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Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab reportedly raising $2B would be the largest seed round ever, far surpassing Yuga Labs' $450M seed round in 2022 (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-seed-ro…

Thinking Machines Lab’s $2B Seed Round Is Biggest By A Long Shot
The $2 billion Andreessen Horowitz-led financing that Thinking Machines reportedly just closed at a $10 billion valuation is by far the largest seed round in the Crunchbase dataset. We take a look at that, as well as the runner's up in seed funding.

Functional programming isn't just for Haskell developers. It's for #PHP developers, too. "Thinking Functionally in PHP" is available from LeanPub.
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News Corp extends CEO Robert Thomson's contract through June 2030, as it faces AI headwinds; Thomson joined in 2013 and his previous deal expired in June 2027 (Melissa Korn/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj…

The program of the Night of Science is now online: #mpsgoettingen, you can enjoy lectures, guided tours, hands-on experime…

Nacht des Wissens Göttingen 2025 – Entdecken Sie die Wissenschaft hautnah
Erleben Sie die Nacht des Wissens in Göttingen am 21. Juni 2025. Entdecken Sie faszinierende wissenschaftliche Themen, treffen Sie Experten und tauchen Sie in die Welt von Forschung und Innovation ein. Besuchen Sie über 25 Locations und erleben Sie spannende Programme und interaktive Ausstellungen in ganz Göttingen.

Here's how Iran could retaliate against the US if diplomacy fails (Ellen Mitchell/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5365222-iran-israel-war-tensions-iran-us/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p159#a250623p159

Sources: Mira Murati has told investors Thinking Machines Lab plans to develop customized AI models based on business KPIs, and also plans a consumer product (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ex-openai-cto-m…

How Ex-OpenAI CTO Murati’s Startup Plans to Compete With OpenAI and Others
The thinking behind Thinking Machines Lab, a high-profile but mysterious artificial intelligence startup led by former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, is becoming clearer. After raising an astonishing $2 billion at a $10 billion valuation from investors including Andreessen Horowitz ...

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Line Tension Reshapes Nucleation at Surface Edges: A Generalized Theory for Nanopore Activation
Yanchen Wu, Martin Z. Bazant, Allan S. Myerson, Richard D. Braatz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16978

Line Tension Reshapes Nucleation at Surface Edges: A Generalized Theory for Nanopore Activation
Heterogeneous nucleation at surface edges is pervasive across nature and industry, yet the role of line tension, arising from asymmetric capillary interactions at geometric singularities, remains poorly understood. Herein we develop a generalized nucleation theory that explicitly incorporates line tension induced by edge pinning, thereby extending classical frameworks to account for nanoscale confinement and interfacial asymmetry. Through analytical treatment of droplet formation within geometr…

Investors brace for oil price spike, rush to havens after US bombs Iran nuclear sites (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/middle-east-tensions-put-investors-alert-weighing-worst-case-scenarios-2025-06-21/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p44#a250622p44

B-2 bombers moving to Guam amid Middle East tensions, US officials say (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/b-2-bombers-moving-guam-amid-middle-east-tensions-us-officials-say-2025-06-21/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250621/p38#a250621p38