The inventor of the iPhone will, umm, NOT be investing in the metaverse.
Here's why:
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We cannot make truly human connections in the “Metaverse.”
You will never look into each others’ eyes, their soul.
F&ck the Metaverse!
Zoom & videoconferencing is way better… in fact it’s better than a voice only connection.
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The powerful, affordable CT scanning system of every engineers' dreams . Designers can now see a detailed, accurate 3D reconstruction of their scanned items mechanical features to gain next level insights. Thx 🙌
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Meet the startup that designed CT scanners to make consumer products better @forbes @ForbesTech forbes.com/sites/amyfeldm
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Helping big CO2 emitters get to a credible net zero is hyper precise & can track multiple emission factors i.e. Scope 3 emissions. Most carbon management solutions have avoided tracking these incredibly impt factors. Congrats thx
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12 months, $100M raised and a growing team across Europe and the US 
We’re starting our new chapter with global investment firm Coatue and @tfadell – ready to help more corporate and financial organizations take data-driven #climateaction. Here's how: bit.ly/3NN4uXS
We’re starting our new chapter with global investment firm Coatue and @tfadell – ready to help more corporate and financial organizations take data-driven #climateaction. Here's how: bit.ly/3NN4uXS
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Switches are everywhere: home, phone, plane, and train. ’s #IdealSwitch is 99x smaller, lighter, faster, more reliable and efficient than current switches. Menlo is #BUILDing a US fab, because we need a lot of them for the #electrificationofeverything and #climate
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Thank you for the support from our investors and for our employee’s hard work. Our funding milestone underscores the confidence our investors have in @MenloMicro's transformative technology to fuel the #ElectrificationofEverything.
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We are still using 100 yr old relay tech to protect our homes, buildings, factories. We can do better: 's #IdealSwitch replaces all switches that control factory robots and manufacturing lines. That alone can save $7+ trillion in OPEX by 2050. Congrats on series c!
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Thank you, @Haje @TechCrunch, great article on how @MenloMicro switches are poised to replace every switch that distributes power! tcrn.ch/3CsS1Dl via @techcrunch
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🙌🏻 all women & their achievements #InternationalWomensDay! Our founders like are leading game-changing startups. #XpertSea = digital aquaculture marketplace : certified product, better terms for farmers, higher quality seafood. Women #BUILD this world for the better!
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This is what we invest in: The next-gen MEMS switch delivering 99% reductions in size, weight, and power. #IdealSwitch technology is looking at semiconductor manufacturing locations across the US. 👏🏻 thank you for the support in #NewYork!
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.@MenloMicro #IdealSwitch is the largest leap in switch #technology since the transistor. To meet demand we are looking at sites to manufacture this MEMS switch in the US. @SenSchumer thank you for the strong support to bring our new chip fab to #NewYork and #BUILD in the USA 
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Autonomous 24/7 picking robots w/ AI + adaptable gripper designs=products sorted, orders out quickly & efficiency in supply chain. Data driven insights into inventory have never been more valuable. Way to go #BUILD more robots 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #ecommerce
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Today we are proud to announce that we have secured $66 million in our Series C financing, which will be used to accelerate product + business development. Read full details in the press release: righthandrobotics.com/the-latest/rig
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The time is now for warehouse automation. To meet fulfillment needs #ecommerce #pharma #grocery = 24/7 piece picking autonomous robots + gripper tech. Solving the problem of grasping & picking w/ >1200 per hr pick rate. No more bottlenecks! 🙌🏻
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As competition to automate warehouses heats up, @RHRobotics raises $66 million @Forbes @ForbesTech forbes.com/sites/amyfeldm
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I am very pleased to have a fireside chat at #3DXW22 with @tfadell Inventor of iPod, co-inventor of iPhone, founder of NEST and now as the Principal at @FutureShapeLLC
This is going to be an awesome discussion, don’t miss it 
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On a mission to save our planet 🔋 Thank you for your support, & @YingShirleyMen1! Let's go! ⚡️⚡️
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Thank you @YingShirleyMen1 and for your support & trust in team. Together, we will commercialize battery grade real silicon “REALSi”.
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Visiting @ADVANOTech in New Orleans, met @tfadell - his vision about how we can accelerate #EnergyTransition is truly inspiring. Looking forward to his book #Build this coming May.
PS:I have emphasized the importance of Si anode in my video with @LimitingThe . C,Si,Li all win !
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👏🏻 🙌🏻 @YingShirleyMen1 energy disruption is upon us! Key to electrification of everything is the battery! is at the forefront of silicon-enhanced battery tech. We are ready to see more #ElectricVehicles on the roads & longer lasting #batteries for consumer products
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Wonderful to finally meet in person @YingShirleyMen1 it was an honor to spend time together helping to fix our planet. Can’t wait to see the results of the important work at @ADVANOTech twitter.com/YingShirleyMen…
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Another great article by - you have brilliantly filled the big shoes of
Hope we talk again, much before the 4G shutdown in 2030-32 or so! 😀
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“If we didn’t have 3G, we wouldn’t have had the smartphone revolution” - @tfadell.
As 3G shutdowns start, I got the iPhone 3G and iPhone 4 working on 3G networks one last time to remember all the network did for us.
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“If we didn’t have 3G, we wouldn’t have had the smartphone revolution” - @tfadell.
As 3G shutdowns start, I got the iPhone 3G and iPhone 4 working on 3G networks one last time to remember all the network did for us.
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.#iPhone revealed 15 yrs ago "Changed phones forever. Changed personal computing. Changed business. Changed #Apple. & it changed us" + $AAPL hit $3 trillion this month. Start your week re-visiting #LandoftheGiants w/
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WATCH NOW: DICE Founder & CEO Phil Hutcheon & Nest Founder and iPod Inventor Tony Fadell join #Influencers with Andy @serwer yhoo.it/3JOEl92
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2 weeks ago talked w/ about Building Iconic Products & announced #BUILD ( pre-order now📚 tonyfadell.com ) If you missed the onstage, watch now youtu.be/nNlyJmg2mbU
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. is this yr Startup-to-Watch annual awards 👏🏼 #IdealSwitch is the holy grail of switches: size of a chip + benefits of a mechanical relay. The most impt innovation since the transistor & in production now. Congratulations to & team
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Thank you @GlobalSemi for the great honor, naming @MenloMicro the 2021 Start-Up to Watch. This award is a testament to all the hard work our team has put in to bring the #IdealSwitch to commercial viability. We thank our amazing team, investors & customers.lnkd.in/eFKiHT38
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🚀Live from our partners event #HTSummit2021 |
⚙️From Leonardo Da Vinci to this day - telling a story and creating the #ecosystem is what moves #deeptech founders forward!
🚀David Sloo from rocking the stage!🚀
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We had so much fun! Thank you and now is back on stage to talk #cleantech w/ watch here m.youtube.com/watch?v=iPeC7n
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And the countdown to May 2022 begins 📚 #BUILD stories and hard learned lessons from #adviceencylopedia A must for your holiday wishlist! Pre-order and sign up for email updates: tonyfadell.com
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I thought building the iPod, iPhone & Nest was hard. Never realized writing a book would be harder. #BUILD launches May 2022. @harpercollins @harperbusiness @PenguinUKbooks #adviceencyclopedia #coverreveal
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Bonjour à tous ! 
Diffusion de l'émission spéciale des 20 ans de l'iPod en compagnie de Tony Fadell !!
Regarder sur YouTube : youtu.be/iqw39I47n7I
Avec @tfadell @loran @StephZibi @damiendouani @truemisterX @VillageCAParis et @olivierfrigara
Diffusion de l'émission spéciale des 20 ans de l'iPod en compagnie de Tony Fadell !!
Regarder sur YouTube : youtu.be/iqw39I47n7I
Avec @tfadell @loran @StephZibi @damiendouani @truemisterX @VillageCAParis et @olivierfrigara3
Nostalgia is all too real! How has it been 20 years?! The #iPod changed everything! “1000 songs in your pocket” thx for the walk down memory lane 🙌🏻
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It’s great to relive all the iPod rollercoaster rides. If it ain’t scary it ain’t fun!
Thanks @RogerWCheng for the trip down memory lane. twitter.com/RogerWCheng/st…
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We closed our latest funding round, yielding $62M, taking us to first test flights of a H2-powered regional airliner next year. We’re incredibly proud of our team & investor syndicate, and excited for the road ahead to #truezero flight! ft.com/content/1741c3
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🌎 Join at the #SOSVClimateTech Summit by on Oct 20-21. He will talk w/ () about “Investing in our future and leaving the planet better than we found it” Register (free!) 👉 hopin.com/events/sosv-cl
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The SOSV Climate Tech Summit is fast approaching (Oct 20-21)!
Don't miss @BillGates, @vkhosla, @ktrae, @Bill_Gross, @tfadell, and many more in this free, virtual, 2-day forum for the emerging #ClimateTech ecosystem. Register today: hopin.com/events/sosv-cl
Don't miss @BillGates, @vkhosla, @ktrae, @Bill_Gross, @tfadell, and many more in this free, virtual, 2-day forum for the emerging #ClimateTech ecosystem. Register today: hopin.com/events/sosv-cl
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Live industry = layers of self-interested gatekeepers. Fans hunt for shows & deal w/ scalpers, venues face expensive marketing costs & artists = last to get paid. W/ fans find shows & buy tickets, artists get fans, transparency on ticket sales,select venues. WIN-WIN-WIN👏
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How can a scalper make more $£€ selling a few tickets than artists can make in a month streaming to thousands of fans?!? That ain’t right!!
rights those wrongs. Now it’s finally time to show the world how fans & artists can have the relationship they’ve always wanted! twitter.com/tim/status/144
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Dreaming of your next concert experience? We are too! Not dreaming of ticket scalpers…we agree, nobody likes them! re-engineers the entire live industry. Discover experiences near you or watch a virtual live stream show from the comfort of your home. thx #music twitter.com/tim/status/144
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An important read for anyone who wants to understand the latest in LatAm tech.
Also wonderful to be partnered with in Xpertsea - empowering "aqua" farmers throughout the continent.
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Here are the Top 10 most fascinating stats about LatAm Tech in 2021 from Atlantico founding partner @JulioV and our team at @AtlanticoPart 
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3D printing hasn’t been fast or cheap enough to produce final products at volume. That’s the genius of - the ONLY 3D printing tech with the precision & surface finish needed for tools & dies. Shave months & $$$s off your dev cycles 👏🏻 💯 #3DPrinting #manufacturing
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"Mantle, a metal 3D printing startup based in San Francisco, offers a solution. By focusing on the tools, molds, and dies needed for high-volume parts production."
- Jim Vinoski, @Forbes
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👏🏻 we’ve voted! If you don’t know it’s time for you to meet the #IdealSwitch Unique materials that can operate for decades & 1000x faster than a typical relay. A game-changer for 5G, IoT, battery management, EVs, & medical instruments #reliable #highperformance
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.@MenloMicro was selected as a #VERGE21 #Accelerate semifinalist for the #ElectrificationofEverything and needs your vote!
Public voting is open until 9/20: bit.ly/3zvw84a
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Join at #SeeChangeSessions as they discuss how technologists and entrepreneurs can be a part of the climate change solution. Discussion starts at 11am ET. #climatechange 💡 🌎 seechangesessions.com
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Farmed #shrimp is among the fastest growing & most traded food commodities in the 🌎. Fragmented + no data + archaic info-sharing = inefficient + opaque + wasteful. XpertSea fixes this! & team empower shrimp-farmers w/ #AI & establish a new #aquaculture marketplace🦐
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Canada's XpertSea raises $20 million to expand data-driven shrimp marketplace on.forbes.com/6019yl9qW by @DanieDeLorenzo
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👏🏻 joins largest ever funding round in #insurtech. bolttech brings a new wave of less fragmented insurance + more product options. Insurers, distributors & customers can now buy & sell insurance easier via the largest insurance exchange in the 🌏
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Today, , the legendary co-inventor of the iPod, iPhone, & Nest, uncovers 6 of his product frameworks and first principles for design.
As Tony says: Only 50% of the design is the design. 50% of the design is the story behind the design.
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