πΆπππππ πΆπππππ π€
@Polymathochist
Followers
1K
Following
39K
Media
925
Statuses
5K
European entrepreneur & investor with 20 years China experience πΎπͺπΊ
Joined November 2012
@andreasklinger I've cancelled my subscription. The entire product experience is insulting.
3
0
5
Very insightful post by Gavin below on Nvidia's $20B Groq licensing deal. AI inference has 2 steps, Prefill & Decode. Prefill means the model reads your whole prompt and context. Decode means it writes the reply one small chunk of text at a time. These 2 steps like different
Nvidia is buying Groq for two reasons imo. Β 1) Inference is disaggregating into prefill and decode. SRAM architectures have unique advantages in decode for workloads where performance is primarily a function of memory bandwidth. Rubin CPX, Rubin and the putative βRubin SRAMβ
21
89
541
BREAKING: Nvidia, $NVDA, rises above $190.00 in overnight trading after reaching a $20 billion licensing deal with Groq.
142
292
3K
Asteroid science gets sweeter! Scientists found ribose & glucose in a sample of asteroid Bennu. With earlier detections of amino acids (make up proteins) & nucleobases (components of DNA & RNA), this shows the building blocks of life were widespread in the early solar system.
21
137
486
@Graham__Hancock Merry Christmas, Could you address the lies and libel youβve been using to market your books, claim attacks from archaeologists before any had even read the book? https://t.co/lI9nuZL3xm
2
4
23
China's superconducting quantum computing processor "Zuchongzhi 3.2" has recently achieved quantum error correction below surface-code threshold on a distance-7 surface code via an all-microwave leakage suppression architecture, marking a new breakthrough for the country in
11
92
452
Taken Sep 1, 2016 when @JonathanRoss321 convinced me we could take on the giants, build new silicon and that AI was coming. In typical SV fashion, we didnβt even have a company yet - just a term sheet from me to invest and the three of us. I spent the next month recruiting as
389
426
7K
Now that's a Christmas gift π
BREAKING: Nvidia, $NVDA, announces it is acquiring Groq for $20 billion, its largest acquisition of all time.
0
0
2
Some peak English physiognomy on display here: The Master of the Hospital of St Cross & Almshouse of Noble Poverty, a Brother of the Old Poor, and a Brother of the New Poor. As the photographer Julian Calder put it: βI could have taken this picture 400 years ago!β
45
222
3K
Elon posted a lot about Epstein until summer 2025 and then abruptly stopped, cold turkey, despite all the news since then. Weird. π€·ββοΈ
305
709
5K
A stunning nighttime view of the Christmas Market on Yuan Ming Yuan Road along the Bund in Shanghai, China. The Union Church dominates the foreground, while the former British Consulate appears at center left. Lining the street is a remarkable sequence of historic buildings,
2
22
108
It's starting to look at lot like Christmas... Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck advertising CYMA watches on this 1940 magazine cover from Shanghai, China.
4
51
239
Robots in China are doing it all now, even dancing on stage like pros. Here Unitree robots doing Webster flips and are performing at Chinese-American singer Wang Leehomβs concert in Chengdu. https://t.co/2BNWdok0bf
3K
11K
52K
Reuters: In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent: a prototype of a machine capable of producing the cutting-edge semiconductor chips. https://t.co/xQ712eoLIP
reuters.com
In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built a prototype of a machine capable of producing cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence, smartphones...
8
44
63
NASAβs DiskSat is gearing up to launch into low Earth orbit! Four plate-shaped spacecraft will demonstrate a new small spacecraft technology that aims to lower mission costs and expand access to space. The launch window opens Dec 18 at 12am ET. Live coverage from
593
2K
6K
BREAKING: Waymo reportedly in talks to raise over $15 billion at $100B+ valuation β Led by Alphabet β More than 2x its 2024 valuation ($45B) Waymoβs ARR now exceeds $350M π€―
20
29
276
Chinese company Betavolt has begun mass production of its BV100 coin-sized nuclear batteries, which can provide continuous power for up to 50 years.
268
1K
9K
*WALT DISNEY COMPANY & OPENAI REACH LANDMARK PACT *WALT DISNEY WILL MAKE A $1B EQUITY INVESTMENT IN OPENAI
49
60
506
Venture fundraising is the worse itβs been in at least a decade! And I donβt mean for startups, which are seeing an AI boom (bubble?) The firms themselves are often struggling - we are seeing the lowest number of venture funds raised in at least 10 years. https://t.co/HjM6eYo5YY
theinformation.com
The skyβs the limit for valuations for companies like SpaceX, but the venture firms writing the checks have less money in total to spend.Recent data from PitchBook shows how steep the decline in cash...
7
13
106
JUST IN: SpaceX plans to go public at $1.5 trillion valuation in 2026, the largest IPO in history, Bloomberg reports.
1K
3K
34K
Hello London! π Our vehicles are now driving in London as we prepare for commercial service in 2026.
240
339
4K