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Have you identified any limitations in current grippers based on lack of tactile sensing solutions to unlock truly dextrous manipulation?

RTK GPS? Assuming you have a base station, you correct the precision of the drones to ~1cm

Double down on the IQT comment(have co-invested with them in the past). Their specific charter is to invest in startups like this. Though they don’t typically lead rounds, they have a network of firms that they have co-invested with and will help connect you to the right folks.

My experience with this, though this may not be the consensus view, was that participation from friends/family was generally a good sign, since founders clearly believe in the business to the point of pitching their friends to invest (and getting deals closed shows some evidence of sales ability).

For seafloor mapping, the other opportunity is in wind power, which is actually a reasonably compelling market

Recently built one myself (funny how that works with HackerNews). And would double down on your comments about gpsd and ntpd. My biggest problem was gpsd autobaud detection for the Ublox module I was using kept setting the wrong baud rate.

Following up on the lightmode request. It's difficult to switch from income statement to cashflow or balance sheet because the menu is dark text on dark background. Additionally, you may want to add some spacing between % return and current price in the top leaders section to improve visuals for stocks with prices > $1,000.

Great guide! Overall, agree with the thoughts on leverage and running an efficient process. However, speaking from experience and having spent time as a principal and associate, I would disagree with the advice that only pitching partners is worthwhile. Depending on the space(my experience is solely in hard tech), associates and principals generally make up the technical core of the team, so getting them excited is a key step in making overall progress. A good rule of thumb is to check LinkedIn. If the person has been there more than a year, assume even lower level folks have an ability to make go/no-go decisions.

Not a fit for either position (My software skills are more around hacking together impromptu projects), but wanted to say that I'm super excited Gaia is growing. I really appreciate the app and am a frequent user for outdoor adventures!

Unfortunately, libressl is not FIPS 140-2 compliant, so you can't leverage it for open source development of secure applications for the US government (though this is more to do with the certification headache than a fault of libressl itself)