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"Extreme performance requires extreme co-design" - Jensen Huang from the NVIDIA #GTC keynote state in Washington, D.C. earlier today. Shortly after this statement, Jensen mentioned our engineering partnership with NVIDIA. We're incredibly proud to collaborate alongside the NVIDIA engineering team and the broader AI factory ecosystem for #Omniverse #DSX: a comprehensive blueprint for designing and operating gigawatt-scale AI factories. These computing systems are so large, interconnected, and complex that they must be operated as a single integrated system to maximize performance. Our contribution is the liquid-cooling AI agent that eliminates thermal spikes resulting from synchronized AI workloads, enabling an AI factory to run at higher TCS temperatures. This means less power required for cooling and more power available for revenue-generating GPUs. See more about NVIDIA's announcement on Omniverse DSX in the blog linked in the comments below

Honored to be one of the American Innovators featured in Jensen Huang’s keynote at NVIDIA GTC in Washington, DC today! 🦾 At Machina Labs, we’re building intelligent factories, powered by our RoboCraftsman platform, so industry can move faster, iterate freely, and produce precision metal products, anywhere. Huge thanks to the NVIDIA team for spotlighting the people and companies working to reindustrialize America with AI and robotics. 🎥 Watch the keynote clip: https://lnkd.in/e4J8uWsg

I'm very pleased to announce that Synonym has just wrapped up a $20M Series A. Our latest funding is co-led by GS Futures, the venture arm of @GS Group, one of South Korea's largest conglomerates with significant holdings that intersect with biomanufacturing. When I texted their Managing Partner Taehong Huh to ask him to sum up why he's investing, he said: "Because Synonym is solving one of the biggest bottlenecks in sustainable manufacturing -- you're translating biological innovation into reliable, scalable production. You guys are laying an overlooked yet crucial foundation for accelerating corporate and government adoption of biomaterials." We're grateful for GS's vote of confidence and for our other investors, including Squad Capital, Zero Infinity Partners, Giant Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Cerberus Capital Management, Black Opal Ventures, IQT, Clocktower Ventures, Phenomen Ventures, RTP Global, and Siddhi Capital among others. I also want to highlight the amazing team behind Synonym's success, including my co-founder Joshua Lachter, who has been a relentless supporter of the bioeconomy, Brentan Alexander and Crystal Bleecher, whose leadership ignites the passion within our two engineering teams, Mark Fridlyand, who keeps our ops and finances in check, and everyone else at Synonym. You are the best and I'm very proud of you joining Joshua and me on this journey. We're using the funds to double-down on working with some of the leading companies in the world on rejuvenating their supply chains. So if you think about R&D and innovation at a large organization in health and beauty, personal care, apparel, food, agriculture, specialty chemicals, and beyond, please reach out. And more announcements to come on that front. Follow Synonym and think of ways to make the world's supply chains more efficient. Let's work on that together!

The launch of RichardsCRM.com has been five years in the making. I cannot wait to share how we got here one day. For now, I’d like to personally thank Ron Guzior, Clint Klepp, Ted Dometita, and the entire team at Richards Building Supply Co. for their hard work and collaboration on this journey. Richards has helped Construct CRM invent how to digitize the contractor-distributor relationship, imagining and iterating together every step of the way. The infrastructure they’ve helped us develop is already being used by many other distributors, who will announce their CRM launches soon. By October 2025, over 25,000 contractors in the United States will have access to a free CRM provided by their distributor, powered by Construct CRM. We envision a world not too far in the future where the standard method for contractors to order building products and materials is online. We are on a mission to be the global provider of the digital infrastructure that will power the e-commerce of the building products and materials industry worldwide. Additionally, we would like to thank the team at Independent Distributor Alliance Corporation for helping us kickstart the digital transformation of the building products and materials industry. Without the IDAC Membership's input, collaboration, and deep desire to empower their digital transformations, we wouldn’t be announcing this launch today. One day, the industry will look back to the beginning of its digital transformation, led by Construct CRM, and see it was started by Richards Building Supply Co. and Independent Distributor Alliance Corporation. With that said, it’s still Day 1 at Construct CRM. More news to come, stay tuned, and God bless.

🌿 Welcoming Debut to our portfolio, fresh from its US$20M raise with Fine Structure Ventures, Wealthberry Labs, LLC., BOLD, the venture fund of L’Oréal, GS Futures, Sandbox Industries, Material Impact, and other global investors.   Headquartered in San Diego, Debut is redefining biotech-enabled beauty through its proprietary AI-powered ingredient discovery platform — advancing skin longevity and accelerating custom formulation development for global beauty brands. As Debut expands into #Asia with #Singapore as its launchpad, we’re excited to partner on its growth and catalyse next-generation beauty solutions.   🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gjMiapH6 Joshua Britton | SG Growth Capital | Heng-Tong CHOO | Paul Ng, CFA | Chia Li Yeung | Serene Keng | Harold Au | Estella Goh 吴慧盈 | Tae Yoon Song | Fadhli A. | Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) | Ajay Perumal | Hui Jie Tey | Steven Lin   #EDBI #AI #Innovation #DeepTech #Funding #VentureCapital #Startup #Fundraising #Sustainability #ClimateTech

Had a great time at RoboCon during the Science of Blockchain Conference last week. The event brought together builders and investors from across robotics, AI, and blockchain—and it was energizing to see the connections and overlap between these communities. Highlights included: - Exploring emerging applications for autonomous agents, with insights from  Cambrian Network, Virtuals Protocol, Rumi Labs Inc., GAIB AI, and Chainlink Labs - Deep dives into investing in decentralized intelligence, led by investors from Volt Capital, Hashed, Hack VC, and Topology Ventures - Insightful sessions on how user‑owned data is shaping the future of robotics with Vana - Panels blending Web2 and Web3 perspectives featuring Physical Intelligence, Sentient Labs, TorqueAGI, and 0G Labs At GS Futures, we’re actively investing in physical AI startups that are bringing the benefits of artificial intelligence into the real world. And as frequent investors in Web3 space as well, it is exciting to see how founders are exploring blockchain as a way to better enable, coordinate, and scale AI adoption in physical environments. Thanks to PrismaX, an innovative robotics intelligence company, for hosting the event, and to everyone who shared their work—I’m looking forward to staying close to this space as it evolves.

Last week, our team visited ViaBot, proudly one of GS Futures portfolio companies. The robot, base station, autonomy, and deep global supply chain work together to deliver one of the most complete robotic services in the world. But what impressed us as much - if not more - is how Viabot can build a cutting edge company that just works - plain and simple. It operates as it should. The customer contracts fit into existing procurement models. The equipment financing is practical. No wild imagination needed; just outdoor cleaning delivered, allowing labor-constrained operators to invest their scarce resources into more complex tasks. Well done ViaBot - we look forward to the journey together.

Attending the BuiltWorlds Construction Technology conference in Chicago on July 8 & 9? GS Futures is teaming up with 53 Stations to bring together those shaping the future of the construction ecosystem for food, drinks, and meaningful conversations on Tuesday, July 8. Whether you’re deeply embedded in construction tech or curious about emerging opportunities in the space, join us after the conference concludes on Day 1 to connect with the community building what's next. Please register here: https://lu.ma/za0g79m3

GS Futures is excited to announce Shop Circle's successful $60M Series B Raise! Congratulations to Luca Cartechini and Gian Maria Gramondi and the whole team at Shop Circle! We are beyond excited to be a part of this journey and to support Shop Circle shaping the future of retail 🚀 🛍️ Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/ehrU6tFm #ShopCircle #GSFutures