend, we witnessed the future of defense being built atom by atom. Insane 24 Hours: El Segundo Defense Tech Hackathon. Thanks to @apollo_defense, @8vc, @join_ef, @NSIN_us, @rasmusdeymeyer @tommyjtietjen, @NateSalander,@RainmakerCorp, @ADoricko, @valaratomics, @0xPHBD,
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Aug 18, 2025
Google is backing the training of 100,000 new electricians to meet data center demand. Skilled trades such as HVAC and welding form the backbone of America’s industrial economy and its reindustrialization. @get_gild is the platform enabling the growth and support of the skilled
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Dec 29, 2024
What U.S. college produces the most engineers? Not UCLA, Berkeley, MIT, Harvard, or Michigan? No, Georgia Tech in the heart of the South produced the most engineering graduates, and third in the nation sits Texas A&M. Let's dive into the American South as an engineering
joshua steinman (🇺🇸,🇺🇸)
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Dec 28, 2024
Nobody wants to talk about this (that the American South is an engineering powerhouse) Never mind all the oil exploration/drilling, auto assembly, shipbuilding, etc etc etc
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Apr 7, 2025
Maritime Moment, Robotic Horses, and Point of Need Manufacturing for the Air Force. Daily Hard Tech Headlines: - @anduriltech has launched Copperhead, their new line of AUVs, including the Copperhead-100, Copperhead-500, and the munition variant, Copperhead-M. Copperhead-M
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Oct 29, 2025
Semiconductor seed rounds, nuclear deals, and dual-use electric boats Daily Hard Tech Headlines: - Substrate, a semiconductor startup, has raised $100M to build a novel lithography platform for next-generation chip manufacturing. - @MersenneTech has launched; the company is
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Oct 3, 2025
3D-Printed Drones, Wildfire Tech, and UGV Integrations Daily Hard Tech Headlines: - @K9DefenseTech, the Huntsville-based UAS company, announced that the Army’s 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade has 3D-printed, assembled, and completed a K9 Genesis UAV on base using the company’s
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Jul 2, 2024
The reshoring renaissance has arrived. REINDUSTRIALIZE 2024 has readied the smartest minds in technology and manufacturing to scale up the American industrial base. Thank you to all those involved: @MikeSlagh, @aphysicist, @austinbishop, @newindustrials, @Newlab, @atomic_inc,
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Sep 9, 2025
American Transformer Production, Maritime Integrations, and YC Defense Launch. Daily Hard Tech Headlines: - @SpaceX is acquiring EchoStar’s AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses in a $17B deal, with $2B in additional debt payments, advancing plans for direct-to-cell
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Oct 14, 2025
American Drones, The Future of Tactical Wear, and Autonomous Helicopters Daily Hard Tech Headlines: - @FlybyRobotics, the Los Angeles-based drone company, announced it has shipped its first production run of F-11 programmable flying AI robots, featuring a one-hour flight time,
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Feb 4, 2024
Canine Defense Technologies: Crafting the Future of Defense Technology It was late in the evening on just another Saturday. I hopped on a Zoom call, and my eyes were immediately drawn to an American flag prominently displayed on the wall, something becoming more common in places
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Feb 21, 2024
Congrats to the El Segundo Defense Tech Hackathon Winners - Team Cloud Three students from MIT built an autonomous drone using RF-silent, long-range laser communications @apollo_defense @8vc @join_ef @NSIN_us
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Aug 4, 2025
Thermoplastic composites are at the center of next-gen manufacturing, combining strength, recyclability, and high-throughput processing for sectors like aerospace and energy. Axial Composites Industries is developing automated factories for manufacturing thermoplastic
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