August 7, 2026

What if battery researchers could ask AI instead of searching thousands of papers?

Automat Solutions, Inc. has launched an integrated AI workspace for battery electrolyte R&D, bringing formulation search and scientific Q&A into one platform.

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Businesswire
May 1, 2026

Exa 🤝 Google: Bringing Agent-First Search to Gemini

Most AI models generate. Agents need to retrieve and reason on real-world data. With Exa now integrated into Gemini, developers can access a search engine built for agentic use cases, optimized for high-quality results across code, companies, people, and research. Combined with Gemini’s reasoning capabilities, this enables more grounded and reliable outputs. Proud to back the team behind it.

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Exa.ai
April 30, 2026

Sherpa°'s Collab with TUI Netherlands

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.One of the most overlooked levers in travel isn’t the product. It’s when you present it.Sherpa°’s work with TUI Netherlands shows this in practice. Instead of treating visa services as a bolt-on, they integrated them into key moments in the journey, when customers are already preparing their trip. The impact:→ 2x eVisa sales→ +114% conversionA clear example of how timing and placement directly drive results

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Sherpa
April 20, 2026

Aizip has been named a finalist for Startup of the Year at Sensors Converge 2026.

Aizip has been named a finalist for Startup of the Year at Sensors Converge 2026. Selected as one of a handful of companies across the global sensing and electronics ecosystem. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘀.→ Intelligence is moving on-device→ Real-time processing is becoming standard→ Efficient AI is becoming a requirement, not a feature. That’s exactly the shift Aizip is building for. Winners will be announced live at Sensors Converge (May 6th, Santa Clara). See all finalists

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Sensors Converge
April 14, 2026

Zūm is rebuilding one of the largest and most outdated mobility systems.

$333M revenue. $2B+ contracts. 68.5M rides. Zūm is rebuilding one of the largest and most outdated mobility systems. 2025 highlights: • $333M revenue (+35% YoY) • EBITDA breakeven, improving unit economics • $2B+ contracted revenue (long-term, recurring)• 4,000+ schools across 15 states • 68.5M rides (+120% YoY) Powered by AI-driven routing and real-time data, Zūm is turning a $50B legacy system into scalable infrastructure. And the impact: • Kansas City → absences cut from 25% to 5.6% • San Francisco → costs reduced by up to 10% • Oakland → long commutes reduced from 70% to <10% Congrats to Ritu Narayan and the Zum team!

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Ridezum
April 6, 2026

Lumotive just made light programmable

Light just became programmable. Lumotive just demonstrated the world’s first programmable 2D photonic beamforming chip. Why it matters: In RF, beamforming reshaped wireless and radar. This is that moment for photonics. What‘s changed:- Software-defined control of light- No moving parts- Real-time beam steering→ Optics becomes programmable infrastructureWhere this hits:• AI data centers• Optical communications• Robotics & sensingBottom line: This isn’t incremental.It’s a step toward turning light into a compute layer.

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Lumotivr
March 23, 2026

Musely Named One of USA TODAY's Most Trusted Brands 2026

For DTC businesses, nothing beats TRUST. It can make—or break—companies, even consumer giants. One of our portfolio companies, Musely, is challenging the norm. It has been named one of USA TODAY’s Most Trusted Brands 2026. In Beauty & Health, Musely ranked #7 with a 5-star rating (#57 among the top 500 brands overall), alongside iconic names like Colgate, Neutrogena, Bath & Body Works, and Oakley—and ahead of consumer giants such as Ulta, Sephora, CVS, and household brands like Advil, Clinique, and Oral-B. So why do consumers trust a 6-year-old telehealth brand the same way they trust products that have been around for decades—or even centuries?

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USA Today
March 17, 2026

Menos AI has been shortlisted for “New Product of the Year” at the Hedgeweek® EU Awards 2026

Menos AI has been shortlisted for “New Product of the Year” at the Hedgeweek® EU Awards 2026. AI in asset management is still in its early stages. Most firms are experimenting. Few have operationalized it. That’s exactly where Menos AI comes in. Just as Palantir helps institutions operationalize data, Menos AI helps institutional investors operationalize AI, through a secure, governed, white-label Agent OS built specifically for the buyside. The mission is simple: Help investment organizations build their own AI-native central intelligence.

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Hedge Week Awards 2026
March 16, 2026

Petal Surgical surpasses $25M in total funding

Our portfolio company Petal Surgical has announced additional investment following its oversubscribed Series A in 2025, bringing the company’s total funding to more than $25 million. The financing was led by a prominent high-net-worth investment firm, with repeat participation from Draper Associates, Actions Capital (fka K50 Ventures), and Fong’s Family Foundation (Vince Fong). Alongside the investment, surgical robotics pioneer Frederic Moll has joined Petal Surgical’s Board of Directors. The announcement comes just ahead of LSI USA 2026, where Petal will take the stage to share more about its vision for the future of surgery. Congratulations to Prash C. and the entire Petal Surgical team on this milestone.

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MassDevice
March 3, 2026

EGI Battery Announces Successful Close of $10 Million Seed Round

EGI Battery Inc., a U.S.-based advanced battery technology and manufacturing company, today announced the successful close of a $10 million seed financing round led by TSV Capital and supported by several prominent U.S. family offices. The new capital will accelerate the company's manufacturing scale-up, commercial expansion, and continued development of high-performance batteries for aerospace, uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), robotics, and critical infrastructure applications.

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PR Newswire
December 2, 2025

Interview with CEO of Ebots: ‘Combining human-like dexterity with machine-level precision’

Ebots positions itself not as another incremental automation supplier but as a platform designed to make high-precision manufacturing economically viable in the US again.

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Robotics & Automation News
November 24, 2025

Introducing Exa 2.1

Dramatic improvement in search quality for both fast and agentic search

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exa.ai
November 14, 2025

Top Start-Up of 2025 - Lumotive

Lumotive's high-level elevator pitch basically goes something like this. The company creates programmable optoelectronic devices - and has come up with a way of manipulating light beams electronically. This is done using solid-state nanoscale structures that can be produced via cost-effective fabrication technologies, in order to make the resulting devices economically viable - thereby giving them a lot of appeal in contexts like robotics, road vehicles, consumer electronics, etc.

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Electronic Product Design & Test
August 10, 2025

Meet Sonar — Menos AI’s New Weapon for Finding Alpha

Menos AI has officially launched its institutional-grade AI platform, starting with Sonar—an AI-powered idea generation agent purpose-built for hedge funds and asset managers. Developed in collaboration with leading hedge fund partners, Sonar stands out through its proprietary Alpha Signal Extraction technology, which surfaces early, accurate, and high-quality investment insights. It’s designed with institutional-grade performance, security, and compliance in mind, and an upcoming Voice Scoring feature will further enhance its capabilities by identifying and tracking consistently valuable sources.

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Morningstar
July 13, 2025

What happens when Edge AI meets home security?

Our portfolio company Aizip has partnered with Silicon Labs to launch a cutting-edge glass break detection solution that redefines what’s possible in smart home protection. By combining Aizip’s ultra-efficient AI with Silicon Labs’ Series 2 SoCs, the system can detect glass breaking from farther distances, at lower noise thresholds, with fewer false positives—all while consuming significantly less power. This collaboration delivers a reliable, low-power, and cost-effective solution, showcasing how edge AI is making everyday devices smarter, safer, and more efficient.

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Silabs.com
June 12, 2025

Zūm Named to CNBC’s Disruptor 50 List - Again!

Zūm has once again earned a spot on the prestigious CNBC Disruptor 50 List—for the second year in a row and the third time overall. This well-deserved recognition highlights Zūm’s ongoing mission to reinvent school transportation through innovation, sustainability, and scale. By leveraging AI-powered route optimization, deploying a fully electric vehicle fleet, and reimagining logistics from the ground up, Zūm is making the daily ride to school safer, greener, and smarter for students, families, and school districts across the country. Their commitment to sustainability and efficiency is not just transformative—it’s disruptive, scalable, and built for the future. As they continue to grow their impact, Zūm is setting a new standard for what school transportation can—and should—be.

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Zūm
April 19, 2025

Multibeam Grows International Presence: The World's Leading Supplier of Production E-Beam Lithography Systems – Announces Launch of Japan Sales Office

Multibeam Corporation has expanded its global footprint by opening a new sales office in Yokohama, Japan, to meet the increasing demand for its Multicolumn Electron-Beam Lithography (MEBL) systems. This strategic move, announced during the Photomask Japan symposium, aims to better serve the Japanese market and aligns with the industry’s push for faster chip design and manufacturing cycles. Multibeam’s MEBL technology offers significant productivity advantages, including over 100 times the throughput of conventional EBL systems, making it a compelling solution for advanced semiconductor applications.

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GlobeNewswire
March 30, 2025

Stanford Medicine and LEADOPTIK Announce Research Collaboration to Advance AI-Enhanced, Real-Time Optical Imaging in Lung Cancer Biopsy

Stanford Medicine and LEADOPTIK have initiated a research collaboration to integrate AI-enhanced, real-time optical imaging into lung cancer biopsy procedures. This partnership aims to improve lesion assessment and biopsy accuracy by providing physicians with immediate, high-resolution insights at the point of care, potentially enhancing diagnostic precision and patient outcomes.

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PR Newswire
March 28, 2025

DISA provides expanded Impact Level 4 (IL4) Authorization to Zoom for Government as trusted and secure platform for use by Department of Defense and its mission partners

Zoom for Government has achieved expanded IL4 (Impact Level 4) authorization from the U.S. Department of Defense, allowing secure communication of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) over both NIPRNet and internet-facing networks. This milestone underscores Zoom’s adherence to stringent federal security standards, reinforcing its position as a trusted platform for U.S. government agencies and contractors.

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Zoom Blog
February 4, 2025

eBots and Foxconn Collaboration Sets a New Record in Adaptive Precision Manufacturing, Embodied AI Robot Successfully Passes Factory Acceptance Test (FAT)

eBots Inc, a pioneer in embodied AI robots for smart manufacturing, today announced that its embodied AI robot, the eBots-IDO-02, has successfully passed the factory acceptance test (FAT) conducted by Foxconn (Hon Hai Technology Group). This milestone accelerates the shift from labor-intensive electronics manufacturing to full automation.

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