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Oliver Hull and Ramsey King found a very large API nobody was using: people talking over walkie talkies. Memo turns what gets said over radios into software events, and lets AI talk back. construction sites, factories, mines, warehouses, data centers. already wired. Introducing Memo:

9 days until 30 new hardware teams join f.inc/founders and arrive on campus... They’ll become the newest members of a 300+ founder family. Welcome to campus.

We invested in our first flying car. Gustau Lange and Rasmus Hauschild are building an electric aircraft with 12 high-power electric jets, each producing ~90 lbs of thrust. The mission: 270 km/h. 1.2 hours of flight. zero runway needed. These two are absolute machines. Introducing Utopia Labs:

People are now building the robots they grew up watching in movies. Raghuvamsi Velagala, Mankaran Singh, and Mohd Alqama Shaikh are creating the robot characters we'll soon see all around us. Try not to smile when one of these walks up to you. Introducing eyecandy robotics:

This is what happens when an aerodynamics engineer builds a bed. 8 temperature zones, all hidden in a nightstand. Introducing the Remster 1:

Starlink shoots data lasers at earth, but it stops at the water's surface. That's where Arjun Prabhakar, Bryan Tan and Vatsal Varma take over. They’re building Thalassa, a high-speed wireless network for the subsea. and with 70% of Earth’s surface being ocean, there’s a lot left to connect...

Today is the last day to apply to Blueprint II. We’re investing $150k upfront in ambitious founders working on the world’s hardest problems. The applications have been wild. Biotech, hardware, aerospace, foundation models, energy, manufacturing, everything... and you might recognize yourself in the people applying: > Former engineers at massive companies who’ve been sitting on an idea for too long. > Repeat founders who’ve done it before and want to take on something even harder. > Builders who’ve been obsessed with technology since they were kids. Their “toys” just keep getting bigger. We’ve built a home for these people at Founders, Inc. - Dedicated hardware space in San Francisco. - Technical founders building alongside you. - Chef-prepared lunches. - Talks and office hours with founders who’ve built and exited companies. And funding to move faster. 100% of our frontier tech companies have received follow-on investment. There’s real appetite for what these founders are building. If you have an idea, a prototype, or a v1, we want to see it. Apply before midnight: f.inc/blueprint A lot can change when you give the idea you can’t stop thinking about a real shot.

Ryan Chan and Isaac Sin just released a $999 open-source robot arm: > 3.3 lb payload > 0.2mm accuracy They also built a stronger version for $2,499 > 6.6 lb payload > 0.1mm accuracy > CNC-machined aluminum If you need one, hit them up!

100% of our frontier tech companies have received follow on funding Last year distribution was the "only moat" This year we're seeing a resurgence in founders who want to work on challenging problems Hardware, bioscience, foundational models, physical ai We have always believed that technical ability and execution outweighs everything, which is why we support frontier tech founders with resources they actually need If you're building in these fields, or know someone who solving a massive problem, share this with them and apply to our upcoming program "Blueprint" $150k in funding upfront, up to 1 year of dedicated space for your team in our hardware facilities, $1M in credits and weekly office hours with our team Go!

We invested in 30 hardware teams last year, this is how they got funding: #1 Ato Built by Juan Cereigido & Gaspar H. Ato is building the modern radio, an ai computer for the elderly It has a million features and all the polish. But they had one quality that forced us to invest CRAFT If there is one thing that i've heard juan say a lot recently, it's the word craft Of course these guys we're grinders, and the founder himself was already cracked at distribution (200k followers on IG) But the attention to detail was really something special They constantly showed dedication and a real love for their craft. From their website to every part of their design, even details inside the device where no one would ever see They clearly loved what they we're building, and refuse to compromise on anything You can see it in their launch video recently, which showcased artistry in every frame One phrase we often use is "spikiness" Some founders dump a lot of their character creation points into one thing A good all rounder is something to look out for But many great founders have one quality with a clear spike, and these two had that How they talked to customers, how they built, & how they shipped, it was clear in everything they did Early growth was a little slow, and consumer hardware wasn't a hot topic back then. but we made a bet on this quality they shared. Alright that's one company out of 30! Will do another one tomorrow leading up to the start of blueprint Blueprint is our deep tech program, we're investing $150k upfront in 30 teams You'll have 3mo + up to 1 year of dedicated space in our hardware facility, right where these guys work! Applications close in 6 days