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

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Engineers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center assemble the new shape memory alloy rover tire prior to testing in the Simulated Lunar Operations Laboratory. You’ll hear firsthand how some of the most successful founders and VCs build their businesses, raise money and manage their portfolios. Image Credits: NASA.

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Liquid Death lands $75 million more to expand the brand

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Liquid Death , a water brand that began life in 2018 with a funny video to first test the concept, has grown deadly serious about its growth prospects. Altogether, Liquid Death has now raised $125 million. In the meantime, there are evidently plenty of places in the U.S. that have yet to discover the brand.

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

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One Oceankind project that may raise eyebrows is its funding of research that strays into the controversial area of geoengineering. Page and his family are reported to have spent much of the pandemic in Fiji. I don’t know anything about Larry Page’s preferences,” says Gardiner.

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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 raised $275 million in a Series D round back in September 2019. Voyage had 60 employees and raised about $52 million compared to giants like Cruise that has a nearly 2,000-person workforce and is valued at $30 billion.