Meta unveils $1,299 VR glasses and turns its AI glasses into hearing aids
Meta unveils $1,299 VR glasses and turns its AI glasses into hearing aids

Meta will sell VR glasses that weigh about 100 grams for $1,299.99 from spring 2027. It is also turning its AI glasses into over-the-counter hearing aids. Mark Zuckerberg announced both at Meta Connect on Wednesday. He also showed audio-only Ray-Ban gl…

Anthropic and OpenEvidence to offer free medical AI to doctors in about 100 countries
Anthropic and OpenEvidence to offer free medical AI to doctors in about 100 countries

OpenEvidence, an AI tool used by American doctors, is now being offered in countries with limited access to medical literature. Reuters reported that the company is working with Anthropic to give clinicians in low- and middle-income countries free acce…

Heidi raises $340m and doubles its valuation to $900m
Heidi raises $340m and doubles its valuation to $900m

From the day I started Heidi, the ambition was always bigger than writing doctor’s notes. Dr Thomas Kelly said that on Tuesday, as the company he cofounded announced US$340m of new funding. The money arrives in two parts. In its announcement, Heidi sai…

Biolevate raises €30M Series A and opens Boston office for its life sciences AI
Biolevate raises €30M Series A and opens Boston office for its life sciences AI

The Paris-based company Biolevate, which develops AI automation for use in regulated life sciences, has raised €30m in its Series A funding and has opened an office in Boston. Orange Ventures and RAISE France co-led the fundraising exercise, with the c…

Corridor launches with $25m to fix health benefits for small businesses
Corridor launches with $25m to fix health benefits for small businesses

“For decades, small businesses have been sold the leftovers of the health insurance market,” said Nikhil Aggarwal, chief executive and co-founder of Corridor. His company launched its AI benefits brokerage on Monday with $25m. Its plan is to change tha…

Oura’s IPO seeks $2.2bn, and 73% of it goes to existing shareholders
Oura’s IPO seeks $2.2bn, and 73% of it goes to existing shareholders

Oura spent the first nine months of its financial year buying its own shares back from its investors. On Monday it started selling them to everybody else. The Finnish smart ring maker launched its initial public offering before the New York open. It is…

Novo will test Anthropic’s Claude Science to speed up drug discovery
Novo will test Anthropic’s Claude Science to speed up drug discovery

“Joining forces with Anthropic will supercharge our R&D organisation and help us on our mission to bring new, transformative health solutions to people living with chronic diseases,” said Mike Doustdar, president and chief executive of Novo. The Da…

ByteDance’s AI drug unit Anew Labs raises $290M at $1.5B valuation, Reuters reports
ByteDance’s AI drug unit Anew Labs raises $290M at $1.5B valuation, Reuters reports

ByteDance closed a $290M funding round for Anew Labs, its newly spun-off AI drug discovery unit, at a $1.5B valuation, Reuters reports, citing two sources familiar with the matter. Moreover, the company that owns TikTok will retain 56% of the business …

Tandem Health raises $100m to turn its AI scribe into clinic software
Tandem Health raises $100m to turn its AI scribe into clinic software

Stockholm-based Tandem Health has raised $100m in a Series B round led by the Scaleup Europe Fund, which EQT manages. The company announced the round on 14 September. Existing investors Kinnevik, Northzone, Amino Collective, and Visionaries also took p…

The data storage crisis has a biological fix. It starts by making less DNA, not more.
The data storage crisis has a biological fix. It starts by making less DNA, not more.

The math behind the data storage problem is brutal. The world creates more information every year than it can afford to keep. Most of it is cold. It is almost never read, yet it cannot be deleted, so it accumulates on tape and disk that degrade, draw p…