AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoAI Drug Design Funding: Basecamp Research raised $140M (Series C) to advance AI-designed cell therapies, aiming to streamline CAR-T-style manufacturing by designing DNA payloads and insertion proteins. Cybersecurity & Resilience: The City of Everett restored operations after a September cybersecurity incident and is accelerating modernization of aging infrastructure. OT Security Standards: NIST released a draft update to its operational technology security guidance (SP 800-82 Rev. 4), expanding coverage to sectors like rail, water systems, and cloud-connected industrial environments. Space & Sovereignty: Malaysia’s MEASAT urged Budget 2027 investment in sovereign space tech to strengthen control of critical communications and data. Defense Tech: Ukraine’s Startup Fund and Brave1 launched grants up to $177K for domestic prosthetics tech; separately, a pickup fitted with Australia’s Slinger anti-drone system was reportedly spotted in Ukraine. Navigation & Automotive: HERE and NIO expanded their Europe collaboration using streaming maps for more up-to-date navigation and assisted driving. Semiconductor Manufacturing: Kaijo Shibuya will showcase megasonic and wafer-cleaning technologies at Semicon West 2026. Data Center Cooling: Options Technology partnered with ZutaCore to enable waterless, two-phase direct-to-chip liquid cooling for higher-density compute.
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