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Shinkei is Changing How Fish Are Caught, Processed and Brought to Your Plate | StrictlyVC LA 2026

Much of American-caught fish is processed overseas, and often in China, before it comes back to the U.S. Shinkei wants to change that with robotics, computer vision, and a vertically integrated supply chain built from scratch. At StrictlyVC Los Angeles 2026, TechCrunch Editor in Chief Connie Loizos sat down with Saif Khawaja, founder and CEO…

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Much of American-caught fish is processed overseas, and often in China, before it comes back to the U.S. Shinkei wants to change that with robotics, computer vision, and a vertically integrated supply chain built from scratch.

At StrictlyVC Los Angeles 2026, TechCrunch Editor in Chief Connie Loizos sat down with Saif Khawaja, founder and CEO of Shinkei, and Delian Asparouhov of Founders Fund to talk about one of the most unexpected bets in venture capital right now.

They cover everything from the Japanese fish-killing technique that became a startup thesis, why American fish is now being imported into Japanese fish markets for the first time ever, and how Founders Fund thinks about contrarian bets in food and agriculture.

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    June 19, 2026 at 9:52 pm

    Super interesting.

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This Startup Aims to Put Nuclear Reactors on Floating Barges

Just two months after it emerged from stealth, Bluecore Energy raised another $50M for its mission to put small nuclear reactors on floating barges. The company says the portable plants could deliver clean power to ports, data centers and communities, pending review by the NRC and Coast Guard.

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Just two months after it emerged from stealth, Bluecore Energy raised another $50M for its mission to put small nuclear reactors on floating barges.

The company says the portable plants could deliver clean power to ports, data centers and communities, pending review by the NRC and Coast Guard.

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How will Anthropic’s CEO “pace the frontier” of AI? It’s still a mystery

AI leaders are suddenly talking about “pacing the frontier,” but the specifics are still pretty fuzzy. Equity breaks down why we’re skeptical that the AI industry is actually headed for a slowdown, even as leaders at Anthropic and OpenAI say they want to put the brakes on.

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AI leaders are suddenly talking about “pacing the frontier,” but the specifics are still pretty fuzzy.

Equity breaks down why we’re skeptical that the AI industry is actually headed for a slowdown, even as leaders at Anthropic and OpenAI say they want to put the brakes on.

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Dario Amodei and other AI leaders want to ‘Pace the Frontier’ but…how? | Equity Podcast

A week after an Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning rattled the AI world, the company’s CEO Dario Amodei has outlined his plan to “pace the frontier” of AI development. The proposal leans on independent safety evaluators and coordination between AI labs in democratic countries, and it’s already picked up some industry support, along with some pointed…

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A week after an Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning rattled the AI world, the company’s CEO Dario Amodei has outlined his plan to “pace the frontier” of AI development. The proposal leans on independent safety evaluators and coordination between AI labs in democratic countries, and it’s already picked up some industry support, along with some pointed pushback from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang.

On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into whether companies can agree on what slowing down means and who gets to police it. Plus, WordPress parent Automattic’s boardroom coup, and a couple of the week’s biggest deals.

Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod.

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00:00 Intro

1:00 Dario Amodei’s plan to “pace the frontier”

5:03 Jensen Huang pushes back

9:08 Can market forces alone keep AI safe?

12:30 Third-party evaluators: how would they actually work?

15:27 Automattic’s board tries to oust Matt Mullenweg

19:31 Comparing it to OpenAI’s “the blip”

22:54 What’s at stake in who controls WordPress

24:04 May Mobility’s SPAC deal

28:42 Are SPACs back?

29:34 DoorDash invests $425M in Wonder

33:45 Outro

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