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.
Even as AI took center stage in 2025, many fintechs–especially those with a business-to-business focus–thrived.
These startups focus on improving the everyday elements of personal finance, including banking, access to credit and budgeting.
From a fast-growing prediction markets startup to firms that help people invest in retirement accounts, these three investing companies made the Fintech 50 for 2026.
From one startup that tries to simplify the confusion of selecting health insurance to another that uses aerial imagery instead of in-person inspectors, five insurtech businesses made our Fintech 50.
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at Jennifer Doudna’s $1 billion plan to bring Crispr gene editing to the real world, using “boring” AI in clinics and more.
Multiple pivots since the sports gambling firm launched in 2021 have paid off with a $500 million valuation. Now it is chasing federal approval—and industry heavyweights Kalshi and Polymarket.
Heron Power, backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Breakthrough Energy, is scaling up production of solid-state transformers that more efficiently move power to the grid.
As investors double down on the promise of automating legal work, the company is in talks to raise $400 million following two rounds in late 2025.
Crispr’s ability to cut genetic code like scissors has just started to turn into medicines. Now, gene editing pioneer Jennifer Doudna wants to build an entire ecosystem to bring these treatments mainstream.