Playground Portfolio Company News

Playground portfolio companies in the news this week ??:

• PsiQuantum signed a contract with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to explore novel approaches to achieving viable, fault-tolerant quantum computers in <10 years https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230131005343/en/PsiQuantum-Will-Partner-with-DARPA-to-Accelerate-Path-to-Build-the-World%E2%80%99s-First-Utility-Scale-Quantum-Computer
• CNBC recently visited "The Wormhole," Relativity Space 's giant factory 3D-printing reusable rockets — an approach that will make production much faster than traditional methods, requiring thousands fewer parts and enabling changes to be made via software, which could allow the creation of rockets from raw materials in as little as 60 days. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/04/inside-relativity-spaces-monster-factory-3d-printing-reusable-rockets.html
• The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday granted Universal Hydrogen clearance to proceed with the first flight of its hydrogen-powered Dash-8-300 test airplane at Moses Lake. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/faa-clears-hydrogen-powered-airplane-for-first-flight-at-moses-lake/
• Saltbox ?is bringing flexible co-warehousing and logistics support to businesses in South Florida with the opening of its Miami location. https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/inno/stories/news/2023/02/03/cowarehousing-startup-opens-miami-location.html?ana=brss_822
• Ultima Genomics announced a partnership with New England Biolabs to expand research applications on Ultima sequencers. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ultima-genomics-partners-england-biolabs-130000485.html?guccounter=1