As the four astronauts on the Artemis II mission return to Earth today (April 10), the flight is refocusing attention on human space travel, just as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman is defending the role of billionaire-backed companies in the industry. In an interview this week with Politico’s Dasha Burns, Isaacman argued that the private companies…
Amazon is going all in on A.I. and betting more money on it than anyone else in Silicon Valley. Under CEO Andy Jassy, the tech giant plans to pour a staggering $200 billion into A.I. infrastructure this year, the biggest corporate investment of its kind, as it races to seize what Jassy calls a “once-in-a-lifetime…
The New York Times reporter John Carreyrou’s new evidence suggesting that British cryptographer Adam Back is the man behind the Bitcoin creator’s pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto, is captivating global attention. This renewed scrutiny comes amid heightened volatility in Bitcoin’s price, which fell from its all-time high of more than $125,000 last October to less than half…
In late 2025, Brussels launched a new multi‑billion‑euro Innovation Fund calling for net‑zero technologies and for hydrogen and industrial decarbonization. Deadlines run into spring 2026, and bids already far exceed the money available. At the same time, the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) and a simplified InvestEU program were mobilizing tens of billions more…
Charlie Munger once told a story about a town that built a single, magnificent grain silo. It reduced costs. It impressed visitors. It eliminated redundancy. For years, it worked perfectly. Then one wet season, moisture entered at the base and the entire harvest spoiled at once. The neighboring town kept five smaller silos spread across…
Jeff Bezos has been keeping a low profile since stepping in as co-CEO of Project Prometheus, the code name for his secretive A.I. startup, last year. But behind the scenes, he’s been busy. The company has been raising fresh capital, pursuing acquisitions and aggressively recruiting top talent across Silicon Valley. One of its newest hires…
If you traveled back in time to the end of the 16th century and visited the Laurentian Library in Florence, you would discover that the books—precious manuscripts from classical civilization—were chained to the desks. Looking back five centuries makes it easy to see how far we’ve come, and how technological and societal advancements have dramatically…
Amol Avasare, Anthropic’s head of growth, landed his job through a cold email in 2024 to Mike Krieger, Anthropic’s chief product officer, best known for co-founding Instagram. When Avasare first joined the company, sales were in the hundreds of millions. Annualized revenue hit roughly $1 billion by the end of the year, rose to $9 billion…
Despite stepping down as Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO a few months ago, Warren Buffett isn’t easing into retirement. The investing icon still drives into Berkshire’s Omaha headquarters five days a week, offering advice and weighing in on deals, though the final call now rests with his handpicked successor, Greg Abel. In his first interview since the…
Agentic A.I. is no longer a technology on the horizon. It is being deployed today in live enterprise environments, with real operational consequences. In 2026, the conversation in most boardrooms has already shifted from “should we pay attention to this?” to “how do we move safely and most effectively?” The vendor landscape is not making…
