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Agentic AI

Jan 22, 2026

The agentic legal AI arms race

The legal AI gold rush is here: $5.5 billion in venture funding and a buzzword — “agentic” — that few can define but everyone's using

Ron Day

Robots that can build colonies on Mars are already practicing in California

Space startups

Jan 23, 2026

Robots that can build colonies on Mars are already practicing in California

‘Massive, internet-scale amounts of data’: How startups like Spacer and Cosmic are preparing for Moon and Mars missions

Ron Day

‘We're producing molecules with 10 times the efficiency’

AI drug discovery

Jan 16, 2026

‘We're producing molecules with 10 times the efficiency’

Deep Genomics and Recursion are rewriting the rules of drug discovery with AI-designed molecules

Carly Page

‘People are starting to realize how powerful agentic AI is’

Software development

Oct 30, 2025

‘People are starting to realize how powerful agentic AI is’

Inside Replit, Augment Code and Qodo’s race to ship AI agents that code entire apps

Christine Hall

Video games

Feb 2, 2026

Infinite interactivity: the promise and challenge of GenAI video games

Imagine a video game where you can truly do anything. Clementine and Jam & Tea are building them — and discovering what that costs

Tim Smith

Surgical microrobots

Jan 14, 2026

Surgical microrobots bring AI into the body

How Robeauté, Endiatx, and academic labs are bridging the gap between lab-perfect microrobots and messy human bodies — with AI

Berenice Baker

Robots are finally learning to see — and it's transforming everything

Robotics

Jan 21, 2026

Robots are finally learning to see — and it's transforming everything

AI innovators like Sereact and Sensmore are creating a whole new segment of the robotics market

Tim Smith

She builds — and ships: the new wave of AI product makers

Women in AI

Jan 20, 2026

She builds — and ships: the new wave of AI product makers

How a new generation of technically fluent builders is redefining AI product development — blending engineering discipline, design instinct and a deep feel for users

Carly Page

AI chatbots

Jan 9, 2026

AI chatbots are reshaping mental health care — but how far should they go?

Startups like Wysa, Rocket Health and Kintsugi are using AI to provide mental health support to millions. But questions about clinical safety and AI's appropriate role remain

Nicholas Fearn

Battle of the transcription bots: from silent observers to meeting agents

AI notetakers

Jan 26, 2026

Battle of the transcription bots: from silent observers to meeting agents

Fireflies, Deepgram, Read.ai, and their push to build the perfect AI secretary

Tim Smith

Who owns the model? Rethinking openness in the age of foundation AI

Open models

Jan 19, 2026

Who owns the model? Rethinking openness in the age of foundation AI

How EleutherAI, Sentient Foundation and AI21 Labs are charting new paths beyond Big Tech

Thomas Macaulay