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Gravitics plans to leverage space station architecture for $1.7M Space Force project

GeekWire

Gravitics was among 18 companies that were fast-tracked for Phase II Small Business Innovation research contracts. The company said it plans to leverage its commercial space station product architecture to develop orbital platforms that will enable rapid response options for the U.S.

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First Mode wins $1.8M contract to build hardware for Psyche mission to asteroid

GeekWire

million subcontract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to build flight hardware for NASA’s Psyche spacecraft , which is due to conduct the first-ever up-close study of a metal-rich asteroid. The contract calls for the hardware to be delivered in early 2021. NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU Illustration).

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Quantum hardware startup Rigetti Computing to go public in $1.5B SPAC deal with ex-Zillow CEO

GeekWire

The Bay Area-based makers of quantum computers and processors announced Wednesday that it will merge with a SPAC called Supernova Partners Acquisition Company II in a deal that values Rigetti at $1.5 This is the second SPAC deal for the group, which previously acquired real estate company Offerpad and took it public earlier this year.

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Chip industry strains to meet AI-fueled demands — will smaller LLMs help?

Computerworld Vertical IT

Tech giants Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are all offering cloud-based genAI technologies or baking them into their business apps for users, with global spending on AI by companies expected to reach $301 billion by 2026, according to IDC.

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CIOs See A Need For Data In Their Factories

The Accidental Successful CIO

CIOs who are responsible for their company’s factories are starting to understand that they will be spending far more on data management and analytics tools in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak, and will be using those tools for deeper insight into operations, sales and supply chain disruptions. What All Of This Means For You.

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Tech Moves: Former Ada Developers Academy CEO joins venture studio; Riveter co-CEO steps down; and more

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Conduit Venture Labs Photo) — Seattle tech leader Lauren Sato joined Seattle hardware startup studio Conduit Venture Labs as an entrepreneur-in-residence. “Conduit is unique in that hardware is an incredibly difficult space to get into as a standalone founder,” Sato said. Lauren Sato. Kirkland, Wash.-based

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Oracle adds compute services to its Cloud@Customer offering

CIO Business Intelligence

Dubbed Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer, the new offering runs on the same optimized hardware as the company’s Exadata Cloud@Customer offering, which is designed to run Oracle Autonomous Database Service and Oracle Exadata Database Service in an enterprise’s data centers. The dedicated cloud IaaS market is expected to reach $20.5

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