In this week’s edition of The Prototype we look at the biggest tech breakthroughs of 2025–and the year’s best music.
Investors lost their minds, robots lost their balance and roboticists rolled their eyes. Meanwhile, visions of a $5 trillion robot revolution continued to enthrall.
After raising $293 million in the IPO, Insilico Medicine aims to become “a massive source of innovative drugs for pharma companies,” says founder Alex Zhavoronkov.
Record activity in the AI sector this year has boosted dozens of founders and business executives into the billionaire ranks.
Robinhood cofounder Baiju Bhatt’s space startup Aetherflux plans to launch its first satellite with AI chips by 2027.
The startup behind popular Github project vLLM is out fundraising, as venture capitalists hunt for companies building tech that can make AI systems run more efficiently.
Musk v. Altman puts OpenAI’s $130 billion foundation, Microsoft partnership and nonprofit mission on trial as IPO questions loom.
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a new approach to underground hydrogen and why Tesla is facing a California sales suspension
OpenAI wanted GPT-5 to be less warm and agreeable than its predecessor. Some neurodivergent people struggled with the change, showing the tricky balance AI companies must strike when releasing new models.
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a drug to help spinal injuries, a crypto billionaire’s big space play, revitalizing aging immune systems and more.