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Binary Defense

Most security programs are built to check boxes. We’re built to stop what actually matters. Binary Defense is a Managed Detection and Response provider focused on one thing: helping organizations respond to real threats with speed, clarity, and confidence. Not theoretical coverage. Not inflated metrics. Real outcomes. We start with how adversaries actually operate inside environments. Then we build detection, investigation, and response around that reality. Because when seconds matter, assumptions break. At the center of our approach is NightBeacon, our AI-powered intelligence infrastructure embedded directly into the SOC. It accelerates analysis, surfaces what matters, and helps our analysts move at the pace modern threats demand. Not by replacing human expertise, but by strengthening it. This is what it looks like when AI is applied with purpose. Faster investigations. Clearer decisions. Better outcomes. Founded by experts including David Kennedy, Binary Defense was created to solve a problem that still exists today: organizations are overwhelmed with data, under-equipped to act, and left exposed when it counts. We changed that by building a model where experienced defenders lead, and technology works in service of their decisions. Our services include Managed Detection and Response, Threat Hunting, and Digital Risk Protection, all designed to give organizations something most tools can’t: The ability to understand what is happening and respond before it becomes something worse.

Heliogen

Heliogen is a renewable energy technology company focused on decarbonizing industry and empowering a sustainable civilization. The company’s concentrating solar energy and thermal storage systems aim to deliver carbon-free heat, steam, or power at scale to support round-the-clock industrial operations. Powered by AI, computer vision, and robotics, Heliogen is focused on providing robust clean energy solutions that accelerate the transition to renewable energy without compromising reliability, availability, or cost. For more information about Heliogen, please visit heliogen.com. In November 2020, TIME included Heliogen’s HelioHeat™ technology on its Best Inventions of 2020 list. In April 2020, Fast Company selected Heliogen as a recipient of a 2020 World Changing Ideas Award for its technology. The company won the Energy category.

Cardless

Cardless is the credit card platform for building native credit experiences that cover the full journey — trusted by Coinbase, Bilt, Alibaba, Qatar Airways, and more.

Flock Freight

Flock Freight is the largest Shared Truckload (STL) freight brokerage in the U.S., transforming underutilized truckload capacity into tangible value: cost savings for shippers, increased earnings for carriers, and a smaller carbon footprint. Their AI-powered, patented pooling technology optimizes across Flock’s entire customer network, combining shipments from thousands of businesses into efficient Shared Truckloads. With STL, shippers enjoy truckload-level service while only paying for the space they need. Trusted by thousands of customers, from some of the largest enterprises to growing brands, Flock Freight delivers an unmatched combination of cost efficiency, exceptional service, and a streamlined shipping experience.

Heirloom

Mitigating the worst impacts of climate change by developing the world’s most cost-effective DAC technology to permanently remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Our technology rapidly accelerates the natural processes that enable limestone to absorb carbon dioxide from the air from a timespan of years to days. In 2023, Heirloom established the first and only Direct Air Capture facility in North America that permanently captures CO2. Our customers are the world’s biggest buyers of carbon removal including Microsoft, JP Morgan, McKinsey, Stripe, Shopify and more.