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Mantle's 3D printing capabilities for precision tooling are unmatched. Mantle continues to deliver precision components for toolmakers, while reducing lead times and costs for the industry. Congratulations Ted Sorom, Stephen Connor and the entire Mantle team. Build Collective has seen you work hard day in and day out to deliver and unlock possibilities for your customers. The market needs Mantle’s integrated and focused solution. Well done! 

This is Dot. Dot is Understory's #weather sensor. It captures 125,000 weather-related metrics per second, including hail size, force, and angle. It started as a research project. Now, 10 years later, it delivers real-time ground-truth data for Understory’s one-of-a-kind #AI-powered #insurance coverage. When #climate change leads to uninsurable assets, Understory drops Dot to get a better read on risk, provide better coverage, at better rates. https://lnkd.in/dD7ei7XG cc: Alex Kubicek Neil B J Irwin Bryan Dow Build Collective #BuildBook #BUILD #BuildCollective #innovation #deeptech #insurtech

Researchers are discovering that microplastics are floating around us... "As plastic production increases, so do the risks to human health. In 1950, the world produced 2 million metric tons of plastic every year; last year, it was over 400 million metric tons." Plastic is a PROBLEM Thank you Simon Ducroquet (these visualizations are great!) and Shannon Osaka The Washington Post for this good read.

Sarah Perez TechCrunch EXACTLY! Apple is taking baby steps because right now that is all we can count on to deliver successfully. This is a solid first effort by Apple focusing on real benefits to users (ex. Siri). My two cents… Today's AI LLMs are mostly glorified demos for the really interesting applications. They are turning into a commodity because they're overfunded by FOMO-driven VCs who don't truly understand the technology limitations that drive real application requirements. Hallucinations are a real problem and there is no fundamental way to get rid of them. The expectations of customers are so much higher than what can be delivered today. Remember how everyone ran to fund self-driving cars in 2012-2014?!? It was the NEXT big thing. What do we have 10-12 years later? Think about how many years have past for those efforts to be perfected (and they still aren't yet). We haven't even seen a self-driving car business work yet either. How many billions were spent on that next big thing before reality set in?! AI is VERY similar. AND worth noting. There are many other approaches to AI that actually work reliably today. While they may not have magical LLM-like capabilities, they are solving very valuable problems and have businesses that work well. It will take many years to get to the AI capabilities we expect, unlike self driving cars, we can start using the right AI today!

We had a feature in the 1st generation Nest Protect: you could simply wave your hand underneath it to silence an alarm. Like, when you’re burning your toast. But, ongoing testing revealed walking underneath it would also silence it. And that’s not acceptable for a smoke alarm. We stopped selling Nest Protect immediately, published an open letter, and an over-the-air update disabled the feature. When disaster strikes, be ready. And do the right thing. #BuildBook #Build #Nest #hardware #tech

Wow - Apple is shipping Thread across iPads and Macs! We designed Thread at Nest back in 2013. Our very own Grant Erickson lead the dev work & industry partnerships, Isabel Guenette Thornton named it, Matteo Vianello and colleen piché designed the logo and Anton Oenning was point on Messaging & MarCom. As The Verge Jennifer Pattison Tuohy said about me in her article a couple years back (and yes it remains true!) I’m 'excited about the validation of Thread as a kid at Christmas.' It also reminds me how long deep tech takes for broad adoption. But, when it’s the right thing, it’s the right thing.

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 500% year-over-year growth!!! Congratulations to Alex Kubicek, Neil B J Irwin and Bryan Dow. Climate change is upending insurance, but Understory has cracked the code applying proprietary deep tech: hyper-sensitive weather stations delivering unique ground-truth data + its own forecasting AI. But they didn’t stop there. This is a deep tech + fintech + insurtech stack with proven car dealer protection and lower premiums. At Build Collective we see this as the holy grail of data powered insurance! Next up: solar panel farms! #deeptech #insurtech #weather

A more iPod like sensibility to the digital assets space.  What would that look like? Ledger Stax is now shipping! 🙌 Couldn’t be more proud of this incredible team. Everyone worked tirelessly with determination and passion to bring it to life especially ian rogers and Pascal Gauthier!

Ledger Stax is the world’s first curved E-Ink touchscreen cold wallet. It’s delightful to use, always-on, but doesn’t hog your battery. And, of course, it ships with a decade of trusted Ledger security experience. https://www.ledger.com/ cc: ian rogers Pascal Gauthier Cyril Labidi #BuildBook #BUILD #tech #innovation