Chris Yu

--𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 100 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 -𝐲𝐨𝐮. This might seem counterintuitive, but it’s the foundation of building a product that truly resonates. When you deeply serve your early users, they don’t just stick around—they become your strongest advocates and the foundation for scalable growth. At Charis, we’ve seen this firsthand with our Charis Analytics platform. Our users don’t just engage with our product; they shape its evolution. Recently, we were caught by surprise when a group of users showed up at our office—unannounced—asking to meet with our technical team. They had a specific feature request that they needed right there and then. So what did we do? We gave them a seat, a cup of coffee, and worked with them throughout the day to build the feature. Some might argue this approach isn’t scalable, but trust me—when you create something your users love, not just like, the organic network effects are unstoppable. History proves this. Facebook started by serving Harvard students exclusively. Those students loved it so much that they invited their friends, fueling the platform’s expansion. On the flip side, we’ve seen companies raise millions, thinking they had product-market fit—only to lose it all because their users never truly loved their product. Growth isn’t just about numbers; it’s about depth of engagement. Build for love, not just scale, and your users will take you further than any marketing budget ever could.

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🚀 Fast PPP w/o dense network? It is real. When people talk about PPP, they usually mention centimeter-level accuracy - but also minutes of convergence time before the solution stabilizes. What is rarely discussed is that there’s an intermediate level of accuracy that can be reached almost instantly. This accuracy is already sufficient for many practical tasks — and it only requires one additional piece of information, which, fortunately, can be derived from the same CORS stations. 📡 That piece of information is the ionosphere. If we have ionospheric data with accuracy of at least 1 TECU (≈16 cm for L1), we can: - avoid using code measurements for resolving widelane ambiguities (via the Melbourne–Wubbena combination), - directly use the phase widelane combination for positioning. Since the widelane wavelength is ≈ 0.86 m (for GPS), it can be resolved quickly and reliably. Further positioning accuracy will then depend primarily on the quality of the ionospheric data. 💡 The key takeaway: with such ionospheric precision, the requirements for code measurements can be dramatically reduced — meaning cheaper GNSS chips and antennas can be used without significant loss of positioning accuracy. This is exactly how Galileo HAS works: its multilayer ionospheric model preserves accuracy while broadcasting corrections on a continental scale. 🌍 For a high-precision service provider, this enables a simple configuration: - a network of just 4–5 stations, - computation of PPP-RTK / PPP-AR corrections (powered by our CORS2NET software), - RTK-like convergence within the network area, - and fast PPP-AR convergence outside it, based on orbits, clocks, biases, and the computed ionospheric model. 👉 Interested in this topic or want to discuss a use case? Drop a comment, send a message, or let’s meet at InterGEO, October 7–9.

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"ADRO is currently developing an AI-based aerodynamic simulation solution called AOX. Compared to conventional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology, AOX offers simulation speeds dozens of times faster and is directly usable by designers. The company plans to unveil the beta version of AOX at CES 2026 and expand its SaaS business targeting global automakers." https://lnkd.in/geatkQ3i

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🚀 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 — Fieldy integrated Atla alongside LangSmith and immediately accelerated their development workflow across tens of thousands of production traces — Karolis Mariūnas Trusted by professionals with over $1.5M in sales, Fieldy's AI-powered wearable captures and transforms daily conversations into reminders, summaries, and tasks — building a comprehensive personal memory system from users' recorded conversations. By adopting Atla, Fieldy: • 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 from frequent occurrences to <0.5% of traces through refined system prompts • 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀 and reduced latency by streamlining their multi-agent architecture • 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 that were diluting response accuracy when retrieving relevant conversation memories ⚡ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁: a faster, cleaner agent architecture that enables users to reliably query their personal conversation archive for insights and information. Read the full case study here: https://lnkd.in/eheBhZ8T

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“A startup is a hypothesis.” That was my favorite from the many truths illuminated by the founders panel at AIAA ASCEND, expertly moderated by Joe Landon of Rendezvous Robotics, and featuring Laura Crabtree of Epsilon3, Austin Link of Starfish Space, Andrew Rush of Star Catcher, and Matthew Gialich of AstroForge. A company is a hypothesis, and the pursuits of the company are the experiments that test that hypothesis. And it’s not just the technical pursuits. Every investor call is an experiment. Every proposal. Every forecast. Every hire. Did that work? Was it strategically impactful? Was the timing right? Should I have done it sooner? Later? At all? Did its result support my hypothesis? Was there a control to know what I learned? With that same amount of time, energy, and focus, could I have made a bigger impact by doing something else? With each new test, the resulting data and interpretations reinforce or change assumptions, leading to advancements in some directions and backtracking from others. There is not always time to do a formal evaluation, but building the habits of entrepreneurship means having those questions in the background even in a rush, and at the beginning of the process rather than at the end. These founders have seen and done a lot. Bravely. And they did us a solid with their candor about the experience. CisLunar Industries NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration United States Space Force #startup #entrepreneurship #ascend2025

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Finally out of stealth! We co-led Autolane's $7.4M funding with Hyperplane to back the missing layer in autonomy: the infrastructure that tells autonomous vehicles exactly where to go. Everyone is talking about robotaxis. But almost no one is talking about the messy, chaotic, totally unglamorous problem that makes full autonomy actually work in the real world: If you send your AV to pick up your dry cleaning at the mall, where does the car stop? Who tells it where to pull in? How do you prevent a Waymo from getting stuck in a Chick-fil-A drive-through - again? (Happened before, look it up) Autolane is solving that. They’re building the orchestration layer that sits between autonomous vehicles and the physical world, starting with pickup and drop-off coordination on private property. This means: 1. Exact geolocated stop points 2. Clear, unified routing instructions 3. A real interface between AV companies and the commercial properties they serve Think of it as air-traffic control for autonomous vehicles. The adoption is already happening! Autolane just signed a major partnership with Simon Property Group to coordinate robotaxi access across their shopping centers in Austin and San Francisco. What I love about Autolane is that it’s not trying to be another AV company. They aren’t building cars. They aren’t competing with Waymo or Zoox. They’re building the infrastructure everyone else will depend on, across logistics, retail, delivery, and future autonomous commerce. It’s one of those rare B2B layers that becomes obvious only after someone else builds it. It's been a pleasure working alongside Ben Seidl these past few months. One of the people that might respond just as fast as I do... And special shout out to our summer intern Thiago Gogola who sent me Ben after listening to a podcast he was on!! Proud to partner with Hyperplane and even more excited to support Ben and the team as they build the rails for the next decade of autonomous movement & commerce. If you’re building at the intersection of autonomy, infrastructure, or robot-enabled commerce, my DMs or comments are open. More on Autolane via their exclusive TechCrunch article tagged below. #autonomous #autonomousvehicles #commerce #funding

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