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What an incredible UP.Summit Community Day at Thaden Field (VBT)! Innovation knows no age limit, and it was a great experience to connect with the 10,000+ people in attendance — people of all ages, from pilots, technology enthusiasts, and families to entrepreneurs and dreamers. Our dedication to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship extends well beyond the boardroom. This event is a testament to our ongoing mission to inspire the next generation of leaders and innovators. Hats off and a huge thank you to the City of Bentonville for their unwavering support and commitment to cultivating a vibrant environment where future generations can thrive. From autonomous vehicles to cutting-edge drones, space exploration technologies, a wonderful air show, the presentation of the UP.Summit Key to Mayor Stephanie Orman, and our model rocket world record, we couldn’t be happier with the UP.Summit Community Day. Check out this recap video from the event! https://lnkd.in/e84sHePK We’d like to express a huge “thank you” to the Bentonville Schools students who both helped build the model rockets and who were in attendance, as well as our partners and exhibitors who brought their technology to show off at Thaden Field: Wing, Pivotal, Hermeus, Boom Supersonic, Archer, JetZero, Electra.aero, Teleo, REGENT, Range Energy, Game Composites LLC, Gravity Industries, Boston Dynamics, Trousdale Ventures, Walmart, CesiumAstro, and many more. We shared insights, experiences, and a passion for pushing boundaries; we witnessed eagerness to shape the future of mobility and technology. The energy and enthusiasm left us truly inspired — and we’re confident that this community will be a driving force behind groundbreaking innovations in the days and years to come! #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #FutureLeaders #UPSummit #CommunityDay #AirShow #GuinnessWorldRecord #Bentonville #Arkansas

Flying cars, drones, rockets, space ships, and much more — you won’t want to miss the UP.Summit Community Day at the Bentonville Municipal Airport! A special event that is open to the public, UP.Summit Community Day is a fun and educational day for families, students, and tech enthusiasts. Come explore the latest innovations in transportation — from autonomous vehicles to cutting-edge drones and space exploration technologies — and see what the future of mobility holds. You’ll get to watch an air show that features historic warbirds, flying cars, autonomous drones, futuristic aircraft, and an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest rocket model launch with 6,500 Estes Industries, LLC rockets that have been built by Bentonville Schools students. UP.Summit partners and exhibitors include SpaceX, Wing, Hermeus, Boom Supersonic, Archer, JetZero, Electra.aero, Teleo, Range Energy, Boston Dynamics, Trousdale Ventures, Walmart, CesiumAstro, and many more. If you are in the Bentonville area, join us on Sunday, September 29 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Bentonville Municipal Airport. Click below to secure your complimentary tickets and learn more about the event: https://www.upsummit.day/ #UPSummit #CommunityDay #Aviation #FutureOfTransportation #AviationInnovation #AirShow #FlyingCars #AutonomousVehicles #DroneTechnology #SpaceExploration #STEMeducation #BentonvilleEvents #RocketLaunch #Bentonville #Arkansas #Events

Just announced: BeyondMath has secured $8.5 million in seed funding! This funding supports BeyondMath’s ambitious mission to reshape engineering practices with its AI-driven multiphysics simulation platform, which accelerates engineering iterations by a factor of 1,000 compared to current solutions. "Current simulation tools are not only prohibitively expensive, requiring up to $50 million supercomputers that take days to process data, but they also demand PhD-level expertise," said Alan Patterson, Co-Founder & CEO of BeyondMath. "Our platform employs cutting-edge AI trained to decipher the core equations of the physical world, delivering a monumental leap in speed and cost." BeyondMath is among the first to adopt an NVIDIA DGX H200 system to enhance the capabilities of its platform. DGX H200 systems provide advanced AI supercomputing, allowing BeyondMath to train its physics solver at industrial scales and helping it deliver even more groundbreaking solutions to its customers. Congrats to the team at BeyondMath for successfully reaching this milestone! Read more here: https://lnkd.in/efDVSrVh #AI #Formula1 #F1 #BeyondMath #NVIDIA #Innovation #VentureCapital #Technology #Entrepreneurship #UPLabs

Ever wondered what it takes to build in the mobility space ✈ 🚀 ? Check out our latest episode with Katelyn Foley and Vicki Nakata from UP.Labs! Listen here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gK4HZ8cV In this episode, we talk to Katelyn and Vicki from UP.Labs about the venture lab model in the mobility space. We talk to the team about building startups alongside corporate partners and drawing on their past experiences as operators. Finally we touch on making the move to venture labs, especially in mobility, and some advice for women looking to break into the tech, transportation, and venture lab spaces - including an ask for referrals for female CEOs hoping to join the firm! #venturelabs #womenintech Vicki is a Venture CEO at UP.Labs and a thought leader in the aviation industry. Vicki was previously the CEO of Stellar Labs, where she led cross-border teams in business aviation software. Katelyn is a founding member and the President of UP.Labs. Up.Labs is an SF based, first-of-its-kind venture lab working in the space of mobility. As the President of UP.Labs, Katelyn spearheads the innovation, incubation and product launch strategy for new mobility ventures. Katelyn worked with BCG Digital Ventures prior to founding UP.Labs where she helped launch 19 companies globally. Vicki's prior stints in the mobility and aviation industry include scaling businesses such as Rentalcars.com and Hawaiian Airlines. Vicki, like Katelyn, also started her career as a consultant at Bain.

It's here! Following up from our Season 1 episode on the investor perspective in travel tech, we bring you the latest from the front lines of venture capital and corporate innovation. What, if anything, has changed for the ecosystem in the past year? Are we bullish or bearish on where the innovation market is heading for travel, hospitality and mobility? If you’re a startup in this space, how should you be thinking about fundraising now? And if you’re heading up innovation within a corporate enterprise, how can you best capitalize on the new ideas coming to market so you don’t get left behind? For this episode we hosted a Salon featuring some of our good friends in the investing community, Gaurav Tuli (Partner, F-Prime Capital), Suzanna Chiu (Head of Amadeus Ventures) and Katelyn Foley (President, UP.Labs), to break down what they’re seeing, what they’re excited about, and how they each approach investing in innnovation in the travel sector. We also shine a light on some of the alternative models available for fundraising and innovation, digging into the differences in models among traditional venture capital, corporate venture capital, accelerator programs and the venture studio model. Each of these approaches may work better (or worse!) for a given type of startup or corporate innovation team, so we break it down for you. Finally, we hear from our guests what areas they are keeping a close eye on and where they are most excited to invest. #traveltech #venturecapital #startups https://lnkd.in/gP_Qfxqk

🌟✈️ What an incredible evening at our company hangar at Santa Monica Airport! A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us — it was a joy catching up with old friends and welcoming new ones into our community.  A special shoutout to JetZero, Pivotal, and Tesla who showcased their groundbreaking products and delivered inspiring presentations. Your visionary work is steering the future of mobility, and it was an honor to feature your contributions at our event. 🚀🌐 At UP.Partners, we're committed to building a strong, collaborative community that drives the transformation of the moving world. By bringing together forward-thinking partners and leaders, we aim to foster a powerful synergy that propels innovation and paves the way toward a more connected and mobile future. Let’s keep pushing the boundaries together! 🌍💡 Don’t forget to check out the photos attached to catch a glimpse of the evening’s excitement and see how together, we're transforming the moving world. 📸🎉 #EveningAtTheHangar #FutureOfMobility #InnovationInFlight #CommunityBuilding #UPPartners #Jetzero #Pivotal #Tesla

Barrel rolls and aerobatic loops over the California coastline with Ben Marcus? We invited Allie Garfinkle of Fortune to see what we’ve been “up” to recently. Read the article below to find out where our team sees opportunities to disrupt the aviation world with new ideas, technologies — and even aircraft. https://lnkd.in/ePNKsxGa #Fortune #Aviation #Innovation #VentureCapital #Entrepreneurship #Transportation