October 2023

Magic Leap’s new CEO is a Bain Capital exec

October 26, 2023

Five weeks ago, Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson joined me onstage at Disrupt. Much of the conversation focused on the augmented reality hardware company’s full pivot into enterprise applications with the Magic Leap 2. Johnson, a former Microsoft and Qualcomm exec, spearheaded the shift in business strategy when she joined the company in August 2020. […]

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Soundboks is scaling high-volume, high-energy speakers across borders and cultures

October 26, 2023

Norway-based Soundboks just released its latest $1,000 Bluetooth speaker. Now in its fourth generation, the latest Soundboks speaker is just like the older models: it’s a large, unabashed black box designed to withstand a rowdy, off-the-grid weekend of music. While widly popular in Norway and Sweden, co-founder and CEO Jesper Thomsen has struggled to find […]

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ABL Space Systems provides update on the road to second RS1 launch

October 26, 2023

ABL Space Systems has been quiet since the company conducted its first launch attempt in January, which resulted in the rocket crashing back down to Earth a little over 10 seconds after lift-off. Now we know why: they have been very, very, very busy. In a detailed blog post on Wednesday, CEO Harry O’Hanley described […]

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