1/ SENSING x SIMULATION.

From many existing Lux family companies we have observed 3 directional arrows of technology progress converging

#1 Higher resolution capture of REALITY
#2 Higher resolution modeling REALITY
#3 Compute layer between them
2/ For #2––HIGH RESOLUTION MODELING

see @AppliedInt Applied Intuition.

Truly cutting-edge stunning work––FAR beyond any gaming engine...
appliedintuition.com
3/ For #1 ––high resolution CAPTURE

A few examples

Matterport @Matterport
4/ A soon to be revealed in-depth co Eikon doing sub-cellular imaging in high resolution + real-time

that is 🤯
eikontx.com/technology
5/ And in the same recent issue of NATURE mag

From satellites to cryo-em––resolution of CAPTURE is exponentially increasing thanks to new technologies we are aggressively funding... ImageImage
6/ All of this matters because TECH that CAPTURES + SIMULATES reality (with a compute layer iterating between the two)

is now embodying the best theory I have found in cognitive science for consciousness: the Memory-Prediction Framework...
7/ Consider

if you see me a few days in a row
you visually SENSE and capture my shoes
you form a MEMORY recalling the image
and make a MODEL predicting if you see the shoes again > you infer you will see me.

But if you see someone different
you have surprise + update priors Image
8/ This is what any system from robotic surgery to autonomous vehicle does: capturing state of the world––especially dynamic/changes––makes prediction of next state + then either adjusts (and updates) its model OR adjusts (and updates) position to match ground-truth reality state

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1/ Lux family co AEVA—

(led by veteran Apple engineers)—to go public in $2B+ deal, with up to $343M in gross proceeds.

Aeva will be NYSE listed following expected close in Q1 2021.

Key shareholders including....
prnewswire.com/news-releases/…
2/ Key shareholders—

including Lux, Canaan Partners, Lockheed Martin
will retain equity holdings thru Aeva’s transition to publicly listed co...

...along with Adage Capital + Porsche—
the majority owner of VW Group...
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1/ About to send our letter to Lux limited partners—

Notably relevant—while flipping through a few magazines that confirm the point. To wit...
2/ the economist says...
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We say “never forget”—because we do
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1/ Triple news at Lux—🙌📈📈📈🙌

Deeply deserved promotions to...

@BrandonReeves08
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Brandon hunts for innovations in open source infrastructure, data + ML applications—and tech disrupting antiquated x regulated industries...

He led Lux investments...
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@huggingface 🤗
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1/ The eventual reversion + shift
from GROWTH to VALUE
will take a while––

but I see ONE key catalyst:
a series of AOL/TimeWarner-like deals.

where smaller (more highly valued growth stock currency) consumes larger (cheaper cash-generating value biz’s, deemed in decline)...
2/ It will post facto finally bring reward to VALUE investors––

(who are facing growing, classic, end-of-cycle claims of the death of their strategy; from fund shutdowns to questioning Buffet to Damodoran as apologist)

––NOT because market sees the value they do...
3/ But IN SPITE of it––

as the market will have created crazy HIGH valuations of bad businesses that will buy good businesses at crazy LOW valuations

That will
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we believe the time is now to take public and build generational technology companies that will have a profound positive impact on healthcare.
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