2023年1月13日

喜欢这个故事吗?请分享!该公司在首次创新挑战中赢得资金后，正在与蓝色起源和亚马逊合作伙伴合作。去年以一个积极的音符结束，为FLUIX公司带来了潜在的重大技术发展机会，该公司是诺克斯维尔首届“未来加速器Techstars Industries”的参与者之一，也是继续与该地区保持联系的两家校友公司之一。“我们仍在这里生产，”该公司联合创始人兼首席执行官阿比谢克·萨斯特里(Abhishek (Abhi) Sastri)在我们最近再次联系时告诉我们。他指的是这家初创公司针对需要大量能量冷却的高性能计算机设计和组装的湍流液体冷却设备。他在当地的合作伙伴是TGS Precision。在补充方面，萨斯特里解释说，随着高性能计算机需求和能耗的增长，有必要开发大胆的新型冷却解决方案。这促使flux专注于在微重力环境下开发一种新的冷却剂，以解开地球上更有效冷却的秘密。然而，他解释说，很难找到愿意帮助在微重力环境下进行实验的太空合作伙伴。然而，当萨斯特里听说来自蓝色起源的新机会时，他认为这是一个全速前进的信号。 That opportunity was the inaugural “Reef Starter Innovation Challenge” which recognizes early-stage companies leveraging space and microgravity to develop innovative solutions that can use Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef space station. “I did not think we were going to get in. It seemed we were too early stage,” Sastri told us. Not only did FLUIX get accepted, but the company was one of four winners selected by a panel of judges from hundreds of applicants and 20 finalists. The winners were selected based on their commercialization plans, technical maturity and roadmap, and overall presentation quality. FLUIX captured $25,000 in the competition and will now be working with Blue Origin and its partners such as AWS to explore the application of nanosuspension technology to address the significant heat produced by high-performance computers. “To my knowledge, no one has studied nanosuspension in space, and the secrets that can be unlocked for the benefit of more efficient cooling here on earth,” Sastri said, noting that many emerging technologies were first evaluated in space. “No one saw microgravity as an asset. Our next step is to run validation studies.” The “Reef Starter Innovation Challenge” came less than two months after FLUIX was selected to participate in the mid-October “TechCrunch Disrupt Conference” in San Francisco and also honored as one of the participants in the magazine’s “Start-up Battlefield 200” listing. Then, within days of the “Reef Starter” competition, FLUIX bested two other start-ups to win another TechCrunch event – “TC Sessions: Space” held in Los Angeles. We asked Sastri if the focus on space represented a pivot, and he says it does not. “The customer is still data centers on earth.” Subscribe to our newsletter