2026 #ForbesAI50
Artificial intelligence has become part of our lives, increasingly core to how we work, search for information and express ideas. In the last year, the startups spearheading this paradigm shift have raised gobs of money from venture firms to build applications used by hundreds of millions of people across professions like law, software engineering, banking and even music.
Three years into the AI frenzy, startups are starting to prove they can turn lofty ideas into sustainable businesses. That’s evident in Forbes’ eighth annual AI 50 list, which spotlights the most promising privately-held AI companies in the world.
See the list:
https://t.co/vWT7ahsVoc
Illustration by Yoshi Sodeoka for Forbes
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While Bitcoin gets a lot of attention, it hasn’t played the safe-haven role many expected. In my view, there are a few reasons why.
First, Bitcoin lacks privacy. Transactions can be monitored and potentially controlled, which is why central banks aren’t looking to hold it.
Second, it also has a high correlation with tech stocks. When investors get squeezed in other areas of their portfolio, they sell their Bitcoin to cover it.
Third, it’s a relatively small and controllable market, whereas gold stands alone. There is only one gold.
Ultimately, gold is more widely held, deeply established, and still plays a central role in the global system.
We are building a neural network that is everywhere and knows everything.
AI won't just study religion; it will likely fulfill the technical definitions of a deity for the digital age. We aren't just coding software; we are coding the first man-made object of worship.
AI isn’t about replacing humans. It’s about compounding what we know and making it accessible at scale. Over time, I’ve learned that the most valuable thing I can do is capture and refine my principles on life, work, geopolitics, and investing. Now, with my AI Twin, I’m able to extend that thinking into a public resource, available beyond my own time limitations.
Digital Ray is in beta — if you’re interested, I invite you to engage with it and help me make it better. https://t.co/daCo3GY70r
@NASASolarSystem@NASAJPL A 1977 machine talks to us from interstellar space.
A 2026 human gets angry at slow Wi-Fi.
This is the entire story of progress.
An LLM's meta analogy of its own learning process :
Without being given a philosophical theory of music, the student gradually becomes sensitive to harmony, rhythm, transition, tension, and resolution. The LLM does something similar with language.
This is Demis Hassabis.
He’s Google's DeepMind CEO, who’s studied AI for 30+ years.
In his new interview with 60 Minutes, he revealed mind-blowing facts about health & AI that 99% of people wouldn’t know.
Here are my top 8 takeaways: 🧵
(No. 6 will shock you)
Merhaba, sizler için Web 3.0 projelerini kategoriler içinde ayırdım. Bütün projeleri incelenizi tavsiye ederim. Bu alanda gelişmek, iş bulmak isteyen kişilerin çok işine yarayacaktır. Bu flood un bir çekiliş tweeti kadar ilgi görmesini temenni ediyorum.
Başlayalım.👇🏻
Kabaca anlatayım; Blockchain amel defteri gibi bir şeydir, kaydedilen şeyler değişmez veya silinmez. Node'lar iki omuzda kayıt yapan iki meleğe benzer. İki ayrı chain var; S-Chain: Sevapları, G-Chain: Günahları tutuyor. Tek fark Blockchain tövbe kabul etmiyor 🤣
This is cool and important - children need to learn about space because space will be their future! Besides it is exciting and they will definitely love it! @NASA https://t.co/eBCYfECo99
Beautiful Mars! Our Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched 15 years ago today to study the Red Planet’s atmosphere, weather, subsurface water, and more. But the mission might best be known for the images sent by its @HiRISE camera: https://t.co/Z7pOAes4tA
The United Arab Emirates Mars mission will make important contributions to scientific understanding of the red planet. But that's not the only reason the country is investing in interplanetary investigation. https://t.co/XOvcKDu8sE
Millions of years ago, some unknown ancestor of today’s llamas, camels, and alpacas underwent an unusual genetic mutation. This evolutionary happenstance gave their kin a strange type of antibody which could end up aiding in the fight against #Covid19. . https://t.co/ESEH43Vxa8