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USA Today
9 hours ago
- Business
- USA Today
Thermon(R) Introduces Poseidon(TM) and Pontus(TM) Liquid Load Banks: Revolutionizing Data Center Commissioning and Validation
AUSTIN, TX / ACCESS Newswire / July 29, 2025 / Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:THR) ('Thermon'), a global leader in thermal management, power distribution, and environmental controls, today announced its universal availability of their new Poseidon™ Liquid Load Bank (for US markets) and Pontus™ Liquid Load Bank (for non-US markets). These advanced systems are designed to accurately simulate real-world thermal and electrical demand, providing mission critical component test validation for data centers and other High Performance Computing (HPC) environments. The new liquid load banks offer a built-for-purpose solution for the rigorous demands of data center commissioning and start up. They serve as essential test validation systems for critical HPC data center infrastructure, like Coolant Distribution Units, Uninterruptible Power Supplies and back-up power generators. Key features and benefits of the Poseidon and Pontus Load Banks include: A built-for-purpose liquid-cooled load bank targeting the data center commissioning and start-up market, including Integrated Systems Testing. Industry-leading performance, sizing, and weight, contributing to the lower total cost of ownership. Engineered for data center testing applications – with integrated modern controls and monitoring in a standardized package for quick delivery. Simple, easy controls and a comprehensive audible alarm system to indicate high temperature, low flow, and low water conditions. Modular design with the ability to connect over 100 units in series to test the increasing IT loads in the industry. Custom designed and optimized by process heating/heat transfer experts, but standardized for quicker lead times and more value, the Poseidon and Pontus Load Banks boast a robust capacity rating up to 600kW within a compact design. Built for rapid deployment, these lightweight systems feature a mobile, space-saving design, allowing for quick and efficient testing in different locations within modular, mobile HPC and other data center environments. Poseidon and Pontus load banks provide real-time oversight of the dynamic thermal performance and electrical demands crucial for a modern data center in the rapidly expanding age of artificial intelligence (AI). 'The launch of the Poseidon and Pontus Liquid Load Banks marks a significant milestone for Thermon – greatly expanding our opportunity within the rapidly growing data center market.' said Bruce Thames, President & CEO of Thermon. 'As data centers evolve to meet the intense demands of AI and HPC, the need for precise, reliable, and efficient validation tools is paramount. Our new liquid load banks deliver unparalleled performance, mobility, and ease of use, reinforcing Thermon's commitment to providing innovative solutions that empower our customers to build and operate the most robust and efficient critical infrastructure.' The new liquid load banks are available globally and are certified to local requirements along with the following applicable standards: UL, CSA, CE, ASME, ANSI, NEMA, PED and NEC, ensuring compliance and reliability across diverse markets. For more information on the Poseidon and Pontus load banks, click here. Through its global network, Thermon provides safe, reliable and mission critical industrial process heating solutions. Thermon specializes in providing complete flow assurance, process heating, temperature maintenance, freeze protection and environmental monitoring solutions. Thermon is headquartered in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit CONTACT: Michelle Saab, Senior Manager, Global Marketing Phone: +1-512-560-5482 SOURCE: Thermon Group Holdings Inc. View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire
Los Angeles Times
13 hours ago
- Business
- Los Angeles Times
This robot uses Japanese tradition and AI for sashimi that lasts longer and is more humane
A local startup is using artificial intelligence and robotics in an unlikely way: making sashimi and other fish dishes taste better, last longer and more humane. El Segundo-based Shinkei Systems wants to bring a traditional Japanese method of handling fish to fine dining in America, using technology to replace the labor-intensive process historically handled by practitioners on board ships. Investors have just bet millions that it will succeed. The company's AI-driven robot — called Poseidon — has been designed to do a traditional form of fish handling called ikejime in Japanese. It is a method of killing fish that enthusiasts say enhances flavor, texture and shelf life. Although fish processed in this way is found in some of the best restaurants in Japan, it hasn't been promoted in the U.S. because it is generally too expensive. Automating the process will make it more readily available to Americans, said Saif Khawaja, the company's chief executive. 'My end goal is that you're walking into your local grocery store and can buy fish that lasts three times as long, tastes better and is handled humanely,' he said. The company raised $22 million in a funding round last month, co-led by Founders Fund and Interlagos, bringing total funding to $30 million since its inception. It has four Poseidons working on ships in the Pacific and Atlantic and hopes to have 10 more working in the coming year. The ikejime process involves taking live fish that has just been caught and quickly putting them out of their misery by killing them with a spike through the brain and cutting their gills. This stops the stress hormone and lactic acid buildup that can hurt flavor and texture when fish are left to asphyxiate. Although traditional practitioners sometimes add a step in which the spinal cord is destroyed, Poseidon just does the first steps of the ikejime technique. The method has remained largely artisanal even in Japan, where only some fishermen will make the effort to process batches of fish in this way to sell to specific sushi chefs who are obsessed with having the highest-quality ingredients. Even in Japan, the method, 'is still too labor-intensive to replicate at a high speed without damaging the fish,' Khawaja said, adding that, 'It's impractical and unsustainable for fishermen to adopt methods that require significant hands-on work,' in the U.S. Shinkei says it also has a higher calling than just better-tasting fish. Khawaja said one of the motivations for developing the technology was to try to find a kinder, gentler way to kill fish than letting them die gasping for air. During childhood fishing trips with his father in the Red Sea, he remembers it being 'very hard to watch' fish suffocating after they were caught. While he was in graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania, Khawaja was moved by an essay that argued that fish suffer inhumane deaths because they cannot vocalize pain. He even once considered developing sensors to make fish's pain audible. Shinkei provides Poseidon machines to fishermen, who then sell fish processed through the machines back to Shinkei at a premium. Shinkei in turn sells the fish to restaurants and other retailers underits fish company Seremoni. Poseidon is roughly refrigerator-sized and sits on fishing boat decks. It processes fish within seconds of being caught. The fish is fed through an opening in the machine and into a small vinyl cavity. The machine then uses AI to identify what kind of fish it is and where exactly its brain and gills are. Fish emerge with a hole in the head and incisions near the gills before being placed in an ice slurry for blood drainage. Quickly killing the fish, bleeding it and chilling it without freezing leads to fish that is noticeably better, Khawaja said. 'There's going to be a flavor profile difference and there's going to be texture profile difference,' he said. The company chose Los Angeles for its headquarters and production because it has the right mix of potential employees as well as customers. It has the mechanical engineering talent as well as a major fishing fleet and lots of high-end restaurants. 'The best mechanical engineering talent in the world, in my opinion, is in Southern California,' said Seremoni co-founder Reed Ginsberg. The city is also a major health and consumer products hub as well as a trend setter for cutting-edge food fads. Chef Michael Cimarusti, co-owner of the Michelin starred Providence restaurant in Los Angeles, says he tries to buy local ikejime fish when he can because it preserves the quality and color. The fish preserved using ikejime look as if they 'were just pulled from the water minutes ago,' he said in an interview posted on YouTube by the American Fishing Tackle Co. Shinkei currently processes thousands of pounds weekly across operations in Washington, Central California and Massachusetts, with expansion to Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico planned this year. After feedback from fishermen that the bots took up too much deck space, the company is developing 'Block 2' robots this year that will have roughly half the footprint while processing fish twice as fast. Currently, black cod and black sea bass processed through Poseidon are sold under Shinkei's brand Seremoni at retailers such as Happier Grocery and served at upscale restaurants including Atomix and Sushi Zo. This summer, the company plans to add salmon and red snapper to its offerings.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Crypto startups rake in $92m as venture capitalists bet on AI plays
Seven crypto startups raised a combined $92 million this week, according to data compiled by DefiLlama. This brings the total crypto startup funding in 2025 to $11.1 billion, which is already 60% of Pitchbook's $18 billion prediction for this year. VCs are spreading bets across the board, but one theme dominated this week: artificial intelligence. Half of the week's biggest raises went to firms building at the intersection of crypto and AI. From decentralised AI networks to training data engines for robots, AI-focused projects hauled in over 60% of this week's funding rounds. Below are the three biggest rounds of the week: xTAO, $22.8 million The biggest winner of the week is xTAO, a Cayman Islands-domiciled company building infrastructure for Bittensor. Bittensor is a fledgling project taking on the centrally controlled artificial intelligence behemoths such as OpenAI and Google. 'It was like when I first found Bitcoin and saw the problem that it was trying to solve,' Samaroo previously told DL News. Bittensor is 'the best shot on goal that we have for decentralised AI.' The company raised $22.8 million in a round backed by Digital Currency Group, Animoca Brands, Arca, Borderless Capital, and FalconX. Soluna, $20 million Soluna, a green data centre operator that powers Bitcoin mining and AI workloads with stranded renewable energy, has raised $20 million in new funding. The publicly listed firm — ticker SLNH on Nasdaq — says it will use the capital to expand its software platform and launch new facilities at renewable energy sites. The round was led by Spring Lane Capital. Soluna has earmarked the money to expand its footprint in Texas, a Bitcoin and AI mining hub. Poseidon, $15 million A16z crypto made its latest bet on AI-meets-Web3 with a $15 million seed round into Poseidon. Built on the Story Protocol, Poseidon is designing a decentralised data layer for training physical AI systems — think robotics and autonomous vehicles. The goal? Curate and license IP-cleared training data through crypto-native incentives and infrastructure. Poseidon 'seeks to establish a new economic foundation for the internet,' Chris Dixon, managing partner at venture capital firm a16z, said on X on July 22. An internet 'where data creators get fairly compensated for helping AI companies power the next generation of intelligent systems.' You're reading the latest installment of The Weekly Raise, our column covering fundraising deals across the crypto and DeFi spaces, powered by DefiLlama. Pedro Solimano is DL News' Buenos Aires-based markets correspondent. Got at a tip? Email him at psolimano@
Newsweek
5 days ago
- Politics
- Newsweek
NATO Ally Sends Submarine Hunter to Russia's Doorstep
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A submarine-hunting aircraft operated by NATO member Norway flew close to major military bases in northwestern Russia on Wednesday, according to publicly available flight records. Why It Matters Signals captured by the website Flightradar24 show NATO nations, including the United States, have been carrying out reconnaissance flights close to Russia's northwestern Murmansk region in recent days. A U.S. Air Force spy plane took off from a British base on Tuesday, first traveling north over Norway before approaching Murmansk, which is pressed up against NATO member Finland. A similar aircraft operated by the British Royal Air Force flew an almost identical flight path through Europe up to Murmansk last week. What To Know The Norwegian P-8A "Poseidon" was first detected in the Barents Sea on Wednesday morning local time, heading in a northwesterly direction away from the area off northern Murmansk. Russia's Northern Fleet, which controls much of Moscow's submarine and nuclear capabilities, is based in the Murmansk region, partly in the town of Severomorsk. Russia has a variety of military bases located close to one another around the city of Murmansk and Severomorsk, including major submarine hubs. The Kremlin has a formidable submarine fleet, which is generally considered a much more impressive force than Moscow's surface fleet of vessels. A partial flight route recorded by Flightradar24 showed the Norwegian anti-submarine warfare plane, identified by the call sign NIKE21, traveled from close to Murmansk to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard before returning to northern Norway roughly four hours later. The aircraft appeared to be operating out of Evenes Air Station, home to advanced F-35 fifth-generation fighter jets, as well as hosting Norway's new P-8A fleet. Newsweek has reached out to the Norwegian armed forces for comment via email. A Poseidon aircraft arrives in Kinloss, Scotland, in February 2020. A Poseidon aircraft arrives in Kinloss, Scotland, in February 2020. Press Association via AP Images The P-8A is a Boeing-made maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft in service with several militaries across the world. The British government said back in 2022 it would deploy its P-8A aircraft to the High North, a broad geographic term often used to include the Arctic. British air force P-8As now fly regular sorties out of RAF Lossiemouth, a base in Moray in northeast Scotland. What Happens Next NATO attention has increasingly turned to the Arctic in recent years, a region where Russia is dominant. Officials from NATO militaries have also warned of China's growing presence in the Arctic, although Beijing is not an Arctic state.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
A16z Crypto Leads $15M Seed Round Into Decentralized AI Data Layer Poseidon
Venture capital heavyweight a16z Crypto led a $15 million seed-round investment into Poseidon, a decentralized artificial intelligence (AI) data layer. Poseidon is built to provide access to training data for robotics and AI models that is "traceable, enforceable and monetizable," according to an emailed announcement on Tuesday. The project was incubated by intellectual property (IP)-based protocol Story, another a16z portfolio company. Story aims to convert IP into programmable assets that can be licensed and managed using smart contracts on blockchains. "AI foundation models have already exhausted the most easily accessible training data," a16z Crypto's managing partner, Chris Dixon, said in the email. "Poseidon's decentralized data layer seeks to establish a new economic foundation for the internet, rewarding creators and suppliers for providing the diverse inputs that next-gen intelligent systems need.' AI models, especially generative AI, are trained on vast datasets — often scraped from the internet — which include copyrighted works such as books, art, music and code. Some creatives argue that this constitutes unauthorized use and copyright infringement because their work is being used for commercial purposes without permission or compensation. The practice has already led to several lawsuits. This friction highlights how AI and blockchain technology can interact, with decentralization helping to provide secure, controlled sharing of data and allowing multiple parties to contribute to large-language model training without compromising privacy or proprietary information. The creation of diverse datasets opens up possibilities for data monetization, with creators being compensated for the use of their works.
