We’ve raised a $20M Series A from and many others to accelerate decarbonization in the home.
This is in addition to a $5M seed round last year from , , and .
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people aren’t ready for the fact that the uOLED VR headsets will be able to simulate monitors better than … actual monitors before too long
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HCD has updated its compliance report for Bay Area jurisdictions. Apparently, it's not buying the Marin County theories on adopted their Housing Elements prior to HCD review.
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We have a project starting to materialize at the intersection of ML and firmware ... if that sounds interesting and/or you've got experience with TFLite or similar frameworks -- we would love to chat.
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It’s time to build👇
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This took me an embarrassingly long time, but....
A map of which Bay Area municipalities are subject to the Builder's Remedy – losing their zoning powers – per @Yimby_Law .
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we are so back
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Google cofounder Sergey Brin just filed his first code request in years — and several dozen managers rushed to be the one to approve it, while other employees shared complaints and made memes.
Scoop from @richardjnieva and me in @Forbes: forbes.com/sites/richardn
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we are so back
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Tl;dr: new proposed DoE standards seem to indicate efficiency numbers of ~43% for gas stoves, which is on the high end but not impossible to hit.
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I interviewed at about the battery-powered stove and the future of battery-powered appliances. Sounds crazy? That's what I thought too... now my mind is changed.
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Can't wait for when "a watched pot never boils" is one of those phrases with forgotten origins because everyone has induction and they watch their pots boil all the time.
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The speed with which great things were built (747, Empire State Building, Golden Gate Bridge, Apollo landing) in the past is amazing.
What’s changed?
(I don't think it's computers)
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It genuinely fascinates me, how much more quickly things were done in the pre-computer age 1960s- on.ft.com/3JwOoCa via @FT
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Proptech is set for a lively year—green energy trends, deflation, office expectations, consolidation, AI, and more. What VCs and founders in our network see ahead: primary.vc/firstedition/p
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CA is so back
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somehow they pulled off an events app. what’s next, an anti-dating app dating app that forces you to meet people irl?
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Kicked off 2023 with a retreat for in SF with visits to and . I never thought I’d get excited to watch water boil but here we are
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biggest single policy story in California right now👇
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This is it! HCD will review Bay Area cities to see if they've zoned for new housing in wealthy areas. If a city fails, their zoning will be suspended and unlimited height & density at >20% affordable housing can be approved anywhere. Many are about to fail
darrellowens.substack.com/p/ca-cities-to
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who is going to photonics west? 👋
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I wish I had the stat at the tip of my tongue but it’s probably something like “the most recent 10% of homeowners pay 80% of the property tax” which is just insane. Can lower income tax if we fix property taxes in California.
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The top 8% in CA pay 78% of the income tax. If we lose even 10% of that, it is not good for CA. We should want more successful folks here. Now is the wrong time for more taxes.
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The degrowth movement is fundamentally wrong.
We can increase economic growth while decreasing CO2 emissions — look at all the countries that already have!
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I was going to say they’re getting into induction stoves next … but they ACTUALLY already made one! twitter.com/fpmarconi/stat
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unironically being an electrician may pay better than being an electrical engineer this decade
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PSA: stop trying to be influencers, we need electricians & plumbers
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LFP cell prices on Aliexpress (so, closer to retail than some negotiated price) being <$120/kWh is just … nuts.
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Video version (gulp!) here: youtu.be/Vtcd60pVuIo
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Gas stoves are a hot topic 
so @codysimms invited @sdamico, Founder/CEO @ImpulseLabs_, on the show to talk about:
The culture war around gas stoves
Health risks associated w/ gas stoves in the home
Impulse’s induction stovetop
& more. Listen: mcj.news/impulse
so @codysimms invited @sdamico, Founder/CEO @ImpulseLabs_, on the show to talk about:
The culture war around gas stoves
Health risks associated w/ gas stoves in the home
Impulse’s induction stovetop
& more. Listen: mcj.news/impulse
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Gas stoves are a hot topic 🔥 so invited , Founder/CEO , on the show to talk about:
👀 The culture war around gas stoves
😷 Health risks associated w/ gas stoves in the home
⚡️Impulse’s induction stovetop
& more. Listen: mcj.news/impulse
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I’m sure you’re fully inundated on this topic but just spoke with on on everyone’s absolute favorite topic — stoves 😂
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I’ve received 3 major climate newsletters in a row focused on gas / induction stoves.
Also our @mcjpod episode tomorrow is on the same thing.
It’s still worth a listen!
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you should be getting carbon steel pans and doing this to them
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some guy on r/castiron is up to 80 coats and I've never seen something going this wild on there before. happy for him
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came across a video that seems to show gases being vented directly from a cow and flared about as close to the source as it gets
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rip my 30 story trollplex though 🥲
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It feels like the 2020s are when the stuff the US left on the shelf is getting a second serious look
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Any instant reactions here? Seems potentially positive that the city figured out something workable (but not sure if there’s some new way to make this toothless)
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State housing officials have given preliminary approval to San Francisco’s housing element, an eight-year plan to produce 82,000 residential units that the Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on this week.
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The gauge of the conduit to the rest of the building / street and the amperage of the main service panel will be persistent barriers to electrification unless we start deploying batteries right at the point of use.
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“Working on a gut renovation of another co-op, Ms. Worth looked into bringing up the power, but the building simply didn’t have the capacity. “The New York City electrical grid is not ready for this,” she said.”
Paging @ImpulseLabs_ for the solve. nytimes.com/2023/01/21/nyr
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“Working on a gut renovation of another co-op, Ms. Worth looked into bringing up the power, but the building simply didn’t have the capacity. “The New York City electrical grid is not ready for this,” she said.”
Paging for the solve.
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last night was lit (also yes you should go out in Chinatown during CNY)
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Meta-question amid all the AI hype — let’s imagine you run a hardware business with a large potential software component. What’s going to change in the 2-3 year window that enables different near term prioritization?
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