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Startup founded by ‘Survivor’ champ debuts airless bike tires based on NASA rover tech

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SMART, which is co-founded by “Survivor: Fiji” champion Earl Cole and engineer Brian Yennie, worked with Padula and Creager, along with former NASA intern Calvin Young, to apply the benefits of SMA to the consumer market. Early Stage is the premier “how-to” event for startup entrepreneurs and investors.

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Inside the secretive Silicon Valley startup trying to save the oceans with tech

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Instead, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, which also received a separate $1 million donation from Oceankind, took public credit for the robot research. One Oceankind project that may raise eyebrows is its funding of research that strays into the controversial area of geoengineering.

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The Station: Uber’s new battles in the UK, Lucid Motors’ second life plans and Cruise acquires Voyage

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” I might have raised an eyebrow or two when I first read this announcement. The company’s last public fundraising announcements were more than a year ago. The company raised $275 million in a Series D round back in September 2019. That round was later extended to $350 million. million in Series B capital.