Daily Hard Tech Headlines:. - @fieldai_ has raised $405M, the Irvine, California startup develops robotics intelligence technology, investors include NVIDIA CVC & Jeff Bezos' family office . - Hitachi Energy is investing $100 million to expand its transformer components

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Drone Records, European M&A, and ROVs. Daily Hard Tech Headlines: . - SiFly Q12 drone has set a Guinness World Record for its class, achieving a 3-hour, 11-minute, 53-second electric flight. - @AaloAtomics has raised a $100M Series B led by Valor Equity Partners. The funding will

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Cargo Tech, eVTOL Records, and the Future of Maritime Infrastructure Monitoring. Daily Hard Tech Headlines: . - Grid Aero has launched out of stealth, developing an ultra-low-cost cargo drone for contested logistics and beyond. The $6M seed round was led by @CalibrateVC and

Founder: @tyler_lasicki.

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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EW Emulator, American Metals, and Handheld C-UAS. Daily Hard Tech Headlines: . - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has unveiled its Digital RF Battlespace Emulator (DRBE), a large-scale, high-fidelity virtual radio frequency test range designed to emulate

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Daily Hard Tech Headlines: . - @Picogrid has secured a contract with the US Army focused on unifying “third-party signals intelligence (SIGINT) systems,” enabling integrated collection, analysis, and dissemination of signals intelligence data. - Merlin, the autonomy startup, has

From composing at the Berklee College of Music to creating the first propeller breakthrough in nearly 200 years, Greg Sharrow, CEO of Detroit-based Sharrow Engineering and @sharrowmarine, is redefining how vessels and aircraft move through air and water. We spoke with him at

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Daily Hard Tech Headlines: . - @SquintAI has raised a $40 million Series B round. The San Francisco-based startup develops AI and AR technology to enable factory floor data collection, standardize workflows, and augment on-the-ground workers. Its customers include Volvo Group,

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American Submarines, American Magnets, and American iPhones. Daily Hard Tech Headlines: . - Maritime Operations Group has launched. The D.C.-based company aims to build the world’s first commercial submarine fleet with diesel-electric platforms. - @VulcanElements has raised a

@fdotinc: @hthieblot + @FurqanR.

Neurotech has the potential to transform how we understand brain health. Lucid is developing a behind-the-ear brain wearable for cognitive health. We interviewed them on the ground in San Francisco at the @fdotinc Demo Day. Team: @trevorxingxie, @ryanzyue, and @PotionSplasher

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Daily Hard Tech Headlines: . - @RadiantNuclear has announced plans to develop a nuclear reactor for a U.S. military base under the Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations program, a joint initiative between the Air Force and DIU. - @generalmatter has announced plans to develop