Meridian, a company aiming to revolutionize financial modeling, announced it had raised $17 million in seed funding, according to TechCrunch. The funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz and the General Partnership, values the company at $100 million post-money. Meanwhile, SpaceX's upgraded Super Heavy booster completed cryogenic proof testing, as reported by Ars Technica, clearing a significant hurdle for the next Starship flight. In other news, Wikipedia editors are considering banning the website Archive.today after it was used to direct a DDoS attack, also according to Ars Technica.
Meridian's goal is to make financial modeling and spreadsheets more predictable and auditable, TechCrunch reported. CEO and co-founder John Ling told TechCrunch that the company aims to condense processes that traditionally took hours into mere minutes. The company is currently working with teams at Decagon and OffDea.
SpaceX's Super Heavy booster, standing at 237 feet tall, underwent multi-day testing at Starbase, Texas, to assess its redesigned propellant systems and structural strength, Ars Technica noted. This testing was crucial, as a previous booster was destroyed during a similar process.
Wikipedia editors are debating whether to blacklist Archive.today due to its involvement in a DDoS attack against a blogger, Ars Technica reported. The attack stemmed from a post in 2023 about the website's anonymous maintainer. Editors are considering three options: removing all Archive.today links and blacklisting the site, deprecating the site while keeping existing links, or maintaining the status quo.
In other tech news, the community around Meta's new data center in North Louisiana was impacted by a winter storm and freezing temperatures, raising questions about the power grid's ability to support the facility once it's online, according to The Verge. Additionally, The Verge reported that the latest version of Halide's iPhone camera app, Process Zero, benefits from HDR and ProRAW support, enhancing its anti-algorithm approach.
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