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Last night, founders and industry leaders gathered in San Francisco to discuss insights and learnings on launching deep technology businesses in physical industries and the ways Eclipse can support accelerating these businesses to scale through Eclipse Venture Equity (VE). The night kicked off with RJ Scaringe's lessons from the field building Rivian and went on to highlight the experiences of Mytra’s Chris Walti and several founders currently in stealth working to transform the industrial equipment and remediation spaces. Thank you to everyone who came out for the evening! Interested in building a company to transform physical industries? Learn more about Eclipse Venture Equity (VE): https://bit.ly/3V8L5G7 Lior Susan, Aidan Madigan-Curtis, Jiten Behl, Charly M., ashwin pushpala, Ryan Gibson

Ursa Major is transforming rocket engine production by using scalable additive manufacturing to secure the future of aerospace and defense technology in the U.S. The team is looking for a VP of Solid Rocket Motor Operations to scale high production of solid rocket motors at their headquarters in Berthoud, Colorado.? ? Help define the future of the U.S.’ national security and apply here: https://bit.ly/4i1YZUg

In 2017, Wayve was founded in the UK to pioneer AV2.0, a next-generation autonomous driving system that can quickly and safely adapt to new use cases and driving domains anywhere in the world. Recently, the team announced that it would begin testing its driver-assist technology in California as the company sets its sights on global expansion. Founder and CEO Alex Kendall spoke to Business Insider about some of the challenges the technology will face in this new environment — like driving on the opposite side of the road — the novel approach the company is taking to unlock autonomous driving via embodied AI, and the big year Wayve has had: https://bit.ly/3V41Gem

Yet another incredible feat from the Cerebras Systems team! Congratulations Andrew Feldman and team! ????????

In 2015, Eclipse Founding Partner Lior Susan was determined to transform physical industries and as a result, Eclipse was born. Three years later, he co-founded Bright Machines to rethink manufacturing. The Product Market Fit Show shares more on how his focus, determination, and a little luck have helped shape the path forward as he works to build the New Economy with the Eclipse team and our portfolio companies: https://bit.ly/4hVlMRz

It has become increasingly clear — especially in the last year —?the massive impact the Eclipse portfolio is set to have on the world as our companies redefine physical industries. In the last 5 years, innovation in the digitization of physical industries has exploded, which is playing out in both public and private markets. This innovation has created a modern day technology arms race due to the fact that physical industries — like manufacturing, supply chain, and on — shape economies. As a result, governments are scrambling to keep up because falling behind will erode competitiveness and undermine nations’ global power.?The domicile of infrastructure for this new technology paradigm *will* rebalance global power.?Eclipse believes we are about to experience the greatest value creation in history through this next great tech wave: AI and data-driven technologies, which will enable us to build with information.? ? This week, Eclipse hosted our 10th Annual Meeting to discuss the massive opportunity this wave of innovation offers startups looking to supercharge human potential in a new era of discovery, resilience, flexibility, intelligence, and health — for both people and the planet. Nine of our portfolio companies discussed how they are building differently to meet the needs of this new era and it was hard not to leave the room inspired for what’s to come. ? Thank you to all of our portfolio presenters —?Chris Walti?(Mytra), Kevin Kassekert (VulcanForms Inc.),?Daniel Jablonsky?(Ursa Major),?Jim Keller?(Tenstorrent),?Brandon Lucia?(Efficient Computer),?Boris Sofman (company in stealth),?Brad Bogolea?(Simbe),?Vernon O'Donnell?(Voxel), and?Fabian Gerlinghaus?(Cellares) — and guest speaker?RJ Scaringe?(Rivian). Together, our portfolio companies, our incredible LPs, and the Eclipse team are building differently to define the New Economy.

Today, we honor the men and women who have served our country and defended our freedom. At True Anomaly, we are especially grateful for the veterans who are part of our team, whose dedication, experience, and mission-focused mindset drive our work and enhance our solutions every day. Our commitment to advancing space security is rooted in the values of service to our country. We’re proud to work alongside so many veterans who bring invaluable expertise to our mission of supporting the national security space community. Thank you to all veterans for your service and sacrifice. #VeteransDay

Companies including Meta, OpenAI, and Scale AI have all inked partnerships with a handful of government agencies in recent days that aim to harness AI for national security purposes. These partnerships come as AI adoption has soared and defense innovation has become a bigger priority for the U.S. Eclipse Partner Seth Winterroth spoke to LinkedIn News' Tanya Dua on why we're seeing more AI companies working with federal agencies: https://bit.ly/3UIeHKr

Last week, Chris Walti had the privilege to speak with fellow robotics leaders and innovators at the Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP AI + Robotics Summit in DC! This was a great opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry and discuss how the biggest issues in AI and robotics are shaping key priorities in Washington. It was also a pleasure to speak alongside fellow Eclipse portfolio companies. Bright Machines Rylan Hamilton #AIRoboticsSummit24. ??

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan recently said, "In a world being transformed by clean energy transition, by dynamic emerging economies, by a quest for supply chain resilience — by digitization, by artificial intelligence, and by a revolution in biotechnology — the game is not the same." The game is indeed not the same. And the opportunity is unprecedented. The powerful combination of people, technology, capital, and national commitments is fueling the Industrial Evolution. Check out our latest newsletter for updates on how Eclipse is diligently working with our founders to bring the New Economy to fruition: https://bit.ly/3AiuloQ