Safe Superintelligence Inc. Updated +Created
Raised $1B at $5B valuation on September 2024, then $2B at $30B on March 2025. Lol!
From their website:
Superintelligence is within reach.
Our singular focus means no distraction by management overhead or product cycles, and our business model means safety, security, and progress are all insulated from short-term commercial pressures.
Dynein Updated +Created
Kinesin Updated +Created
Video 1.
Kinesin protein walking on microtubule by XVIVO
. Source. Clip from Video "The Inner Life of the Cell by XVIVO Scientific Animation (2011)" with captions added in.
Video 2.
Kinesin Motor Protein 3D Animation by Art of the cell
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Microtubule vs Microfilament Updated +Created
Actin Updated +Created
Microtubule motors Updated +Created
There are two families:
  • kinesin moves in one direction
  • dynein moves in the other direction
Myosin Updated +Created
Family of proteins that walks on actin microfilaments.
Responsible for muscle contraction.
Microtubule Updated +Created
Microfilament Updated +Created
Motor protein Updated +Created
Video 1.
A Day in the Life of a Motor Protein by Hoogenraad Lab
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Nucleic acid double helix Updated +Created
Muscle contraction Updated +Created
1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine Updated +Created
Application of DNA sequencing Updated +Created
Eukaryotes can do phagocytosis due to their cytoskeleton Updated +Created
Power, Sex, Suicide by Nick Lane (2006) page 53 suggests that one tremendous advantage of eukaryotes over bacteria is their ability to change shape due to the presence of the cytoskeleton, and the lack of a rigid bacterial cell wall.
Imagine in a world where there are only bacteria, and you can eat entire bacteria in one go, what a huge advantage that is!
Structure of DNA Updated +Created
Zero-knowledge proof Updated +Created
Video 1.
I can prove I've solved this Sudoku without revealing it by Polylog
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Deutsche Welle Updated +Created
James Watson Updated +Created
He was the nerdy one of the dynamic duo.

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