April 2026 Update
What’s new and what’s next at SPC
This past month SPC members brought hardware to the stage, shipped new products, and sat down with leaders building at the intersection of AI and the physical world.
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Events at SPC
We hosted Minus One to Replit, featuring co-founders Amjad Masad and Haya Odeh. Later we were joined by Nikesh Arora, chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks, for a conversation on cybersecurity and AI. Nato Saichek, co-founder and CTO of Longshot Space, shared how his team is building a giant pneumatic cannon to shoot satellites into orbit. Amit Jain, co-founder of Luma AI and SPC alum, discussed how he's pushing toward unified general intelligence that can perceive and act in real-world environments.
In NYC, OpenAI, Ramp, Nominal, and Dataland joined us on a panel to break down what forward-deployed engineers really do, and how they're collapsing deployment cycles.
Our recent Demo Night in SF surfaced another wave of wacky and wild explorations, from visual hearing aids to sleepwalking inside generative models. In Bangalore, SPC India hosted escape velocity, bringing together teams building at the frontier of space, defense, and dual-use technology.
Member Updates
Product Launches, Company News & More
Zain & Eddie launched Flipbook, a prototype that streams every pixel on your screen directly from a model. No HTML, no layout engine, no code.
Oliver & Ben released Mesa, the first POSIX-compatible filesystem with built-in version control, designed for enterprise AI agents.
Ben, Grey, & Aditya launched Bevel 3.0, the health platform that unifies your biometrics, medical records, and life context into one AI-powered coach and data analyst.
Emma launched Scriben, a pen that acts as a second brain for knowledge workers.
Andrew shared how he turned to AI to research his girlfriend's brain tumor after two surgeries fell short, deciding to push the frontier of medical research himself.
Coming Up
Human Agency in the Intelligence Age with Jason Crawford (SF), May 4th
Design Chat with Dylan Babbs, CTO at Profound (NYC), May 7th
Embodied AI Hackathon (SF), May 15th-17th
Thanks for reading! The work continues.