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The warfighter needs intelligence that moves as fast as the mission. Over the past few months, U.S. and Philippine forces have employed PDW's C100 during joint exercises to strengthen interoperability, improve situational awareness, and enhance operational readiness. These exercises underscore the growing demand for resilient compute, communications, and data infrastructure that can support UAS operations in contested and expeditionary environments. PDW continues to deliver rugged, mission-ready technology designed to help warfighters access and act on critical information wherever the mission takes them. Learn more at the link below.

Can you be intense without being anxious? Matt Higgins (@mhiggins) says yes, but it takes work. For founders and builders, the real edge may be pursuing the work fully without needing anxiety to fuel it. Watch the full episode: bit.ly/4dQVy2P

What does it take to build boldly with no fallback plan? On Innovators Inside, Ian Bergman & Layne Fawns sit down with @mhiggins to discuss founder resilience, bold commitment vs. reckless risk, category creation, and building through uncertainty.  📺 bit.ly/4dQVy2P

Mission success demands systems that perform when the environment doesn't cooperate. Last week at the 2026 Tough Stump Technologies Rodeo in Montana's Ruby Valley, PDW demonstrated the C100 across a series of realistic, mission-driven scenarios spanning more than 550 square miles of rugged terrain. From BVLOS search-and-rescue operations and precision medical payload delivery to over-water deployment of life-saving equipment, the C100 proved its versatility, endurance, and stability in challenging conditions. Events like Tough Stump bring together the technologies and partners shaping the future of autonomous operations. We're proud to collaborate with innovators across the industry and continue delivering capabilities that work where they matter most: in the field.

Why I invested in @popupbagels: 1 - Product. Lines tell the story of a bagel as good as the buzz. Back products and companies that initially generate traction on word of mouth and user generated content. 2 - Differentiated model. Online ordering. Huge viral lines. Can’t order just one. No bagel sandwiches. Artisan spreads. No knives. Grip, rip and dip! Back products that resist commoditization. 3 - Scalable. 500-700 sq ft. Low buildout, fast payback. Back companies that can scale without too much dilutive capital and complicated operations. 4 - Product/founder fit - Adam Goldberg lives for his bagels. Works 100 hours a week. Back founders who have an air of inevitability about their success, the kind of people others describe as someone who will “just figure it out.” 5 - The power of endorsement. There are many people I respect who speak very passionately about investing in @popupbagels. In particular, @darrenrovell has a tremendous eye for food and CPG companies (early on @AthleticBrewing & many others). Phenomenal track record. Back companies that are backed by people whose judgement you value - so long as they are investing within their lane (cautionary note when your lawyer friend calls you about a hot AI company). 6 - I’m a kid from Queens and I just LOVE my bagels. Back companies that fuel your passion and will be fun to work on. Life is too short to only invest in boring crap.

Smart strategic move by @JamesSlider_PDW and the Team at @PDW_ai Keep building! 👊🏽

Connectivity is a critical capability, not a feature. PDW's agreement to acquire Vanteon strengthens our ability to design, develop, and deliver next-generation sUAS capabilities while expanding mission-critical connectivity at the tactical edge. We're excited to welcome the Vanteon team and build on a trusted partnership as we continue advancing the future of autonomous systems. Read more at the link below.

What is the most volatile asset in the world that’s actually the most predictable?

One thing I’ve learned over my meandering career of building businesses in many different industries: First movers must master cannibalism if they have any shot at dominating a category long term. This is where most founders struggle. It’s exhausting to perpetually tear yourself apart in order to survive when you were first in a category. The Innovator’s Dilemma is not a dilemma at all - but an existential threat to your very survival. New players have no regard for your early precedents. They take what you’ve done, learn from it, steal some of it, improve upon it, and then try to kill you - hoping that you have grown complacent in your creeping obsolescence. You will never have peace. Until you retire or sell your business. The revolutionary must stay in a perpetual state of revolution. Look at Jensen Huang: "When you build a company from scratch, and you’ve experienced real adversity, and you’ve quite honestly almost gone bankrupt a few times, that feeling stays with you... I don't wake up proud and confident. I wake up worried and concerned." Cannibalize yourself or be killed.

PDW will be at SOF Week in Tampa this week, showcasing our mission-focused solutions for real-world operational environments. Visit us in the exhibit hall at booth #607 and outside at #4312 to learn how our deployable autonomous systems can support mission readiness, operational flexibility, and faster decision-making in the field. Additionally, see the C100 in action at PDW x FlyMotion After Hours Tech Demo Wednesday evening. Register at the link below.

West Palm Beach is emerging as a blueprint for the next generation of healthy buildings. Visium Far-UVC technology is now integrated across Related Ross’ premier Class A commercial properties to continuously improve indoor environmental quality as part of the built environment itself. This is a new standard for modern spaces where health, wellness, performance, and experience matter. Learn more: visium.one/news-resources/vi… #HealthyBuildings #CommercialRealEstate #PropTech #IndoorAirQuality #WestPalmBeach

For all of Apple’s strengths, I’ve rarely seen a company do so little with so much cash on its balance sheet. Siri increasingly feels like one of the least sophisticated consumer AI interfaces in tech. If anyone should own the customer joureny around Ai on mobile, it's Apple. Yet, we're back to a world where we're downloading LLM's because Apple is so subpar, all we get are half-baked ChatGPT integrations. Bit shocking. At this point, a motivated high school (or middle school) student can build a more responsive and useful AI assistant experience on top of Claude in a weekend. And yet Apple remains near historic highs because the company has something more powerful than great AI right now: the walled garden ecosystem lock-in. The switching costs across iPhone, iMessage, AirPods, Photos, and iCloud are so high that most consumers simply tolerate a subpar experience rather than defect. But if a challenger ever meaningfully lowers those switching costs, Apple would have to watch out.

The words Artificial Intelligence will not appear in any 2027 commencement speeches.

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As the AI ecosystem continues to broaden, you’ll be hearing about memory chip maker Micron almost as much as you hear about $NVDA. And the best part: Made in Boise, Idaho. $MU

Which should come first: the product or the audience?

OpenAI seems more like Myspace every day. That’s not a knock. Without Myspace, there isn’t a Facebook. Someone always has to go first. They often finish last.

Within 10 years, entering a room without Far-UVC will feel as "gross" as drinking unfiltered pond water. You’ll look at the ceiling first. If the lights aren't there? You’re leaving. Why? A single sneeze launches 40,000 droplets. 10,000 carry influenza if someone is infected. 5 minutes after a sneeze, 66% of those droplets are still hanging in the air, waiting for you to breathe them in. Under Far UVC lights, 99.9% of those droplets are inactivated. Latest results in real-world clinical settings have now shown this results in a dramatic reduction in actual disease transmission. Terrible for viruses. Safe for humans. Sports teams will move first. They already invest millions to keep elite athletes healthy and playing. Then hospitals. Then military. Then tight public spaces. And eventually all commercial buildings. #FarUVC #PublicHealth #Visium @VisiumHQ

Imagine Anthropic made a phone? Claude vanquishes Siri. Apple would be Blockbuster overnight. Siri is such a drag. But hundreds of millions of people are locked into this ecosystem. We just accept pre-AI tech because switching costs are too high. All it takes is a better alternative…

Claude is one giant excuse killer for all your skill gaps.