The electric vehicle maker used just 70% of its plant capacity last year – a level comparable to traditional auto rivals. Things could get worse in 2026.
After a decade of modest gains, data storage companies like Sandisk, Seagate and Western Digital had a stunning run in 2025.
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at Elon Musk’s year of big blunders and payday bonanzas and some progress for green hydrogen
Former SpaceX propulsion CTO Thomas Mueller’s space startup reached unicorn status this year thanks to $525 million in funding since 2021. It’s just one of 141 other startups founded by SpaceX alumni.
At Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026, Jackery is introducing a series of products to help Americans power their homes without relying on the traditional grid.
Brian Lian founded publicly traded Viking Therapeutics to focus on metabolic diseases. With obesity drugs in development and the GLP-1 space booming, it’s now a prime M&A target for giants jostling for their share of a potential $100 billion market.
In this week’s edition of The Prototype we look at the biggest tech breakthroughs of 2025–and the year’s best music.
Investors lost their minds, robots lost their balance and roboticists rolled their eyes. Meanwhile, visions of a $5 trillion robot revolution continued to enthrall.
After raising $293 million in the IPO, Insilico Medicine aims to become “a massive source of innovative drugs for pharma companies,” says founder Alex Zhavoronkov.
From Trump frenemyship, the DOGE debacle, unmet self-driving car promises, chainsaws and “Mechahitler” to a $1 trillion pay deal, 2025 was the billionaire’s most chaotic and lucrative year.