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Nuburu enters $15M pre-funded warrant program; awarded $850K NASA Phase II contract for lunar power beaming
Nuburu, Inc.
- Entered Pre-Funded Warrant Purchase Program with strategic investors; up to $15M total purchase price; investors receive warrants at 150% of pre-funded price.
- Awarded $850K Phase II contract by NASA for blue laser power transmission technology for Lunar and Martian applications.
- Phase II aims to scale power, range, performance; deliver hundreds of watts at kilometer-scale; extend to tens of km on lunar surface.
- Contract builds on Phase I SBIR announced August 2023, which demonstrated technical feasibility of blue laser power beaming.
- CEO Brian Knaley highlights potential terrestrial applications: remote power, disaster relief, and defense logistics.