Two Dozen-Plus Biotechs Went Public This Year—With More In The Works

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, the bumper crop of biotech IPOs, Isomorphic’s reported $40 billion valuation fundraise, and the impact of drugmakers’ gifts to doctors.

How AI Solopreneurs Run Businesses Without Staff

See how solo founders use AI tools to run entire businesses without employees, what it costs, what breaks, and when hiring still beats automating.

Scimplify raises $25M to challenge China’s grip on critical materials with AI

Scimplify’s annualized revenue run rate has tripled to $200 million as it eyes U.S. expansion.

AI Is Fueling A Flood Of Customer Complaints. Is That A Bad Thing?

AI tools like ChatGPT are making it easier for consumers to pursue legitimate complaints, including grievances they might previously have ignored.

We’re Already Building Data Centers In Space

Starcloud’s orbital data centers inspire ambitious visions of Dyson swarms, space colonization and humanity’s future.

Being AI-Native: It’s Easier Said Than Done

Cisco and UBS executives discuss becoming AI-native, overcoming organizational resistance and transforming work through agents.

Science Corporation implants its vision-restoring chip in its first Stargardt disease patient

Max Hodak, the former president and co-founder of Neuralink, detailed on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt how his company’s work with PRIMA is part of its path toward a novel brain-computer interface (BCI).

Cerebras CEO says we’re nearing a future where everyone has a personal AI assistant at home

Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman predicts a future where personal AI assistants become as commonplace as household appliances, running partly on local devices and partly in the cloud.

Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks in minutes, not weeks

Industrial Next helps manufacturers automate complex, delicate tasks that have traditionally required human labor.

Cerebras CEO pushes back on AI doomsday warnings

Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman has a message for AI leaders spreading doomsday warnings: Maybe stop talking? At TechCrunch Disrupt, he argued that the industry’s focus on AI’s risks is drowning out its potential benefits.