Alex Knapp

Senior editor at Forbes for health & science. Email: aknapp at forbes dot com. See also: My motto: "Lavate manus!"

[Forbes @Forbes]

When Alexandr Wang left the company he founded almost a year ago, most figured the startup was as good as dead. Under new CEO Jason Droege, Scale says its sales have rebounded and it expects to top $1 billion in revenue this year.
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Photo: Ian Tuttle for Scale AI

[Jason Pontin @jason_pontin]

My "Investor's Hot Take" in @TheAlexKnapp's @Forbes newsletter on which technologies are overhyped, which are insufficiently discussed, and which everyone will be talking about in 5 years: AI (sort-of); microbiome Tx; and quantum computing, respectively.

Plus, @DCVC portfolio company @kanvasbio and its deal with the Gates Foundation to create a synthetic bacterial microbiome, delivered in an ordinary pill, which will treat the 150M people in the poor world who suffer from Enteric Environmental Dysfunction, a disease that causes severe gut inflammation, preventing them from absorbing nutrients from food.

https://t.co/jZCDd3fuoB

[Iain Martin @_IainMartin]

Periodic Labs, which plans to push breakthroughs in physics and chemistry using artificial intelligence, is in talks to raise $500 million at a valuation of $7.5 billion, a nearly sixfold jump in just eight months https://t.co/J1dFfqDVJV

[Richard Nieva @richardjnieva]

Corgi, an AI insurance startup, just raised $160 million at a $1.3 billion valuation. Its employees work 7 days a week, it owns and operates a 24/7 cafe and has a company-owned Corgi named Trudy, which employees walk and feed with the help of an AI bot. https://t.co/zfmdeZI8I6

[Alex Knapp @TheAlexKnapp]

ICYMI, the latest edition of my emerging tech newsletter, The Prototype, features research from @okta on the dangers of giving AI agents too much access, thoughts why Earth's orbit needs traffic management, how @Adobe is using vibe coding, and more.

https://t.co/4yDhr0kRjW

[Alex Knapp @TheAlexKnapp]

In the latest edition The Prototype, I looked at OpenAI's push on scientific R&D, explored a new discovery on rubber reinforcement, analyzed investment in the space industry, and explain why you really need to add that cornstarch to your stir fry.

https://t.co/nAifhYte24

[Forbes @Forbes]

Meet the #Forbes250 Greatest Living Self-Made Americans — from rags-to-riches founders to pioneers whose impact goes beyond wealth.

See who made the list: https://t.co/jlsTTfAW8K

[Alex Knapp @TheAlexKnapp]

In the latest edition of my newsletter, The Prototype, I take a look at NASA's nuclear-powered Mars mission, Google's new algorithms to compress memory for LLMs, how the Iran war will impact the deep tech sector and more.

https://t.co/AZvCGW7HhM

[Alex Konrad @alexrkonrad]

Yesterday, @BBCNews reported on a job listing at Anthropic for a chemical weapons expert.

If you read @UpstartsMediaCo, you heard all about this in January 👀

As a one-year-old media brand, I would have appreciated a link, but I'm validated that we're doing something right 🫡

[Alex Knapp @TheAlexKnapp]

In the latest edition of my emerging tech newsletter, I look at a startup that wants to build a power grid for satellites, a breakthrough discovery in photonics, AI tools for scientists, why rare earth metals might be overhyped and more.

https://t.co/lwPoX9LWJQ

[Alex Knapp @TheAlexKnapp]

Building space-based AI. Designing new molecules with quantum computers. Why pink noise is bad for your sleep. All that and more in this week’s edition of my newsletter, The Prototype.

https://t.co/q6gygmgv8U

[Phoebe Liu @_pheebini]

By @Forbes' estimates, the elder Ellison, who is also Oracle’s largest shareholder, doesn’t have enough cash to fulfill his part of Paramount’s $111 billion offer for Warner Bros.

We'll know more in the coming days, but here’s how it could play out:

https://t.co/bFpg0boeTR

[Forbes @Forbes]

Scientists not wanting to deal with the hassle of AI is Tamarind Bio's origin story. Meet the startup building an operating system for biotech AI: https://t.co/5AnQfXLaon (📸: Cheri Tran Snaps)

[Alex Knapp @TheAlexKnapp]

Why medtech valuations are divorced from economics.

How @tamarindbio is building infrastructure to make AI work for scientists.

Why science says a good cold brew takes less time than you think.

All that and more in my newsletter, The Prototype.

https://t.co/yX14kyMSgR

[Alex Knapp @TheAlexKnapp]

When people tell entrepreneurs that they're going to fail, they're more more likely to succeed.

@SpaceX is building an orbital traffic system.

@Microsoft is using glass to hold data.

All this and more in my emerging tech newsletter, The Prototype.

https://t.co/ccNzAedcGp

[Forbes @Forbes]

Sam Altman’s Fusion Power Bet Just Got Hotter Than The Sun https://t.co/C2eR9wjcmy (📸: Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images; Helion Energy)

[Alex Knapp @TheAlexKnapp]

Inside a new edition of The Prototype: why @Helion_Energy's latest milestone is a big deal, @Microsoft encoding data on glass, and why you shouldn't expect mass job displacement from AI in the near future.

Check it out!

https://t.co/ccNzAedcGp

[The Sway Effect @SwayEffect]

For the latest @Forbes #InnovationRx newsletter, @Appian CEO @mwcalkins spoke with @TheAlexKnapp about how ‘boring’ #AI helped Acclaim Autism slash patient onboarding from six months to less than a week. #AIinAction #TSEclientwork

https://t.co/DUaxzMV3kf

[Forbes @Forbes]

From Edison To Hershey: The Places Named For Great American Innovators https://t.co/jOX4G7xKfr #Forbes250

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America For Sale: These Great Inventions Have Sold For Big Bucks At Auction https://t.co/admTAaQH66 (📸: Associated Press, Christie’s, Bonhmas) #Forbes250