Bill Gates leads $85 million fundraising for satellite antenna specialist Kymeta to scale production

Aug 25 20202:28 PM EDT

What is he involved with this time?

Key Points:

*Kymeta raised $85.2 million in this latest round, with Bill Gates leading the investment with $78.5 million.

*The company’s core product is its “electronically steered” flat satellite antenna, built to replace the dish technology that track moving satellites but also capable of connecting with cellular networks.

*Kymeta’s latest antenna is the u8 terminal, which it is beginning a beta trial for a launch to market by year-end.

Satellite antenna builder Kymeta announced Tuesday it closed a significant new round of fundraising led by Bill Gates, as the start-up looks to increase manufacturing and sales of its mobile communications product.

“At the end of the day, the problem that our customers want to solve is highly reliable broadband service,” Executive Chairman Doug Hutcheson told CNBC.

Kymeta raised $85.2 million in this latest round, including $78.5 million from Gates. The company has now raised about $300 million since its founding in 2012, including investments from Lux Capital, Intelsat and Liberty Global.

The company’s core product is its “electronically steered” flat satellite antenna, built to replace the dish technology that track moving satellites but are also capable of connecting with cellular networks. It looks to fill a gap in connecting satellite networks to the ground, as Kymeta says other antenna aren’t durable enough to support mobility.

Kymeta’s latest antenna is the u8 terminal, which it is beginning a beta trial for a launch to market by year-end. Hutcheson described the u8 terminal as a “transformational” product for the communications industry. He says it is the only one of its kind and can connect with a wide variety of satellites — from the likes of ViaSat’s in the distant geosynchronous orbit to the much closer and smaller SpaceX Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit.

“The technology works to provide satellite communications with no moving parts because of the flat panel and it is very robust. It could take hundreds of G’s of force, if a vehicle rolled over, or take extreme conditions and just keep working,” Hutcheson said.

Kymeta’s two target industries are defense and first responders, with the former making up all the customers participating in its beta testing program. The company declined to disclose further specifics on the customers, citing confidential agreements with the Department of Defense.

The Redmond, Washington-based company earlier this month acquired Lepton Global Solutions, a satellite communications network that Kymeta says will further improve the connectivity of its service. Kymeta has nearly 200 employees and expects that headcount to steadily grow in the next year.

Gates invested in Kymeta in 2016. Hutcheson described him as a “patient investor.”

“I think Bill believes that we have the right technology that that has been developed now to the point where it is ready to change how people think and use this type of communications,” Hutcheson said.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/25/bill-gates-leads-kymetas-85-million-fundraising-for-satellite-antennas.html

Who is Aliko Dangote (Africa's Richest Man)? Nothing to do with Bill Gates, right? So now Nigeria's Richest man claims Nigeria has ' polio-free status'

Wednesday, August 26, 2020 1:37 am | Nigeria News

Billionaire philanthropists Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote have hailed the declaration of Nigeria by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as being polio-free.

The global health body on Tuesday certified Nigeria and the rest of Africa polio-free.

The WHO Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) said the major milestone was achieved four years after the last recorded cases of wild polio in the country.

In a tweet, Gates said that the remarkable achievement was a step closer to global polio eradication.

“Today, we move one step closer toward a world without polio. This is an incredible milestone that’s worth celebrating. It is also an important reminder of what can be accomplished when we work together toward a common goal,” he wrote on his Twitter handle @BillGates.

In his remarks, Africa’s richest man, Dangote, said that the polio-free Africa was an indication that the fight to end polio globally was possible.

“Today we celebrate a polio-free Africa, the result of decades of vaccination, hard work, collaboration. Tomorrow we get back to work, to ensure wild polio does not come back. Together, we all can #EndPolio globally,” he tweeted.

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, tweeted via his official Twitter account @antonioguterres, that the declaration filled him with optimism that a lot could be achieved through global efforts.

“Africa has been declared free of polio today.

“This historic milestone fills me with hope and optimism.

“We can achieve so much when we work together as a global community.”

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Board Chair, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), felicitated with President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessors.

“A great day for #Nigeria and #Africa. Nigeria receives polio-free Certificate from

@WHO.

“ Africa declared #PolioFree. Congratulations Nigerians on this great achievement. Congrats to President @MBuhari, President @GEJonathan, President Obasanjo, PHDA, @Gavi, @gatesfoundation,” she tweeted via @NOIweala

A virologist at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Dr Olubusuyi Adewumi, who lauded the historic achievement, said that Africa had indeed successfully eradicated the wild polio virus.

Adewumi said that while the wild polio virus was responsible for most infections, there was also the rare form called vaccine-derived polio virus.

“Today marks the end of any circulation of wild type poliovirus in Nigeria and all of Africa.

“There are three subtypes of polio virus which are poliovirus type (PV1), type 2 (PV2), and type 3 (PV3).In a tweet, Gates said that the remarkable achievement was a step closer to global polio eradication.

“Today, we move one step closer toward a world without polio. This is an incredible milestone that’s worth celebrating. It is also an important reminder of what can be accomplished when we work together toward a common goal,” he wrote on his Twitter handle @BillGates.

In his remarks, Africa’s richest man, Dangote, said that the polio-free Africa was an indication that the fight to end polio globally was possible.

“Today we celebrate a polio-free Africa, the result of decades of vaccination, hard work, collaboration. Tomorrow we get back to work, to ensure wild polio does not come back. Together, we all can #EndPolio globally,” he tweeted.

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, tweeted via his official Twitter account @antonioguterres, that the declaration filled him with optimism that a lot could be achieved through global efforts.

“Africa has been declared free of polio today.

“This historic milestone fills me with hope and optimism.

“We can achieve so much when we work together as a global community.”

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Board Chair, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), felicitated with President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessors.

“A great day for #Nigeria and #Africa. Nigeria receives polio-free Certificate from

@WHO.

“ Africa declared #PolioFree. Congratulations Nigerians on this great achievement. Congrats to President @MBuhari, President @GEJonathan, President Obasanjo, PHDA, @Gavi, @gatesfoundation,” she tweeted via @NOIweala

A virologist at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Dr Olubusuyi Adewumi, who lauded the historic achievement, said that Africa had indeed successfully eradicated the wild polio virus.

Adewumi said that while the wild polio virus was responsible for most infections, there was also the rare form called vaccine-derived polio virus.

“Today marks the end of any circulation of wild type poliovirus in Nigeria and all of Africa.

More: https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2020/08/26/bill-gates-dangote-hail-nigerias-polio-free-status/

Dr. Fauci praises ‘truly decent’ and ‘very smart’ Mike Pence

August 25, 2020

These optics don't look very good for pence, any more than the Pence/Ryan Cleveland Deal looked any good for pence…

https://nypost.com/2020/08/25/dr-fauci-praises-truly-decent-and-very-smart-mike-pence/

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>>10423667

Yea, check this out…

https://americandigitalnews.com/index.php/2017/08/19/pence-ryan-2016-emails-and-the-cleveland-deal/

>>10423685

I agree with you 100%

I think Pence was one of the many plans to put and keep, as Q said, 'POTUS in a box'.

>>10423752

Damn

>>10423769

Of course Trump would never want compromised people, but look how many SWAMP CREATURES he has already has had to deal with in his own cabinet and positions of power, all sent by DEEP STATE to keep [POTUS in a box].

>>10423828

Yes exactly.

>>10423828

And to Normie Trump supporters, I don't say shit about Pence. They don't need to know or want to know about POTUS having to play the game. But here at least I can be honest with some fellow Anons

Pandemic profiteer: Jeff Bezos’ fortune skyrockets to nearly $200 BILLION

26 Aug, 2020 09:45

Amazon stock’s surge during the coronavirus pandemic is making its boss Jeff Bezos richer every week. He is now closer than ever to the historic title of first person to be worth $200 billion.

Amazon stock gained about 1.2 percent to close at $3,346 per share on Tuesday, and continued to climb higher after hours. The rally pushed Bezos’ fortune higher again – he gained around $2.2 billion from the 11 percent stake he owns, and his net worth now stands at a record $199.7 billion, according to Forbes’ calculations.

Already the richest man on the planet, Bezos has been breaking his own records almost every week in recent months. Last week, he had around $2 billion less in his pocket, but it was still the highest net worth Forbes had seen since it started tracking billionaires around four decades ago.

The coronavirus outbreak has become somewhat of golden age for tech and e-commerce giants, which have profited as people are stuck at home and have to turn to online retailers for deliveries of essentials. Amazon recently presented blowout second-quarter results, showing that the company earned almost $89 billion over that period.

Bezos is not the only billionaire that has seen his fortune skyrocket during the pandemic. According to a recent study by the US’ Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), the 12 top richest Americans – including Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett, and Elon Musk – have seen their combined wealth jump by 40 percent to reach more than $1 trillion.

https://www.rt.com/business/499061-bezos-new-wealth-record/

Sick craze that has Gen Z pretending they’re Holocaust victims in heaven is sure proof that Tiktok users have lost the plot

25 Aug, 2020 18:04 [A bit Weird…]

Exploiting as ‘trauma porn’ the horrors of the Holocaust, which saw 6 million Jews and others deemed inferior and undesirable killed by the Nazis, is wildly inappropriate Tiktok fodder, showing the gross ignorance of Gen Z.

The latest craze that sees 15-second spoof videos about the Holocaust posted by Generation Z’ers on Tiktok actually considered entertainment is enough to make you roll your eyes right out of your skull.

Forget these clueless fools and their claims to be educating other people. I can honestly say that there is nothing a teenage kid with braces, wearing a baseball cap and standing by his skanky bathroom shower before lip syncing, “This shit is gas!” will ever tell me about the horrors that the evil Nazi animals perpetrated upon the Jewish people during the Second World War…

More Weirdness: https://www.rt.com/op-ed/499016-holocaust-tiktok-gen-z/

So what disease is Bill Gates releasing in his 750,000 GMO Mutant Mosquitoes this week?

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>>10424003

Notable(even though already notabled)

>>10424028

Nothing against Jews at all. We are talking about that group that wrote 'The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion', whoever that group was, cant remember off the top of my head

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Don't Argue With Anti-Mask Shoppers, CDC Guides Retail Employees'''

Tuesday, 25 August 2020 06:31 PM

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning about a new coronavirus health risk you probably didn’t expect:Getting slapped, choked or kicked in the workplace by angry customers.Kek. And the best way to avoid it is not to engage.

The new CDC page gives a series of actions companies can take to protect workers, from installing panic buttons to having staff enforcing mask-wearing operate in teams of two. Above all, workers shouldn’t put themselves in the direct line of danger, according to the federal agency that usually focuses on disease prevention.

“Don’t argue with a customer if they make threats or become violent,” the guidance warns. Likewise, if a shopper appears upset when asked to mask up or told about the in-store limit on toilet paper, don’t attempt to make them follow the policy, the CDC says.

That advice mirrors what the world’s biggest retailer, Walmart Inc., told its own workers in July: Stay calm and show understanding, but if customers insist on walking in without a mask, just get out of the way.

© Copyright 2020 Bloomberg News. All rights reserved. https://www.newsmax.com/us/cdc-anti-mask-shoppers/2020/08/25/id/983861/

>>10424092

That's exactly what Q told us.

>>10424101

What did Kobe know or witness to be taken out in this likely clown op?

I don't know everything, but The Synagogue of Satan doesn't sound all that good of a thing to me

CNN's Jake Tapper: GOPers 'would be rioting' if Dems held 'norm-busting' convention like Trump

Published 1 hour ago Gimme a Fuckin Break

CNN anchor Jake Tapper suggested on Tuesday that Republicans would be "rioting" if Democrats attempted similar "norm-busting" tactics at their own convention.

There were plenty of firsts at the Republican National Convention from President Trump's pardon of felon-turned-activist Jon Ponder, his overseeing a naturalization ceremony at the White House, to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's address from Jerusalem.

Minutes before the convention began, Tapper slammed the "erosions of norms and standards."

"There was an expectation in this country that secretaries of state, a tradition, secretaries of state will not speak at conventions," Tapper told his colleague Wolf Blitzer. "I cannot imagine the outcry if Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had spoken at the Democratic Convention in 2012."

He continued, "We're also going to have the president issuing a pardon during a political convention. I mean, the individual no doubt deserves a pardon. He was pardoned earlier this year by the state of Nevada. The idea that this would be done as part of a political convention- it's just a completely norm-eroding, norm-busting tradition. And I think we're going to see a lot of that during this convention. And I just can't even imagine what Republicans on Capitol Hill would be doing if Democrats were doing these types of activities during a convention, Wolf. They'd be rioting, frankly."

Other CNN personalities were outspoken with condemnation of the RNC. CNN political analyst Joe Lockhart attacked former Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann following the network settling a $250 million defamation lawsuit, calling the Kentucky teen a "snot nose entitled kid" on Twitter.

CNN analyst Brian Karem trashed the address given by First Lady Melania Trump, tweeting she "makes me want to vomit."

https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnns-jake-tapper-gopers-would-be-rioting-if-dems-held-norm-busting-convention-like-trump

>>10424250

I want some Kratom, a lil Weed, and throw in some Cinchona Quinine bark, while you at it, for when the real pandemic comes along next year or whenever the fuck it is

>>10424269

>>'lest we forget'>> or however you make the green text, that was funny as hell anon

>>10424314

Damn I'm glad I live away from Major cities. Although I may be locked and loaded I still pray that I don't have to be forced to shoot somebody to defend myself.

But it may be only a matter of time…