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Bill Daniher shared thisFirst-rate AI-focused live event last night by UCSC! It was great to review how AI is reshaping the landscape for students and society, balanced with a healthy dose of the concerns that go along with the obvious benefits. Inspiring to see the leadership these professors are providing and their commitment to an interdisciplinary approach across the university.Bill Daniher shared thisArtificial intelligence is reshaping how we understand — and solve — the world’s most complex challenges. It was a pleasure to be part of a special installment of our Kraw Lecture Series last night that brought this into sharp focus. Thank you to Ahmad Thomas, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, for guiding such a thoughtful and forward-looking conversation, and to our outstanding faculty — Yi Zhang, Leilani Gilpin, and Jason Eshraghian — for sharing their work and perspectives. Listening to the panel reinforced for me how deeply interdisciplinary the work in this field is at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Across engineering, the sciences, the humanities, and the arts, our researchers and students are not only advancing AI, they are asking the critical questions that will shape how it is used, understood, and governed. We are building systems that are more powerful, yes — but also more transparent, more trustworthy, and more aligned with human values. I’m grateful to George Kraw and his wife Rafe for their vision in supporting this series, and to our partners at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group for helping bring together leaders across sectors for conversations that truly matter. The pace of change in AI is extraordinary. So is the opportunity — and the responsibility — to get it right.
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Bill Daniher shared thisThe eDNA program at UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) is a major research and conservation initiative focused on environmental DNA (eDNA)—the genetic material that organisms naturally shed into their environment (water, soil, or air). It is a non-evasive method to detect how ecosystems are changing. Truly impressive research!Bill Daniher shared thisThree of our UC Santa Cruz Science superstars presented their extraordinary work to the University of California, Santa Cruz Foundation Board today! Thank you to Rachel Meyer, Roxanne Beltran, and Elizabeth Howard for showcasing how we are changing students lives through degree-defining fieldwork experiences, while at the same time finding solutions to our planet’s most pressing environmental and climate challenges.
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Bill Daniher reposted thisBill Daniher reposted this“It took the Navy 75 years to convert from sail to steam, 20 years to decide to build the first oil burning ship, and little more than one decade to create a fleet of nuclear powered ships. We now have afloat a nuclear prototype of every ship type needed by a modern Navy – aircraft carrier, cruiser, destroyer, missile submarine, and other types of nuclear submarines intended for a variety of tasks from reconnaissance to attack of other submarines and surface ships. “The Naval Reactor Group – then but two men – received its assignment in the fall of 1947. The design of the first atomic submarine was begun in 1949. The first atomic power plant in the world, the land prototype of the Nautilus atomic power plant, was started up in the Idaho desert on March 30, 1953, running continuously for as long as it would take a nuclear submarine to cross the Atlantic. Two years later, Captain Wilkinson sent his historic message “UNDERWAY ON NUCLEAR POWER”…. “A nation’s skill in transforming new sciences into new technologies is today – apart from size and population – the most important factor determining its world position and power. Knowledge increases so rapidly that any error, any lapse of attention, any neglect can topple a mighty nation from the top: We have no choice but to bend every effort to keep technologically in the vanguard. We must be ready to discard what has become obsolete as to make full use of the potentialities of new weapons. Technology favors – as one might say – now one type ship, now another. This must be accepted no matter how much it may go against sentiment. To many good Navy men the change from sail to steam was a personal tragedy; yet it had to come.” VADM H.G. Rickover “The Impact of Nuclear Propulsion on the Navy”, American Merchant Marine Conference, sponsored by the Propeller Club of the United States, Olympic Hotel, Seattle, WA, October 5, 1962. A special BZ and shout out Charles Yang for his work in digitizing the entire Rickover library of speeches, memos, and other papers - without which this quote and many to come would not be practically obtained! For more see https://lnkd.in/e6JX985z
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Bill Daniher shared thisGreat to see the Blues team taking the next step on their journey. They have an exciting opportunity to accelerate intelligent and connected products.Bill Daniher shared thisToday the Blues Team announced that we have welcomed Ian Small as CEO! We are excited to have his operational leadership as we move into this next chapter and expand upon Ray Ozzie’s vision. 💙🚀 Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/gJmgdS3y
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Bill Daniher shared thisIncredible opportunity to join a great team!Bill Daniher shared thisLooking for an experienced controller. Please send referrals my way if you know anyone who fits this.
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Bill Daniher shared thisBill Daniher shared thisThank you to Khosla Ventures for believing in our vision. We're incredibly proud of this backing, as Khosla is known for investing early in companies making bold bets on breakthrough technologies. Since day one, we've set out to build something big here at Regie and today marks a milestone in that journey. We couldn't be more grateful for the support felt daily by our customers, investors, and advisors, who believe in the impact Regie can make. And to our team - the people who make the Regie experience possible - write on! Fully personalized sales outreach has arrived... because of you 💥 Investors FoundationCapital Scale Venture Partners Advisors Becc Holland Ashutosh Garg Kevin "KD" Dorsey Gordon Hempton Max Altschuler Lars Nilsson Sahil Mansuri Richard Harris™ Mahima Muralidharan Nikole Yinger Jerry Pharr Chandar Pattabhiram Joelle Gropper Kaufman Krish Mantripragada Anand Chandrasekaran Bill Daniher Peter DiFonzo Leslie Venetz Scott Leese Consulting Jared Robin Sam Nelson Peter KazanjyRegie.ai Closes A-Round: Additional $6M from Khosla VenturesRegie.ai Closes A-Round: Additional $6M from Khosla Ventures
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Bill Daniher posted thisExcited to be an advisor of Regie.ai. Natural Language Generation tools are rapidly changing the landscape of how content is written and managed. Regie.ai is at the forefront of this AI revolution and are bringing this tech to GTM teams.
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Bill Daniher shared thisBill Daniher shared thisRegie.ai is officially opening shop! It's a pleasure to make the official announcement that Foundation Capital (Ashu Garg and Lauri J. Moore), South Park Commons and Day One Ventures backed regie.ai from our early days. Official press release, Venture Beat & Business Insider articles below! Many thanks to all of our angel investors as well for placing their trust in us (regie.ai/team). Follow our LinkedIn page: regie.ai We are planning to open up A LOT more and we have a lot of interesting announcements planned for the coming months. Over the last year, we've built an amazing platform and it has been a dream to bring on board several enterprise companies into the state of the art Content Platform. Today AT&T, Okta and Spectrum Wireless use regie.ai among many other companies. We've built a fantastic community of brilliant advisors to help us in the journey. Many thanks to Becc Holland Ashutosh Garg Kevin "KD" Dorsey Gordon Hempton Max Altschuler Lars Nilsson Sahil Mansuri Richard Harris™ Mahima Muralidharan Nikole Yinger Jerry Pharr Chandar Pattabhiram Anand Chandrasekaran ⚡️Bill Daniher 🏄♂️ Scott Leese and Leslie Venetz who are top B2B sales experts. The world is just getting started on AI Natural Language Generation revolution. The next 5-10 years will truly be mind-blowing. #ai #nlg #nlpLinkedIn: Log In or Sign UpLinkedIn: Log In or Sign Up
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Jay - One of my favorite memories of Rick was his willingness to prioritize his bike riding off the ship during lunch while in port. Our XO (Pete Flannery) was none too happy that Rick seemed to have the time for a workout. 😊
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Bill Daniher liked thisBill Daniher liked thisI am excited to share that this month I started a new role as a Technical Program Manager on Google's Energy and Power team. I'm joining Mike Della Penna's Energy Asset Delivery Team, working with Aaron Stoll, Adam Forni, Allegra Reister, Brock Taute and many others on managing the delivery of our energy generation assets. In so many ways, this is a dream role, working with a world-class team shaping the grid of the future. Excited to dig in!
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Bill Daniher liked thisBill Daniher liked thisUC Santa Cruz is providing two years of guaranteed university housing for new first-year and transfer students, a reflection of the campus’s longstanding commitment to advancing student success. This expanded housing commitment was made possible by years of thoughtful planning and intentional investment in expanding student housing. UCSC currently provides housing for about 9,300 students, roughly half of its undergraduates and one of the highest percentages within the UC system. Under Chancellor Larive’s leadership, the campus has been pursuing an ambitious plan to increase student housing by more than 40 percent. The plan has been a success with several projects scheduled to open in the 2026-27 academic year and more projects on the horizon. The completion of the Delaware Apartments and near-completion of our Kresge College Renewal Phases 1 and 2 and new Family Student Housing community have increased housing opportunities while replacing aging facilities with modern, welcoming spaces. More housing is on the way through the campus’s shared project with Cabrillo College, expected to open in 2027-28, and the recently approved Heller South development, which will provide housing for nearly 1,300 upper division students. “We are helping more students build a strong foundation for academic and personal success by offering them housing certainty for their first two years,” Chancellor Cynthia Larive said.
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Bill Daniher liked thisBill Daniher liked thisOpenArt AI is now #12 on a16z’s ranking of the top consumer AI apps by monthly revenue. It’s surreal to see us on this list alongside many of the companies we’ve admired for years. But what excites me more is how much is still ahead. We’re building toward a future where anyone can turn an idea into a story, an ad, a film, or an entire creative world - and we need exceptional people to build it with us. Right now, we’re hiring two kinds of talent: 1. Senior leaders who want to build a function, set the standard, and help shape the next stage of OpenArt. 2. Superstar ICs who want high ownership, move incredibly fast, and do some of the best work of their careers. We’re hiring roles including: ⚙️ Engineers - Build the AI-native creative product used by millions, with high ownership and speed. 🎨 Designers - Define what creative software should look and feel like in the AI era. 📊 Data Engineers & Data Scientists - Turn massive user and creation data into better products, agents, and decisions. 🎬 Creative Directors & Video Editors - Invent AI-native production and bring creative taste into the product and help teach our agents what “great” looks like. 📣 Head of Product Marketing - Own positioning, launches, and GTM as OpenArt expands across creators and businesses. 🤝 Influencer Marketing Manager - Scale creator partnerships into one of our biggest growth channels. 🌎 Community Manager - Build a thriving creator community that drives both growth and product insight. 📈 Paid Media Strategist - Combine creative, experimentation, and data to scale paid acquisition efficiently. and many more... We’ve accomplished a lot. But I genuinely believe we’re still early. If you want to build one of the defining creative AI companies of this generation, come build with us. Find the full list of roles in the first comment (there're 28 open positions).
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Bill Daniher liked thisBill Daniher liked thisIt wouldn’t be a University of California, Santa Cruz Foundation Board meeting without a memorable outdoor excursion. It was an informative and productive meeting showcasing the progress on campus and reminding all of us how extraordinary the campus is. Grateful for our trustees and campus colleagues. Loren Kinczel Linda Peterson Janet Buck Panda Kroll Bill Daniher Randy Wedding Bev Crair Ben Hough Bill Casher Susan True Scott Bennion Azadeh Rasmussen Mary E. Doyle Cynthia Larive Alison Sanders Kimberly Chamlin Priya Mehta Laura Arroyo, Ed.D. Steve Houser John MacMillan Bryan Gaensler Heather Bullock Larry andrews George Kraw Tara Hernandez Kiran Malhotra Kumar Malavalli Prashant Samant Frans LantingFrans Lanting Felix MagowanFelix Magowan
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Bill Daniher liked thisBill Daniher liked thisThe University of California, Santa Cruz and its UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology, in collaboration with The Conservation Fund, seeks to become stewards of 451 Coast Rd to expand UCSC’s work on sustainable coastal agriculture research and education, extend conservation practices to support habitat and biodiversity complementing its work including at Younger Lagoon Reserve, and support the community by providing educational programming, community partnerships, expanded access and collaborative research opportunities. Learn more about this initiative by clicking the link in the comments section. And give today: https://lnkd.in/giZfX8eU
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Bill Daniher liked thisBill Daniher liked thisI’m in Halifax for the Chemical & Specialties Management Council (CSMC) meeting. CSMC brings together owners and CEOs of small to medium sized chemical manufacturers. We collaborate to run our operations safer and more efficiently. If you want to know more, check out our website at https://lnkd.in/gv3Jp62q I visited Solid State Pharma’s labs which overlook the harbor. Mahmoud Mirmehrabi, PhD, PEng labs have advanced instruments including three XRDs for analyzing solid state. He also has small (~1 to 5 liter) reactors for making test runs of API in the desired form. Mike Chalmers of Alliant discussed compensation and the importance of aligning it to a person’s capability and performance. Their HR analysis typically finds a 15% misalignment. Mike said that this is a good time to hire sharp college graduates as some traditional employers have cut back on hiring. (Most likely due to AI.)
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Bill Daniher liked thisBill Daniher liked thisNot really my first day at University of California, Santa Cruz, but it was for thousands of students who started their first quarter at the university yesterday. Always a great time of the year!
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Bill Daniher liked thisBlues insideBill Daniher liked thisMore data doesn’t automatically mean a smarter fleet. The real value comes from knowing which data can actually change a decision. GPS can show where your units are. Usage data can reveal where demand is highest. Service records can help answer customer questions. And historical fleet data can help inform future routes, contracts, and bids. The question isn’t “What can we track?” It’s “What can we do differently because we know it?” We took a closer look at what GPS tracking and smart sensor data can mean for portable restroom operators, from day-to-day visibility to long-term fleet planning. Read the full article below #satellitesense #portablesanitation #operators #satelliteindustries #innovationGPS Tracking & Smart Sensors: What Fleet Data Means for Portable Restroom OperatorsGPS Tracking & Smart Sensors: What Fleet Data Means for Portable Restroom Operators
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