Why AI ROI Still Stumps Leaders — And How Context Closes The Gap: A Q&A With Atlassian’s People & AI Leader

Avani Prabhakar, chief people and AI enablement officer at Atlassian, shares why leaders still struggle to capture AI’s ROI and how companies can start driving impact.

Meet The Ex-OpenAI Guys Building A Cheaper Open Source Alternative

Just 15 months after it founding, Applied Compute is raising $350 million at a $3.25 billion valuation, nearly double its worth from four months ago.

AfterQuery Becomes YC’s Fastest Unicorn At $3.2 Billion

Twenty three year-old Spencer Mateega pivoted his YC startup into the fastest unicorn in the accelerator’s history, fueling AI’s shift toward human reasoning data.

Can Safer Fuel Power A Nuclear Energy Boom?

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how human-caused climate change is making El Niño stronger and growing demand for community solar projects

European tech weekly recap: Over €475M invested across 35+ deals
European tech weekly recap: Over €475M invested across 35+ deals

Last week, we tracked more than 35 tech funding deals worth over €475 million and over 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.📊 The top three industries that ra…

Prompts On The Playa: AI Invades Burning Man

Silicon Valley brought sushi, Starlink and luxury camps to Burning Man. Now it’s importing something potentially even more divisive: AI slop.

This Startup Is Building Superconducting Satellite Motors

Superconducting satellites. Progress in nuclear fusion. Why performative AI is overrated. All that and more in this week’s Prototype.

Watch How To Future-Proof Your Career In The Age Of AI

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the workplace—but not always in the ways people think. What does that mean for your career? Watch Forbes journalists and leading workplace experts discuss how AI is changing hiring, the careers and industries poised…

Former Professor Becomes Billionaire As China Bolsters Its Semiconductor Supply Chain

Liu Jianfang quit his teaching job at China’s Jilin University in 2019 to focus full-time on his semiconductor component maker GK Precision. He is now a billionaire after the company’s shares surged nearly 400% since its August listing.

Eyeing Expansion Into Wealth Management, Vanguard Buys Fintech Altruist For As Much As $5 Billion

The acquisition is only the second ever for the 51-year-old company as it tries to expand beyond index-fund fees.