Olaf Hichwa
@OHichwa
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Co-Founder of Neros — building the future of defense / Drone racing enthusiast
Joined December 2017
More drones that go boom.
I'm thrilled to announce that Neros has raised a $35M Series A led by Vy Capital US, with @sequoia, @interlagos, D3, and @Keller. This funding is going straight into mass manufacturing capacity that America desperately needs. My co-founder @OHichwa broke the news today in front
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@KennethCassel this makes me so sad. The 172 is the toyota corolla of the sky and should not cost this much. reindustrialization can't come soon enough.
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dji is making a drone per second. Challenge accepted.
Today I am excited to announce that Neros has been selected to mass-produce Archer for Ukraine. Until now, American drones have been known as failures on the real battlefield. Finally, an American-made, BlueUAS system is performing on the global stage.
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There are two kinds of defense companies:. 1. Defense companies so clueless about their own product that they actually believe it’s free of Chinese components. 2. Defense companies with Chinese components trying to minimize them.
Chinese parts are everywhere: We found the Pentagon halted use of drones made by Croatia-based Orqa over concerns of Chinese radio modules, and a Chinese company it acquired. Even last month, VP Vance was pictured wearing Chinese-made drone display goggles during a base tour.
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Honored to be working with you @shaunmmaguire! Time build faster than ever.
@sequoia blog post here.
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America needs to have drone technical sovereignty to deter WWIII.
Chinese parts are everywhere: We found the Pentagon halted use of drones made by Croatia-based Orqa over concerns of Chinese radio modules, and a Chinese company it acquired. Even last month, VP Vance was pictured wearing Chinese-made drone display goggles during a base tour.
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One of the most insanely cracked founders I have ever met. Keep killing it @4TristanS.
Sharing a bit more about Reflect Orbital today. @4TristanS and I are developing a constellation of revolutionary satellites to sell sunlight to thousands of solar farms after dark. We think sunlight is the new oil and space is ready to support energy infrastructure. This
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zooooooooom.
Who better to build bleeding edge drones for War than former professional drone racers?. Here's a clip from @soren_ma winning a race back in his DRL days. Today we @sequoia are thrilled to announce our investment into @neros_tech. Soren and @OHichwa's hardware is alien, more soon
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Zane defines dialed.
Real warfare isn't like Call of Duty. There's no mini-map and you can't just throw a camera out in the desert. @Picogrid is changing that in Episode 34 of S³
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Legendary team with a legendary mission.
TL;DR. 90% of drones are made in China, they're easily weaponized and it'll take a ~decade to catch up. *While we catch up*, we need to learn to defeat SWARMS of incoming drones; accuracy and lethality are measured by cost efficiency. Meet Bullfrog, from Allen Control Systems:
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Never forget the reindustrialize Delta Omicron Delta trap house.
And you get to stay in great airbnbs in a totally safe part of Detroit with all the other defense tech founders —
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🇺🇸🚀.
Got a tour of Rangeview and Neros yesterday. MY MIND WAS BLOWN. Both operations are so freaking dialed in, it's a total balance of art and engineering. I unfortunately had to leave early :( . It was a honor to finally meet @cameron62s @OHichwa and @soren_ma!
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so cracked.
The diamond drill rig for mineral exploration was first tested in Minnesota in 1890 and hasn't seen a fundamental innovation since 1953. We @durinmining built a remotely operable drill rig in 4 months. Our next version will be autonomous. Testing begins in Nevada next week.
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Proud to be.
@aarondfrancis @JoshuaSteinman @isaiah_p_taylor @cameron62s @KennethCassel @MeyerDey @codyaims @zanemountcastle @OHichwa @ADoricko @FilArons @HiLanden My guy, this is their autist. He's going to be awake in ten minutes and COOKING.
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Beyond dope.
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See you there.
Generational opportunities are rarely so clear and present and possible. We have a chance today to reclaim our future. We can and will rise to the occasion. REINDUSTRIALIZE.
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This was great last year and I’m sure it will be great this year.
Thrilled to launch our 2nd annual National Security Hackathon, April 26-27, @SHACK15sf 🇺🇸. Defense is rapidly evolving. It's an honor partnering w/ category definers @ShieldCapVC, @VannevarLabs, @scale_AI, the NATO Innovation Fund, In-Q-Tel, & more. Apply below👇
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Fax. Cost : Capability ratio is where it’s at.
@OHichwa Nice, I can already hear Teledyne crying at 94k per unit 🤭.
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Vote for neros! Nice work Ryan & Christian.
[New Website] - We're often asked which startups are tackling important problems, so @pronounced_kyle and I made a list of companies building critical technology. Filter 450+ companies by stage, category, location, upvotes, etc. Find your dream job!
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@codyaims @JoshTweeted @JoshuaSteinman @isaiah_p_taylor @cameron62s @KennethCassel @MeyerDey @zanemountcastle @ADoricko @FilArons @HiLanden The calm before the storm.
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The man himself.
The future is ours to build and there are few startups going after it as audaciously as Rainmaker. Episode 30 of S³ is all about chemistry, cloud seeding, and making it rain.
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@StevenSimoni @allencontrol Can confirm this is the coolest spot in Del Ray. Good thing they aren’t in the gundo, not sure ACS would get the same honor here.
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Wait until u see what happens on a Friday.
Unfathomably based people in El Segundo. Young people being excited about hardcore manufacturing. And only non-idiotic implementation of 3d printing I've seen in years. These guys are gonna make it. @cameron62s . The neighborhood is also wild. Kids building Ukrainian drone.
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Peak performance.
Hardware pilling the AI community.
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The only thing I got from my linear algebra class is how to talk like a tech bro.
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Cool tech even cooler founder.
Bet you’ve never seen an actuator that looks like this!. Just assembled the actuator and ready to run some tests.
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i wont!.
Join Michael Hichwa and Andy Mendelsohn to learn how new GenAI-powered low-code innovations in @OracleAPEX can help developers create better apps in less time. #orclAPEX.Register now:
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@IanRountree Ian, it’s been incredible working with you. Thank you for believing in us — we are just getting started.
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Mine is biggest.
“If you want a dose of optimism, go to El Segundo. These are young kids— 18, 19, 20 year olds having contests about who can have the biggest American flag in their factory; that didn't exist 5 years ago.”. Hell yeah, thanks for the call out @KTmBoyle @bariweiss!
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