Solar On The Farm: The Benefits Of Agrivoltaics

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at what’s driving the clean energy transition and Trek’s CEO on the booming e-bike market

Chinese Landscape Architect Becomes A Billionaire After AI Pivot Sends His Company’s Shares Up Almost 1,600%

Li Xiaoming cofounded Chinese landscape design firm Hui Lyu Ecological Technology Groups almost four decades ago to build city gardens and take on ecological projects such as lake restoration. Yet it was a shrewd investment in AI that made Li a billion…

This $1.3 Billion AI Startup’s Software Watches Employees As They Work

Cofounded in 2019 by former consultant Jennifer Smith, Scribe’s software helps hundreds of thousands of companies record what their employees do so AI agents can take over repetitive tasks in the future.

The Gates Foundation Is Funding A Startup’s Plan To Fight Malnutrition With Bacteria

Synthetic microbiomes to treat disease. Sea levels may rise faster than we thought. AI for scientific researchers. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype.

Critical New Linux Zero-Day Leaked—What Admins Need To Do Now

Dirty Frag, a critical Linux kernel zero-day vulnerability with no patch and giving hackers root, has gone public after an embargo was broken. Here’s the workaround.

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Three Dudes Run The Biggest AI Romantic Fantasy Site For Women

Chinese AI Model Developer Kimi Raising Funds Valuing It At $20 Billion

Founded by Yang Zhilin, who made the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list in 2021, Kimi’s existing backers include Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Tencent. Its K2.6 model ranks among the world’s top three most popular AI models, according to OpenRouter.

First U.S. Patients Treated With Microrobotic Surgery For Alzheimer’s

Indian billionaire Dilip Shanghvi’s plans to expand his healthcare empire in the U.S., the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, and more

This AI Insurance Company With An All-Night Cafe And Cheeky Corgi Is Now A Unicorn

Named after the company-owned dog, Corgi embodies the sometimes-absurd San Francisco startup scene. And it just raised $160 million at a $1.3 billion valuation.

Advanced Solar Technology Fuels Share Rally Of South Korea’s Jusung Engineering, Minting A New Billionaire

The Korean company, founded by Hwang Chul-joo, is the only manufacturer of a specific type of advanced solar equipment outside of China.