"Now he's tackling semiconductor manufacturing's biggest problem: Every advanced chip depends on $400 million machines that use lasers, only one Dutch company knows how to make. (More galling to some: Americans invented the technology, then sold it to Europe.) Kelez is building the next generation in America using particle accelerator tech. It's as nerdy as it sounds but also exceedingly important in this moment. There is also growing competition chasing after the same prize."
"Then there's Mina Fahmi, who's made a ring that captures your whispered thoughts and turns them into text. Before you roll your eyes, know that he and co-founder Kirak Hong spent years at Meta working on this stuff after their company was acquired. The Stream Ring isn't trying to be your friend - it's trying to extend your brain. Backed by Toni Schneider, an operator who scaled WordPress in its earlier days, Sandbar just emerged from stealth and might well be onto something."
Tomorrow evening at PlayGround Global in Palo Alto a final StrictlyVC event of 2025 will convene innovators building advanced technologies. The series has traveled globally under TechCrunch, visiting Washington, D.C., Athens, and San Francisco. Nicholas Kelez, a particle accelerator physicist, is applying accelerator technology to build next-generation semiconductor manufacturing equipment in America to reduce reliance on $400 million laser machines produced by a single Dutch company. Mina Fahmi and co-founder Kirak Hong developed the Stream Ring, a wearable that converts whispered thoughts into text and aims to extend cognition. Sandbar, backed by Toni Schneider, emerged from stealth to pursue commercial potential.
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