Enterprises want access to new software and AI tools but can’t risk sending their sensitive data out to a third-party software-as-a-serviceproviders. Tensor9 looks to help software companies land more enterprise customers by helping them deploy their software directly into a customer’s tech stack.
Tensor9 converts a software vendor’s code into the format needed to deploy into their customer’s tech environment. Tensor9 then makes a digital twin of the deployed software, or a miniaturized model of the deployed software’s infrastructure, so Tensor9’s customers can monitor how the software is working in their customer’s environment. Tensor9 can help companies deploy into any premise ranging from cloud to bare metal servers.
Michael Ten-Pow, Tensor9’s co-founder and CEO, told TechCrunch that Tensor9’s ability to transfer software to any premise, and its use of digital twin technology to help with remote monitoring, helps Tensor9 stand out from other companies, like Octopus Deploy or Nuon, that also help companies deploy software into a customer’s environment.
“You can’t just throw a piece of software over the wall, or it’s very difficult to throw a piece of software over the wall, and know what’s going on, be able to find issues, debug them, fix them,” Ten-Powsaid. “They see it running, they can debug it, they can log in and understand what the issues are and fix them.”
He said the timing is right for Tensor9’s tech due to tailwinds from the rise of AI. Enterprises and financial institutions want to adopt AI tech, but can’t risk sending their data to a third-party.
“An enterprise search vendor might go to, let’s say, J.P. Morgan and say, ‘hey, I need access to all your six parabytes of data to build an intelligent search layer on top of it so that your internal employees can have a conversation with their company’s data,’ there’s no way that’s going to work,” Ten-Pow said.
Ten-Pow, an ex-engineer at AWS, said he had a “long, fairly winding path” to the launch of Tensor9. He got the idea for the company while working on another potential idea that didn’t work out. He spent some time figuring out if he could find a way to make it easier for software vendors to get SOC 2 certified, a cybersecurity compliance framework, to help them unlock customers that required their vendors to have it.

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While that didn’t work out, he discovered from customer calls that what enterprises really wanted was the software to just run in their own tech environment. But many software companies, especially startups, don’t have the resources to offer a bespoke on-premise option for each enterprise customer.
That sentiment became the basis for Tensor9 which Ten-Pow launched in 2024. Later in the year, he brought on two of his ex-AWS colleagues, Matthew Michie and Matthew Shanker, as co-founders.
The company found early traction with voice AI companies. Since then, they’ve started to expand to work in other verticals including: enterprise search, enterprise databases and data management. The company currently works with AI companies including: 11x, Retell AI and Dyna AI, among others.
Tensor9 bootstrapped for its first year and recently raised a million seed round led by Wing VC with participation from Level Up Ventures, Devang Sachdev of Model Ventures, NVAngels, an angel group of ex-Nvidia employees, and other angel investors. Getting investors on board with the idea wasn’t too challenging, Ten-Pow said, because the VCs they spoke with had seen their portfolio companies struggle with this exact problem. Tensor9 just had to convince investors that they were the right team for the job.
“We have a simple model but underneath the covers there’s a lot of complexity that makes that happen, hard technical challenges that we’ve solved to make that happen,” Ten-Pow said. “I think that was one of the things that helped us convince the investors to invest in us.”
The company plans to use the funding for hiring and for building out the next generation of its technology so that it can work with customers in more verticals.
“There’s been an evolution fromto the cloud and we think that this idea of software lives where it needs to, and operates where it needs to, is that next step that’s a sort of synthesis of the previous on-premise and cloud ideas,” Ten-Pow said.
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Architizer’s Vision Awards are back! The global awards program honors the world’s best architectural concepts, ideas and imagery. Start your entry today, and take advantage of the Early Entry prices!
When the AI wave first crashed into architecture, many feared the end was near. Digital tools like Midjourney, DALL-E and Stable Diffusion could sketch, render and visualize ideas faster than most human teams. Overnight, centuries of craft risked being reduced to a series of prompts and algorithms. But not everyone panicked. Some adapted and evolved.
A few, like Amir Hossein Noori, were already living in the future and gaining recognition for it. In 2023, Noori earned Special Mentions at the Architizer Vision Awards, both in the Architect Creator of the Year category and for his AI-assisted visualization project, Cave of Wonders. His early work showed that architects could engage with AI critically and creatively, instead of defensively. He is part of a new generation of architects paving the way forward for a future of architecture with AI.
Project by AHN Studio | Images courtesy of Amir Hossein Noori
Rather than treating AI as a threat, Noori embraced it as a design partner. As the Cofounder and CEO of AI Hub, he has built a system that helps architects and designers survive in a creative industry that is changing faster than anyone expected.
Through AI Hub, Noori has been quietly reshaping what an architect’s toolkit looks like. Instead of offering off-the shelf solutions, his team builds custom AI tools tailored to each firm’s needs. They train design teams to find and use the right technologies, create private AI models to protect creative identity and help architects win more projects, save time, and work smarter.
The early days of AI’s arrival were chaotic. Many architects worried that machine-generated design would dilute the craft or even eliminate the need for human designers altogether. I for one, was worried about the fact that it further encouraged the wrong notion that everything done quickly was good, even if it really wasn’t. For Noori,  the panic missed because he was way ahead of time. Architects, he believed, could either resist it or lead it.

Project by AHN Studio | Images courtesy of Amir Hossein Noori
“My design process is a combination of manual and hand drawing, software, and artificial intelligence. In the initial phase of the project, the project brief is established through multiple client discussions,” says Amir Hossein Noori. “Using the brief and developing a narrative that can support the project’s design concepts, the procedure continues. After refining the narrative, I begin to visualize the ideas using sloppy sketches and diagrams, which are then translated into powerful visuals using artificial intelligence and other software.”
Just like Noori, survival for architects should not be about working harder or faster. It should be about working differently. Architects who once spent days refining 3D models now collaborate with AI systems that generate dozens of options in hours. Those who once viewed design as a linear, painstaking process now see it as an agile, evolving conversation between human intention and machine intelligence.
The shift has not been easy. Many traditional architects resist the idea of AI participating in the sacred creative process. But some architects are not clinging to the standard definitions of authorship. They are reframing their role and are moving from sole creators to creative directors. They guide and collaborate with AI. Their tools simply changed but the vision is still theirs.
Project by AHN Studio | Images courtesy of Amir Hossein Noori
Noori’s work shows that AI is not here to replace architects; it is here to extend them. By the work he has done with AI hub, he is showing that the future of architecture belongs to those who know how to lead both people and machines. Its not about losing control. It is about changing the reins and spending less time on the mundane tasks that bog down creativity and more time on the things that matter.
Architecture education, too, will need to evolve. As AI becomes a standard design tool, future architects will need to be fluent in form-making, prompt engineering, data interpretation, and creative collaboration with non-human systems. Being a great designer will no longer mean just drawing faster. It will mean thinking broader.

Project by AHN Studio | Images courtesy of Amir Hossein Noori
At its core, architecture has always been a negotiation between art and technology. From the invention of squares and tables to the first CAD programs, technology has pushed the boundaries of design. AI is simply the next tool in that continuum. Like every tool before it, it demands adaptation and leadership, not fear.
The architects who resisted AI may still be standing for now. But those who have embraced it, like Amir Hossein Noori, are already building the next generation of practice. And they are making it clear that in the next era of architecture, vision is still the most powerful tool.
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TensorWave, a data center provider building facilities primarily with AMD hardware, has raised $100 million as it seeks to further build out its data center infrastructure.

The funding round was led by Magnetar and AMD Ventures, and brings the company’s total capital raised to $146.7 million, according to Crunchbase.
Maverick Silicon, Nexus Venture Partners and Prosperity7 also participated in the round.
It’s a precarious time for data center projects.
Tariff-related price hikes on components like server racks and chips could contribute to overall data center build costs increasing by 5% to 15%, per an analysis by TD Cowen.

Investors are also wary of such projects accumulating too much capacity, particularly as the number of cheap AI services continues to grow.
Overcapacity is reportedly one of the factors delaying OpenAI’s ambitious $500-billion Stargate data center project.
Las Vegas, Nevada-based TensorWave claims that it hasn’t seen a slowdown in business, however.
The company is on track to end the year with run-rate revenue of more than $100 million, which would mark a 20x increase from a year earlier, according to CEO Darrick Horton (pictured above; in the middle).
Nvidia is the favored hardware vendor for data centers that are used for training and running AI models.
But TensorWave embraced AMD early on, aiming to provide cloud services at lower prices.
TensorWave recently deployed a “dedicated training” cluster of around 8,000 AMD Instinct MI325X GPUs.
The new capital will enable the company to grow that cluster, as well as expand headcount and support “operational growth,” said Horton.

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TensorWave has a team of around 40 people at present, and expects headcount to reach over 100 by the end of the year.

“This $100 million funding propels TensorWave’s mission to democratize access to cutting-edge AI compute,” Horton added.
“Our 8,192 Instinct MI325X GPU cluster marks just the beginning as we establish ourselves as the emerging AMD-powered leader in the rapidly expanding AI infrastructure market.”
Other data center providers placing bets on AMD’s AI chips range from startups like Lamini and Nscale to larger, more entrenched cloud providers such as Azure and Oracle.
Horton co-founded TensorWave with Jeff Tatarchuk (pictured above; on the left) and Piotr Tomasik (pictured above; on the right) in 2023.
Tatarchuk had previously launched cloud vendor VMAccel with Horton, and sold another startup, Lets Rolo, to digital identity firm LifeKey.
Horton co-founded crypto mining company VaultMiner Technologies, VMAccel’s corporate parent.
As for Tomasik, he co-launched influencer marketer site Influential, and is the second co-founder of Lets Rolo.

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Hades II introduces a new mechanic called Forget-Me-Not, which allows players to pin recipes they don't have enough crafting reagents for.
While they're out in the world, the path to those resources will be highlighted, making it easier to keep track of what you need.
I love this feature, in no small part because I've been making my own version of it for other games for years.
It's just one of the many ways I use spreadsheets to improve my gaming.To be clear, I am not recommending that you follow in my footsteps and create a spreadsheet for every game you play.
I am deeply unwell, the world is on fire, and creating little charts and tables is how I exert some semblance of control over a chaotic world.
Also, not every game needs a spreadsheet.For some games, though, it's just more helpful to have your own goal tracker.
Especially in sandbox games, where the quest markers are only the start of what you can do.
For my purposes, I'll either use a typical Google Sheet, or if I'm feeling real spicy, I'll branch out to something like Notion for some more flexible tools.
Here are just a few examples of what I do.Tracking Tears of the Kingdom armor upgradesThere are so many armor sets in Tears of the Kingdom, and tracking down every piece is super rewarding both in terms of exploration and the powers you get from different sets.
What's less rewarding is upgrading the ones you already have.
You need to visit Great Fairies with the right amount of ingredients, some of which are super rare or only drop from specific enemies.
Some of which you might've otherwise walked right past if you didn't know you needed them.
(Looking at you, Lizalfos tails.) That's why I made this armor upgrade tracker.
I gave myself sections to mark off which sets I'm most interested in collecting, how many pieces I still have left to claim, what upgrade level each of them is currently at, and whether there's a set bonus I haven't unlocked yet.
Most of this info is technically visible in the UI, but this way I don't have to dig through menus to see whether I've finished upgrades on the Froggy armor before I go collect a bunch of sticky lizards.I also gave myself space to write down what ingredients I need for an upgrade, which is low-key the most helpful part for me.
Almost everything in Tears of the Kingdom is used to upgrade some armor set or another, but I don't always remember which ones I care about.
And the only way in-game to see what ingredients are needed for an upgrade are to visit the Great Fairy directly.This saved me tons of wasted effort because, when I'm out adventuring, I can quickly look at my notes to see whether I still need a particular item when I come across it.
Not only is this handy as reference, but it saves me from having to go on a farming run later for the five Thunderwing butterflies I walked right past hours earlier.Running an outpost empire in Starfield





Credit: Eric Ravenscraft


I have my complaints about Starfield, but that didn't stop me from spending dozens of hours building outposts to farm as many resources as possible.
Is there a point to this? Not really.
Most resources you need in Starfield, you can either buy or farm easily.
But I like building my own mini-economies.
The only trouble is, the game isn't built to be the overseer of dozens of outposts.Enter my Notion table.
For this one, I gave myself at-a-glance reference points for the resources each planet has, which of those resources are available at my outpost, and which of those I'm currently harvesting.
Since you get a bonus when you've fully surveyed a planet, I've also marked whether I've completed that planet's survey.
(Note: I wasn't able to easily make this into a template, so you'll have to make your own version from scratch.
This page from Notion will help you understand the basics, but there are plenty of other YouTube tutorials to check out if you need more guidance.)Granted, this is my own personal Sisyphean boulder, since the only reason to spend this much effort organizing Starfield outposts is for the joy (?) of outpost organizing.
However, I've done similar things for games like Stardew Valley, which are a bit more objective-oriented.I used Notion for this one because I liked its approach to databases a little better than Google Sheets.
You can create a full database with entries for all the data you need, but then create alternate views that only focus on some of the data you've created.
For example, I also tracked what flora and fauna grew on each planet, but since I didn't need that while managing my outposts, I decided to create a view that didn't include it.Quantifying my time wasted in Overwatch 2Of all the spreadsheets I've made for the games I play, few have brought me as much pain as this one.
Overwatch 2 switched to a battle pass system, with rewards that will disappear if you don't claim them by the end of the season.
I play a lot of this game already, but I wanted to know just how much time it would take to complete certain rewards.So, I made myself a little calculator.
I started by tracking the average amount of time it took to complete a game and how much XP I got for each game.
Then I gave myself a few boxes that calculate how much time it would take to reach a reward tier, based on how much XP I'd earned so far.
I got it down to a point where I only had to fill in three blocks (highlighted in blue in the sheet) to see how much more time I was planning to waste in a game for a cosmetic reward I wouldn't even use.Now, I don't need to be told to play Overwatch 2.
I love playing it with my friends, and I'll gravitate to it regardless of how much it mistreats me.
The real value here is that, sometimes, this spreadsheet discourages me from playing.
If the game says "You're just 50,000 XP away from getting a reward!" it might seem like a good idea.
The game wants you to keep playing after all.
Instead, my spreadsheet says "You will have to play 41 more hours of this game to reach that level.
So I sigh and close the game.This has actually helped me kick some of that "Just one more game" habit that's so easy to fall into.
Every online game these days has a litany of rewards and points and blips and bloops designed to give you just a little dopamine every time you decide to keep playing.
My calculator tool wasn't designed to save me time, but it did end up being more honest about it than Blizzard would ever be.Other spreadsheet ideasThese are just a few of the many examples I've made over the years.
I've made sheets that calculate how much my Stardew Valley crops will yield over time, taking the guesswork out of buying from Pierre's store.
(I'm also far from the first with this idea.) I've also made sheets similar to my Tears of the Kingdom tracker for upgrades in games from Skyrim to Horizon Forbidden West.
Even if you're not into making your own, there's a chance some enterprising gamer out there has made arcane spreadsheets for things like how much an armor buff affects your favorite hero.
Any time there's some math I want to do that the game doesn't do for me, or resource requirements I'm sick of Googling over and over, I'll turn to my trusty spreadsheets—and now you can (should?) too.
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Amazon says it will work with Humain, the AI company recently launched by Saudi Arabia’s ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, to invest “$5 billion-plus” in a strategic partnership to build an “AI Zone” in Saudi Arabia.
The AI Zone will include dedicated Amazon Web Services (AWS) AI infrastructure, servers, networks, and training and certification programs, according to a press release.
Humain is pledging to develop AI solutions using AWS technologies and to work with AWS on providing access to tools and programs for Saudi Arabia-based AI startups.
AWS joins tech giants Nvidia, AMD, and others in partnering with Humain, which is funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF).
American tech firms have looked to the PIF as a source of capital.
Companies like Google and Salesforce have also recently worked with the PIF on AI-related projects and investments.
President Donald Trump and several tech industry allies attended a U.S.-Saudi investment forum on Tuesday.
Under a new Trump administration initiative, U.S.-based tech suppliers, including Nvidia and AMD, have been permitted to arrange deals with Saudi Arabian firms.
Saudi Arabia has mandated AI companies and services in the kingdom store data locally, pushing vendors to put facilities there to avoid losing contracts.
Both Google and Oracle have announced expansion plans in the region over the past year.
Amazon early last March pledged to spend billions of dollars on data centers in Saudi Arabia.
On Tuesday, the company said it is devoting around $5.3 billion to develop an AWS region in the kingdom scheduled to come online in 2026.
The AI Zone commitments are an “additional investment” separate from the roughly $5.3 billion, Amazon said.
It isn’t clear, however, if Amazon’s contribution to the AI Zone will draw on the tranche the company originally announced.
TechCrunch has reached out to Amazon for clarification and will update this piece if we hear back.

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Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has missed a self-imposed deadline to publish a finalized AI safety framework, as noted by watchdog group The Midas Project.
xAI isn’t exactly known for its strong commitments to AI safety as it’s commonly understood.
A recent report found that the company’s AI chatbot, Grok, would undress photos of women when asked.
Grok can also be considerably more crass than chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT, cursing without much restraint to speak of.
Nonetheless, in February at the AI Seoul Summit, a global gathering of AI leaders and stakeholders, xAI published a draft framework outlining the company’s approach to AI safety.
The eight-page document laid out xAI’s safety priorities and philosophy, including the company’s benchmarking protocols and AI model deployment considerations.
As The Midas Project noted in the blog post on Tuesday, however, the draft only applied to unspecified future AI models “not currently in development.” Moreover, it failed to articulate how xAI would identify and implement risk mitigations, a core component of a document the company signed at the AI Seoul Summit.
In the draft, xAI said that it planned to release a revised version of its safety policy “within three months” — by May 10.
The deadline came and went without acknowledgement on xAI’s official channels.
Despite Musk’s frequent warnings of the dangers of AI gone unchecked, xAI has a poor AI safety track record.
A recent study by SaferAI, a nonprofit aiming to improve the accountability of AI labs, found that xAI ranks poorly among its peers, owing to its “very weak” risk management practices.
That’s not to suggest other AI labs are faring dramatically better.
In recent months, xAI rivals including Google and OpenAI have rushed safety testing and have been slow to publish model safety reports (or skipped publishing reports altogether).
Some experts have expressed concern that the seeming deprioritization of safety efforts is coming at a time when AI is more capable — and thus potentially dangerous — than ever.

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Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has missed a self-imposed deadline to publish a finalized AI safety framework, as noted by watchdog group The Midas Project.
xAI isn’t exactly known for its strong commitments to AI safety as it’s commonly understood.
A recent report found that the company’s AI chatbot, Grok, would undress photos of women when asked.
Grok can also be considerably more crass than chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT, cursing without much restraint to speak of.
Nonetheless, in February at the AI Seoul Summit, a global gathering of AI leaders and stakeholders, xAI published a draft framework outlining the company’s approach to AI safety.
The eight-page document laid out xAI’s safety priorities and philosophy, including the company’s benchmarking protocols and AI model deployment considerations.
As The Midas Project noted in the blog post on Tuesday, however, the draft only applied to unspecified future AI models “not currently in development.” Moreover, it failed to articulate how xAI would identify and implement risk mitigations, a core component of a document the company signed at the AI Seoul Summit.
In the draft, xAI said that it planned to release a revised version of its safety policy “within three months” — by May 10.
The deadline came and went without acknowledgement on xAI’s official channels.
Despite Musk’s frequent warnings of the dangers of AI gone unchecked, xAI has a poor AI safety track record.
A recent study by SaferAI, a nonprofit aiming to improve the accountability of AI labs, found that xAI ranks poorly among its peers, owing to its “very weak” risk management practices.
That’s not to suggest other AI labs are faring dramatically better.
In recent months, xAI rivals including Google and OpenAI have rushed safety testing and have been slow to publish model safety reports (or skipped publishing reports altogether).
Some experts have expressed concern that the seeming deprioritization of safety efforts is coming at a time when AI is more capable — and thus potentially dangerous — than ever.

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At long last, digital consumer bank Chime has moved forward with its IPO by filing its S-1 paperwork Tuesday.
Chime had reportedly filed confidential S-1 paperwork back in December.
S-1 filings typically reveal all kinds of information, covering financial, legal, and other risk factors.
But Chime’s S-1 documents still have a lot of blank spaces.
We don’t know how many shares it hopes to sell or at what price.
Chime could be aiming to raise $1 billion, IPO specialist Renaissance Capital believes.
We also don’t know how many shares insiders plan to sell as part of the IPO.
This includes its major backers, a list that includes billionaire Yuri Milner’s DST Global, Michael Stark’s Crosslink Capital, billionaire Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries, as well as VC firms General Atlantic, Menlo Ventures (led by board member Shawn Carolan), the Sino French Innovation Fund, and Iconiq, according to the paperwork.
Chime raised $2.65 billion total as a private company, including its last raise in 2021 that valued it at $25 billion, PitchBook estimates.
As a result, there are many more VCs on its cap table.
They, too, could be in for big paydays.
For instance, Kirsten Green’s Forerunner Ventures and Hunter Walk’s Homebrew both claim Chime as a portfolio company.
Chime offered one detail that suggests the company believes it will be a huge IPO.
Chime enlisted an army of big name investment bankers, including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan.
The financials show why investors may grow excited.
The company finished 2024 with $1.67 billion in revenue and $25 million in losses, compared to nearly $1.3 billion in revenue and $203 million in losses in 2023.
Its 2025 first-quarter revenue was already $519 million.
So, by Silicon Valley math, that puts it on track for $2 billion this year and near profitability. 
Chime offers consumer checking, savings, debit, and credit cards and claims 8.6 million active users.

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One interesting reveal in the paperwork.
Its board member Cynthia Marshall served as the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks from 2018 to December 2024.
Chime became a Mavericks sponsor during that time.
It paid around $33 million over three years (2022-2024), which gained it the Chime logo on the team’s jersey, among other marketing benefits.
Without that deal, it might have already been profitable.

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With warmer temperatures on the horizon, it seems like everyone has outdoor living in mind, including Carl Hansen & Son.
After continued success with the Embrace Collection designed by EOOS, the Danish brand is expanding the series with Embrace Outdoor Lounge Series of furniture fit for the sunniest days.
The new additions include the modular Embrace Outdoor Lounge Sofa and the Embrace Lounge Table to bring comfort and craftsmanship into the open air.
Call Hansen & Son’s partnership with the Austrian design trio dates back to 2015.
After launching the Embrace indoor collection and latter adding an outdoor dining series, it was only a matter of time before lounge furniture entered the fold.
“With the launch of the Embrace Outdoor Dining Series in 2024, it has been a natural move to now present the Embrace Outdoor Lounge Series, which brings something totally different to our outdoor collection, but at the same time has clear references to the existing Embrace Series,” shares Knud Erik Hansen, owner and CEO of Carl Hansen & Son.
“We highly value our collaboration with EOOS as they bring something poetic to our collection and at the same time, they master solving design challenges in a way that is 100% EOOS and 100% Carl Hansen & Son.”
Crafted from hand-woven flat rope and solid FSC-certified teak wood, the Embrace Outdoor Lounge Sofa channels the original Embrace Sofa with its clean lines and integrated wooden tables, but with outdoor living in mind.
The back- and armrests may feel familiar, echoing traditional outdoor furniture, but the quality sets it apart – neach backrest takes up to six hours to weave by hand.
With seven modular components and six textile colorways to choose from, the sofa can be customized to fit any space or style.
While teak is naturally durable, the Embrace Outdoor Lounge Sofa goes further.
Every part is removable, making it easy to repair or replace individual elements.
This thoughtful detail not only supports longevity but also reinforces Carl Hansen & Søn’s commitment to sustainable, timeless design.
To complement the seating, the Embrace lounge collection also introduces the circular Embrace Lounge Table.
Though it carries the same design language as its indoor predecessors, inspired by kites and their wires, this version is crafted from untreated teak to weather beautifully over time.
A total of 43 teak pieces come together in a striking daisy pattern – an intricate detail that speaks to the craftsmanship behind every piece.
The original Embrace collection proves that design this good deserves to live outdoors too.
With its superior craftsmanship and modular flexibility, the Embrace Outdoor Lounge series brings refined comfort to outdoor spaces everywhere.
To learn more about the Embrace Outdoor collection by EOOS, visit carlhansen.com.
Photography courtesy of Carl Hansen & Søn.
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