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Clear all filtersInside the Factory Behind Base Power's $1B Series D
Base Power recently secured a $1 billion Series D funding round led by Ribbit and JPMorgan Chase, establishing a $13 billion valuation to accelerate production of its high-capacity BaseCore home battery system. The vertically integrated manufacturer is scaling operations at its Austin facility to 4,000 units weekly, featuring a modular design that enables full-home backup power in under two hours per unit. This growth supports a strategic rollout of both direct consumer sales and utility partnership models across key regional markets as the company prepares to open a second factory near the Austin airport.
Inside Harvey AI: CEO Winston Weinberg on How a 4-Year-Old Company Is Taking on the Foundation Labs
Winston Weinberg, Molly O'Shea
Harvey AI has scaled to nearly $300 million in ARR and over 2,000 enterprise clients by migrating to cloud agents and deploying specialized legal models that outperform general frontier AI. CEO Sam Saltman drives a culture of rapid reinvention and meritocracy, where over 200 legal professionals transition into product and engineering roles to build vertical-specific solutions for high-growth sectors like finance and pharmaceuticals. The company differentiates itself from traditional legal tech and generic AI labs by prioritizing granular ROI proof per token and rejecting legacy technology acquisitions in favor of acquiring high-performing teams to fuel its current 12-to-13 trillion token monthly usage projections.
Tom Mueller: SpaceX's #1 Employee Built the Merlin Engine. Now He's Building Impulse Space
Former SpaceX founding employee Tom Mueller founded Impulse Space to revolutionize intra-orbital transport with its fleet of advanced spacecraft, including the orbital transfer vehicle Mira and the heavy-lift Helios. The company leverages proprietary Nova Light alloy and additive manufacturing to produce the Deneb hydrocarbon engine and lightweight composite tanks, achieving performance metrics that could significantly boost payload delivery to the Moon and Mars. Currently advancing lunar infrastructure efforts through successful rendezvous tests and an active lander contract bid, Impulse Space combines in-house manufacturing with AI-driven design to support a future lunar economy.
Figure's First Full HQ Tour: From the Lab to the Factory Floor
Brett Adcock, Molly O'Shea, Moritz
Figure AI is a Bay Area-based pure-play manufacturer with a 500-person engineering workforce deploying its flagship Figure 3 humanoid robot, which operates autonomously using the locally running Helix AI policy. The company has achieved record production output at its "Baku" facility while reducing unit costs by 90% compared to previous models, enabling deployments in settings ranging from the White House to BMW automotive assembly lines. Looking ahead, Figure aims to commercialize a lease-based home model and advance toward its "iPhone moment" with the upcoming Figure 4, which targets radical improvements in cost and usability while pursuing physical interaction-based AGI.
Skydio HQ Tour: The $3.5B Bet on American Drone Manufacturing with CEO Adam Bry
An autonomous drone network delivers 24/7 public safety operations by deploying units from charging docks to locate missing persons, track suspects, and inspect infrastructure without human pilots. The system utilizes Beyond Visual Line of Sight waivers and Pathfinder AI to execute complex missions across diverse hardware, ranging from the indoor R10 tactical unit to the high-speed F10 fixed-wing prototype. Through a transparency portal and continuous real-world stress testing, the company has integrated these force-multiplier tools into law enforcement culture while scaling production for imminent general availability.
Inside Zipline’s Factory: The World’s Largest Drone Delivery Network
Keller Rinaudo Cliffton, Molly O'Shea
ZipLine is nearing two million total deliveries of autonomous aircraft across 140 million safe commercial miles, with its California headquarters employing over 1,300 staff to oversee a fleet managed by human supervisors rather than direct pilots. The company is rapidly scaling operations from 17 to 24 hours daily while transitioning to single-operator control of up to 30 units, supported by extensive in-house manufacturing of custom electric components and rigorous testing protocols. Strategic partnerships with major retailers and healthcare providers are driving adoption where over 50% of some households order via the service, despite current supply constraints necessitating limits on non-essential orders to ensure reliability.
Full Anduril R&D Tour: Matt Grimm, Co-Founder & COO
Matt Grimm, Palmer Luckey, Brian Schimpf, Trae Stephens, Molly O'Shea
Founded in 2017, Anduril has rapidly scaled to a global workforce of 7,000 employees operating across 35 offices to manufacture autonomous defense systems like the Ghost Shark submarine and Fury aerial vehicle. The company leverages an iterative R&D model and dedicated facilities in Rhode Island and Sydney to transition from rapid prototyping to mass production of AI-enabled battlefield ecosystems. Led by CEO Brian and co-founder Palmer Luckey, Anduril focuses on building a cohesive command network that integrates ground, air, and soldier-borne compute nodes to execute large-scale military contracts.
Inside Anduril: Exclusive HQ Tour w/ Palmer Luckey, Brian Schimpf, Matt Grimm & Trae Stephens
Palmer Luckey, Brian Schimpf, Matt Grimm, Trae Stephens, Molly O'Shea
Anduril is rapidly scaling its autonomous defense capabilities through massive manufacturing expansions in Ohio and globally, driven by a strategic shift toward industrial speed and affordability over traditional technological edge. Key programs like the Fury autonomous fighter and Ghost Shark underwater vehicle demonstrate the company's ability to outpace legacy contractors such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin while addressing critical capability gaps for allies like Australia. By redefining the defense industry as a product-focused enterprise, the firm aims to transform the U.S. production base into a decisive wartime asset capable of mass-producing systems that integrate AI, optical camouflage, and distributed command structures.
The Quiet Revolution in DNA Sequencing | Nucleus Genomics
Nucleus Genomics, backed by investors including Alexis Ohanian and Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, has launched its $399 whole-genome sequencing service to build a trillion-dollar consumer healthcare platform that integrates genetic data with wearable and clinical inputs. Led by Kian Sadegi, the company differentiates itself from competitors by utilizing full genome sequencing rather than SNP-based chips to offer features like the Nucleus IQ polygenic score while maintaining strict data privacy controls. With a roadmap to sequence 500,000 samples within two years, Nucleus aims to disrupt the stagnant genomics market by providing direct consumer access to comprehensive health insights and expanding disease analysis from twenty to hundreds of conditions.