Reactors, Rockets, & Recovery Tech

📡 Radar

☢️ Aalo Atomics is Building the Future of Power + Compute

Fresh off a $100M Series A, Aalo is building a compact microreactor paired directly with an AI data center. Their thesis: instead of chasing grid upgrades, colocate nuclear-powered compute where it’s needed most. It’s a fusion of energy and infrastructure. Backers include Breakthrough Energy, Lowercarbon, and Gigascale Capital. This is one of the first truly nuclear-native bets on AI infrastructure. Many of you have reached out for exposure to this space and we are working on it! Techcrunch

🪙 Gemini Files to Go Public

The Winklevoss twins’ crypto exchange has filed to list on Nasdaq under the ticker $GEMI. Despite a $282M loss in the first half of 2025, Gemini saw trading volume jump 50 percent and assets under custody climb to $18B. It would be the third major U.S. exchange to go public after Coinbase and Bullish, signaling renewed momentum in crypto infrastructure plays. The Street

🧠 Anthropic is Raising Another $10B

Claude’s parent company is back in the market, seeking up to $10B in new funding. That’s on top of the $6.4B it already raised this year. Investors are being pitched at valuations as high as $170B, potentially leapfrogging OpenAI. With Amazon, Google, and top-tier funds already in the cap table, this round would further cement Anthropic as a core AI infrastructure bet. Seeking Alpha

🚀 Starship is Launching on Sunday

SpaceX has scheduled Starship Flight 10 for Sunday, August 24, with liftoff targeted for 6:30 p.m. CDT. The mission will test full-stack launch, controlled descent, and reusability features. Booster recovery is planned for the Gulf of Mexico, while the upper stage will attempt in-space engine relight before splashing down in the Indian Ocean. If all goes to plan, this will be their closest push yet to full orbital reusability. USA Today 

🛌 Eight Sleep raises $100M to upgrade your sleep

Eight Sleep just secured $100M from Valor and Founders Fund to bring AI deeper into your bedroom. Their product roadmap includes dynamic temperature control, real-time biometric monitoring, and sleep coaching personalized to your recovery patterns. Think of it as a smartbed that adapts like a self-driving car. The wellness-tech convergence is heating up, and Eight Sleep is betting big on being the Tesla of recovery. TechCrunch

💬 Prompt

Where should we begin?

2. Act as a macro analyst. Based on the current state of interest rates, public markets, and venture fundraising, give me a 90-day strategy for raising capital as a startup founder.

📢 Updates

🏈 Bots to Buckeyes

We did not have ‘Anduril sponsors Ohio State Athletics’ on our 2025 bingo card. But here we are. Defense tech is now inside the red zone. 🚨 

🧠 Wisdom

🌀 Strange Ideas

Nothing sharpens your thinking like taking ideas you don’t understand seriously. Ryan Holiday nails it here. Worth a follow if he’s not already on your radar.