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The Founder’s Guide to Design Partnerships

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  • June 28, 2026
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Every founder eventually hits the same wall. There is a demo (maybe even a MVP), you’ve put together a product deck, and a handful of friendly users say nice things. But somewhere between “promising prototype” and “product the customer actually pays for,” there is a gap that no amount of internal iteration can close. Design […]

Orqa and Remote Robotic Systems Launch CAN$150M Partnership to Build Canadian Sovereign Capability in Drones, AI and Counter-UAS Systems

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  • June 30, 2026
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Insider Brief Remote Robotic Systems and Orqa signed an exclusive partnership to expand development and production of Orqa drone systems and components in Canada, including AI integration into jointly developed platforms. The companies said the agreement includes an initial CAN$20 million investment to expand RRS production facilities and is expected to be worth about CAN$150 […]

The problem with treating science like a startup 

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  • June 29, 2026
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Few New Zealanders spend much time thinking about volcanic monitoring but when a volcano erupts, we expect expertise to exist immediately. When governments talk about science, they increasingly sound as though they are talking about startups. Research should be agile, innovative and capable of producing outcomes that can be measured within political cycles. It should […]