For Christopher King, Nothing But The Very Best Will Do

In every Christopher King bag there are lessons about quality and about pride in one’s work. This founder is someone who puts excellence into every one of his products.

VCs’ Favorite Note-Taking App Granola In Talks To Hit $1 Billion Valuation

The London-based AI startup aims to raise a new round of at least $100 million led by Index Ventures, making the popular note-taking app the latest AI unicorn.

Reed Jobs Lost His Father Steve To Cancer. Now His Cancer VC Firm Has Raised $200 Million.

Yosemite, which funds startups and researchers focused on the disease, is targeting a total of $350 million for its second fund from high-powered investors like pharma giant Amgen and hospital Memorial Sloan Kettering.

How Portable Ultrasounds Keep Astronauts Healthy

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at how a new discovery could lead to unsinkable ships, the billions invested in AI “neolabs” and more.

OpenAI Wants To Create Biometric Social Network To Kill X’s Bot Problem

OpenAI is quietly building a social network and considering using biometric verification like World’s eyeball scanning orb or Apple’s Face ID to ensure its users are people, not bots.

‘Hundreds’ Of Gatik Robot Delivery Trucks Headed For U.S. Roads

The autonomous tech startup says it has $600 million of contracts running over the next five years to haul goods from warehouses to stores.

The Health Risks Of Winter Storms

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the health risks of winter storms, a new Korean weight loss drug billionaire, a biotech using AI for rare diseases, and more.

Robot Trucker Waabi Wades Into Robotaxi Battle With Billion Dollar Raise

CEO Raquel Urtasan says the funds, including $250 million from Uber, will help get 25,000 robotaxis on Uber’s platform and launch trucking operations with Volvo.

The Men Making Millions Selling Pepper Spray To ICE

Safariland, owned by billionaire Warren Kanders, remains the number one supplier of pepper spray and tear gas to ICE and CBP, via a large federal distributor run by a MAGA-aligned former Marine.

That Green ‘Scam’ Is The Top Source Of New U.S. Electricity

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at aiding the power crunch with more efficient buildings and using fuel cells to help curb data center pollution