Malaysian Billionaire Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway Healthcare To Raise $736 Million From IPO

Sunway Healthcare—controlled by Malaysian billionaire Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway Group—will use proceeds from the IPO to partly finance expansion plans, which include building three new hospitals.

The Startup Building An Operating System For Biotech AI

Building an AI infrastructure for biotech. Bacteria that munch on cancer. How to best make a cold brew. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype.

This Looming Drug Development Gap Could Impact Patients’ Health

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at cheaper biologic drugs, Novo Nordisk’s $2 billion next-gen obesity drug deal, new ways of fighting cancer, and more.

Novo Nordisk Inks A $2.1 Billion Deal To Develop Next Generation Obesity Pills

The Danish drugmaker is collaborating with Vivtex, cofounded by billionaire Robert Langer, to quickly iterate oral versions of successors to Ozempic and Wegovy.

U.K.’s Wayve Snags Up To $1.5 Billion To Scale ‘Plug-And-Play’ Robotaxi Software

The round values the startup at $8.6 billion. Robotaxis using its tech go into service in London this year, and Nissan will use it for hands-free driving in personal vehicles.

This Middle School Dropout Built His AI Startup In China. Now He’s Scaling It In Silicon Valley.

This Middle School Dropout Built His AI Startup In China. Now He’s Scaling It In Silicon Valley.

You Know Who Likes Solar Power? Trump Voters

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a former top Tesla engineer’s plans to rewire the grid and the outlook for solving spiking electric power prices

This Fintech Is Winning With Hispanic Immigrants. Now It Has To Survive Trump.

Común allows immigrants to open a free checking account online with a foreign ID and to send money to relatives back home at a reasonable cost.

Taxpayers Face Harder To Detect Scams This Season. Blame AI.

FBI data show a rise in government impersonation fraud. From deepfake video calls to IRS impersonation schemes, AI is reshaping how criminals target everyday taxpayers.

Sam Altman’s Fusion Power Bet Just Got Hotter Than The Sun

Fusion power moves closer to commercialization. Storing data for 10,000 years. Why AI won’t necessarily take your job. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype.