SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Becomes Asia’s Richest Person Amid AI Boom

Masayoshi Son has overtaken Indian mogul Mukesh Ambani as the richest person in Asia, as surging SoftBank shares led him to amass a fortune of $97 billion.

Robot Trucks Can Help Cut Fuel Consumption

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at an emerging market for electric tugboats and boom times for a solar panel maker that doesn’t use Chinese components

How The Iran War Oil Shock Is Helping Launch A Market For Electric Tugboats

Arc Marine started out selling luxury electric boats. Now it’s chasing a bigger business: battery systems for tugs, barges and military boats.

Under 30 Alum’s 3D Model Startup Hits Unicorn Status Amid AI Frenzy

Simon Song, who made the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list this year, is founder of Chinese AI startup VAST, which raised $200 million in fresh funding.

Fortunes Of Anthropic’s Seven Cofounders More Than Double To $16.6 Billion Each

After a massive fundraise that values the AI company at nearly a trillion dollars, Dario and Daniela Amodei, along with their five cofounders, have seen their net worths soar.

This Startup Is Building ChatGPT For Catholics

Longbeard founder Matthew Harvey Sanders built a chatbot to answer questions from church documents. Now he’s training an AI model to help people navigate Catholic doctrine, moral dilemmas and spiritual life.

Zach Dell’s Battery Company Is In Talks To Raise Funding At A $12 Billion Valuation

Helmed by billionaire Michael Dell’s Son, Base Power is manufacturing its own home batteries to provide back up electricity in regions where the grid fails to serve people reliably.

New AI Warning: Don’t Discuss Your Legal Problems With Claude Or ChatGPT

A new federal court ruling makes clear that business owners and executives can’t expect confidentiality for legal discussions with AI, as they can with human attorneys.

This AI Startup’s Army Of 15,000 Hackers Pressure Test Claude, GPT-5 And Gemini

Gray Swan works with every major frontier AI lab. Now it’s raised $40 million as it expands to sell security tools to enterprises building AI agents.