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PROOF
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Investing in breakout startups by backing the pro rata rights of early-stage VC partners. Access. Alignment. Amplified returns.



Today, we officially launched our own prediction market exchange. Licensed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), our new exchange is going to unlock even more ways for our customers to express their opinions on sports, culture and beyond, all in the same Underdog app. Full details here: underdogsports.com/news/underdog-…

Today, we officially launched our own prediction market exchange. Licensed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), our new exchange is going to unlock even more ways for our customers to express their opinions on sports, culture and beyond, all in the same Underdog app. Full details here: underdogsports.com/news/underdog-…

The U.S. Navy has awarded Ursa Major a $10M contract to advance the company’s MK 104 design through critical design review and static fire. The MK 104 is the dual-thrust rocket motor that powers the SM-2 and SM-6, the interceptors central to defending the fleet. And solid rocket motor production has become the biggest chokepoint in building munitions at the rate the warfighter needs. We're building the second source that changes that with adaptable, additive-enabled, American-made manufacturing that's built to surge with demand. Learn more: ursamajor.com/media/press-re…

Turing welcomes Robin Bordoli (@rbordoli) as President and Global Chief Revenue Officer. Robin joins to scale Turing across two core businesses: Frontier AI (helping top AI labs advance model capabilities) and Enterprise AI (helping companies deploy agentic systems at scale). He previously served as CRO at Weights & Biases and led the global field organization through its acquisition by CoreWeave. Before that, Robin was CEO of Figure Eight, which was acquired by Appen. He also held go-to-market roles at Marketo and Jive Software, both of which went public during his tenure. Welcome to the team, Robin.

😈 A contagious cancer is devastating Tasmanian devils. We’re partnering with Dr. Andrew Flies and @UTAS_ to fight back with edible vaccine “meat nuggets” and next-generation genetics. This is just the beginning. (1/10)





@filmhubhq is proud to empower entrepreneurial filmmakers and producers like @silkwhite to tell their stories to audiences worldwide. TY to @benfritz for helping us tell this amazing story. wsj.com/business/media…








Hydra Host has raised a $100 million Series A led by @KindredVentures, with participation from @nvidia, @ARKInvest, @splycapital, Era Funds, @ComcastVentures, Magnetar, @PEAK6 , and support from existing investors including @foundersfund, @10xFounders, Sterling Road, Denver Ventures, and Flume Ventures. 🔹AI data centers use the Brokkr AI Factory Operating System™ to deploy, operate, and monetize GPU infrastructure. 🔹AI builders gain direct access to standardized, sovereign, and secure Confidential Metal™ for their training and inference workloads. 50+ partner data centers. Global GPU infrastructure. Real-world AI workloads. We're grateful to our customers, partners, investors, and team members who helped make this possible. Read more: hydrahost.com/blog/news/hydr… #HydraHost #BrokkrAIFactoryOS #AIInfrastructure #ConfidentialMetal #MonetizeGPU