At @Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, we back visionary founders building early-stage companies #BeyondSiliconValley.
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For more than a decade, we’ve tracked how venture capital flows across the U.S. and how those flows influence where innovation takes hold. A central premise: local investors help spark and sustain startup ecosystems. So how is that dynamic showing up across the country?
In our 2026 report we take a look: revolution.docsend.com/v/7hz…
Startups are building (& #hiring) #BeyondSiliconValley. This week's career opps include:
📍Douglasville, GA: Ops Specialist @stockx
📍Kansas City, MO: Implementation Specialist @dauplerinc
📍Richmond, VA: Sales Exec @fringe_us
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Two years ago, Hermeus hadn’t flown an aircraft. Today, we’ve reached supersonic flight, and our latest aircraft will push to Mach 2+.
Inspired by Kelly Johnson’s “one miracle per program” mantra, each Quarterhorse tackles a new set of engineering challenges and takes us one step closer to building the world's fastest operational aircraft.
We break down our rapid roadmap to high-Mach flight below.
Startups are building (& #hiring) #BeyondSiliconValley. This week's career opps include:
📍Dallas, TX: Sr PMM @Cariloop
📍Lehi, UT: Customer Success Mngr @neighborstorage
📍Lincoln, NE: Office Mngr @BasicBlock_io
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"Some of the largest industries in the world are up for grabs, but it’s going to require a partnership-centric, policy-centric, perseverance-centric strategy."
@SteveCase sat down with @GrahamWinfrey to talk investor conviction & AI's #ThirdWave. 🌊 ⤵️ inc.com/graham-winfrey/steve…
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We made the cover of the @SDbusiness! 🗞️
Trust & Will Trust Company launched on Oct 14, making us the first digital estate planning platform to serve as a regulated corporate fiduciary. Plan it, sign it, and trust it, all in one place.
Read the feature: sdbj.com/finance/financial-p…
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“Optimism is at the heart of the American dream.” It’s the habit behind much of what the country has built: believing things can get better, then getting to work.
Catch @SteveCase among @Forbes’ 250 Greatest Living Optimists. 🔮 forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2…
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@seanhenry on @business - why scale matters in commerce, and what AMS Fulfillment adds to Stord.
10M+ annual orders, nearly 1M+ square feet, and 20+ years of operational data join the network.
More brands bring more volume. More volume lowers costs and speeds up delivery. Every order feeds the network intelligence we build through Stord Labs. That scale and vertical integration make our flywheel spin faster, so independent brands can get Prime-level delivery without giving up their customer relationship.
bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…
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@HousingWire's The Builder's Daily's team will integrate Acres’ Homebuilder Market Intelligence through a new partnership to bring greater transparency to nationwide homebuilding activity.
Check out the full details with the link in the comments. 🔗
#HousingMarket #Homebuilding
Startups are building (& #hiring) #BeyondSiliconValley. This week's career opps include:
📍Raleigh, NC: Biz Services Specialist @zenbusinessinc
📍Reno, NV: Area Mngr II @GetSTORD
📍SLC, UT: Social Media Mngr @cotopaxi
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“Scale is what enables the unit economics on low-cost delivery...and fast delivery…@GetStord is very much pursuing scale."
@seanhenry has big plans to help independent brands compete and win. 📦⚡ @melisskawrites on what those plans look like @Inc. 👇 inc.com/melissa-angell/stord…
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We are thrilled to announce the launch of the @trustandwill Trust Company, a Nevada-chartered retail trust company with the legal authority to serve as a professional corporate trustee.
For nearly a decade, Trust & Will has helped more than one million families start their estate plans. Now the company can step into the role that matters most at the end of the process: acting as the neutral, professional fiduciary who administers a trust when the time comes. It is the natural completion of the company's mission to help every family leave their legacy.
More than 6,100 trusts now carry that designation, holding $6.5 billion in assets across more than 60,000 individual assets.
The Trust & Will Trust Company is open and serving families today, with more exciting news coming soon!
More info in the press release: prnewswire.com/news-releases…
.@justwsports 🤝 Victra Sports 🤝 a one-stop shop for #womenssports content, scores, and stats.
@SBJ on JWS's latest moves to create a single (and singular) destination to follow the games, teams, leagues, and stories fans care about. ⤵️ sportsbusinessjournal.com/Ar…
Startups are building (& #hiring) #BeyondSiliconValley. This week's career opps include:
📍Columbus, OH: Sr Territory Mngr @BranchInsurance
📍DC: Sr Security Engr @anduriltech
📍Lehi, UT: Performance Mktg @neighborstorage
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Today we closed a $400 million credit facility, led by Citi and joined by Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan, at nearly double what we went out seeking.
With the Series F, that's $650 million in capital and committed credit behind Stord this year alone.
Concurrently, Bill Zerella joins as CFO and Mark Wayland joins as CRO.
🤖 Made with AI
Getting a business off the ground used to depend on what & who you knew today.👇 ~Half of entrepreneurs surveyed by our friends at @ZenBusinessInc now use AI to bridge the gap. @RossInAustin tells @Inc why more first-time founders feel ready to build. ⤵️ inc.com/victoria-salves/62-p…
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$3.7 BILLION in investment.
14,000 jobs.
Welcome to Baltimore County, @anduriltech!
Startups are building (& #hiring) #BeyondSiliconValley. This week's career opps include:
📍CO Springs, CO: Space Force AE @sling_shot_aero
📍Detroit, MI: Ecomm Growth @stockx
📍St. Louis, MO: Molecular Biologist @plastomics
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“I don't think value is going to keep accruing to AI & robotics. I think it actually accrues to the application layer & to the real world.”
“Long term, it's these super fast growth AI companies and robotics that end up commoditized by how low the cost becomes to replicate them internally across companies & for individuals even.”
— Stord CEO @seanhenry
NEW: Stord’s $3B Bet on Robotics, AI & Physical Infrastructure
From Thiel Fellow at 19 to building a $1B+ revenue business
Founder & CEO Sean Henry (@seanhenry)
@GetSTORD stats:
› 100M packages/year
› ~$20B in GMV
› $1B+ revenue this year, after 10Xing in 4 years
› 8B operational data points
The goal is to level the playing field with Amazon Prime for the other 2/3 of commerce on the internet.
I sat down with Sean in Cap Ferrat to talk about the company's $250M Series F, its massive bet on robotics & AI, plus why he believes the biggest value from this technology may ultimately accrue to physical businesses, not the AI and robotics companies themselves.
We get into:
› The data advantage behind 100M packages a year
› Why humanoids may be the wrong form factor for warehouses
› How acquisitions & vertical integration are accelerating Stord's scale
› Going from Thiel Fellow at 19 to building a $1B+ revenue business
Sean also explains the flywheel behind Stord: more volume creates greater density, lower costs and faster delivery, which in turn makes the company more competitive as it scales.
𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒
(00:00) Sean Henry, Founder & CEO at Stord
(00:41) What Stord is building in logistics
(02:42) Why robotics is finally ready for the real world
(04:37) How Stord is teaching robots to work
(06:09) Do humanoid robots actually make sense?
(07:20) Why owning the whole supply chain matters
(10:01) The problem that started Stord
(11:53) The Thiel Fellowship lesson: Build a monopoly
(13:10) Hot take: Why AI and robotics will become commodities
Startups are building (& #hiring) #BeyondSiliconValley. This week's career opps include:
📍Hebron, KY: Transportation Area Mngr @GetSTORD
📍Indy, IN: SaaS Services Mngr @getzylo
📍San Diego, CA: Sr Data Analyst @trustandwill
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