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Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity, launches the nonprofit Laude Institute, self-funded with $100M for grants to AI projects and labs (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/2…

Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity AI, launches $100M research institute focused on beneficial AI - SiliconANGLE
Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity AI, launches $100M research institute focused on beneficial AI - SiliconANGLE

Nice try LinkedIn. No, I’d rather not upload a photo of ANY PII and/or scan my face to you or your third-parties so you can misuse it. Your platform is not that important.
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Huh, I think I have one of those around here somewhere...
https://elk.zone/mastodon.social/@jaffathecake/114947963365880322

Jake Archibald (@jaffathecake@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image Starting my new role on Monday. Could be anywhere.

All-polarisation beamsplitters for interferometer applications
S. L. Kranzhoff, Z. Van Ranst, J. De Bolle, S. Coessens, S. L. Danilishin, C. Detavernier, P. F. Smet, A. P. Spencer, J. Steinlechner, S. Steinlechner, M. Vardaro, S. Hild
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22866

All-polarisation beamsplitters for interferometer applications
Optical beamsplitters with similar properties for orthogonal, linear polarisation modes are required for realising polarisation-based speedmeter schemes to reduce back-action noise in gravitational-wave interferometers. In this paper, we investigate two beamsplitter coatings obtained from Laseroptik GmbH and Optoman on a best-effort basis that aim for a 50/50 power splitting ratio and equal overall phase shift for two orthogonal, linear polarisation modes interacting with the optic. We show tha…

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Databricks says it expects to generate $3.7B in annualized revenue by July, up 50% YoY, with nearly 50 of its 15,000 customers spending over $10M annually (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/databricks…

Databricks says annualized revenue will reach $3.7 billion by next month
Databricks told investors and analysts on Wednesday that annualized revenue will hit $3.7 billion by July, with 50% year-over-year growth.

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Maybe RSS is the social media I've wanted all along 🤔

A profile of UCB CS professor Ion Stoica, a billionaire who has helped launch four startups out of his privately-funded research lab, including Databricks (Martina Di Licosa/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/martinadilico

How A Berkeley Professor Built Billion-Dollar Companies In His Lab
Tech giants including Google fund Ion Stoica's lab, from which he launched companies like $62 billion Databricks. Now he's helping fellow profs find private funding.

Sources: Databricks is finalizing a funding round that would value it at $100B, up 61% from December 2024, co-led by Thrive Capital; a16z is set to participate (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/databricks-…