When Microsoft calls you “one of the startups to watch,” you pause, smile, and get right back to building. This week, Microsoft published its “5 Startups to Watch” list - spotlighting companies shaping the next era of AI. And seeing Kore.ai featured alongside

The next wave of fintech will be onchain by default, and Rain is building the rails to get us there. Big thanks to Jordan Leites and the Norwest team for backing this future of money.

Today’s most capable models are increasingly constrained by access to data. Public datasets are largely exhausted. The internet has been scraped. AI models now need high-quality, real-world data to continue advancing. That’s why we’re excited to announce a $30M Series A

BitMine $BMNR appointed Young Kim as CFO and COO, effective immediately. Kim brings 20+ years of experience managing multi-billion-dollar global franchises. Previously a Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager at Axiom Investors and before that Columbia Threadneedle. MIT and

🧵🪡 BitMine shareholders, please read this thread carefully. It is about the upcoming shareholder vote and why we need every shareholder to participate: ➡️ this company's charter is unusual ➡️ and needs 50.1% of outstanding shares to vote YES ➡️ to increase authorized shares

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AI agents will be a big part of how we shop in the not-so-distant future. To help lay the groundwork, we partnered with Shopify, Etsy, Wayfair, Target and Walmart to create the Universal Commerce Protocol, a new open standard for agents and systems to talk to each other across

DeepMind just did the unthinkable. They built an AI that doesn't need RAG and it has perfect memory of everything it's ever read. It's called Recursive Language Models, and it might mark the death of traditional context windows forever. Here's how it works (and why it matters

OpenAI has acquired 🔥Torch The Torch team and I are joining OAI to help build ChatGPT Health into the best AI tool in the world for health and wellness.

What is ruliology? Posting an explanation of what one can think of as the ultimate basic science---the most foundational and most general form of theoretical science... writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/01/what-i…

Identifying vulnerabilities early will enhance anti-fragility for decentralised stable coins. vitalik.eth asks Is a broader index a better standard? Can price oracles be manipulated? What is an optimal staking yield? Ethereum Foundation cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik-b…

Beyond stablecoins, a new financial system is taking shape. What began as an innovation in digital dollars has evolved into core financial infrastructure. In just a few years, regulatory clarity, institutional adoption, and onchain technology have converged. This report

1 billion cells. One atlas. Today, Illumina introduces the Billion Cell Atlas, creating the most comprehensive map of human disease biology — and unlocking unparalleled speed and scale in AI for drug discovery. The Atlas will help researchers, including founding participants

🚨 HUGE BITMINE NEWS Tom Lee Thomas (Tom) Lee (not drummer) FSInsight.com just dropped this: Guest speakers for the upcoming shareholder meeting include: 🔹Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum) 🔹Sam Altman (OpenAI) Pay attention to the room being assembled. $BMNR Bitmine (NYSE-BMNR) $ETH

$BMNR $200M investment in MrBeast Industries is INSANE. Here are just couple of my thoughts: MrBeast is not only the biggest creator in the world but he is a genius entrepreneur: All his ventures: YouTube channel, chocolate and burger businesses are exploding. He is

There is a persistent myth that peace is naïve. That the only ‘real’ politics is the politics of self-interest & force. But the founders of the United Nations were not untouched by reality. They had seen war & they knew: Peace, justice & equality are the most courageous, the most

64 years ago the U.S. decided to build a city in the Arctic the far north of Greenland. The true purpose was hidden from all but the top brass. Scientists discovered much about the ice sheet & isolation. What was left behind was even more unnerving! Financial Times youtu.be/OndXawgRAeo?si…

The World Economic Forum’s ‘Global Value Chains Outlook 2026’, produced in collaboration with @Kearney, offers a dual playbook for both business and policymakers to navigate structural volatility and guide the development of adaptive, future-ready supply chains. Read the full report here:

.Elyos AI has raised a $13m Series A to build AI agents for the trades and field services industry. Elyos helps plumbers, electricians, HVAC and facilities teams automate customer communications. Congrats to the team on the raise!