In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the booming space industry, better space weather forecasts, the first medical evacuation from space and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here. SpaceX’s expected 2026 IPO could be an inflection point for the industry. AFP via Getty Images AST SpaceMobile CEO […]
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Fred Moll, the cofounder of $200 billion Intuitive Surgical, has invested in some 15 companies building robots that could help make both complex and common surgeries more accessible to everyone. Dr. Fred Moll left the practice of medicine more than four decades ago. But he’s responsible for some 3 million surgeries a year, done by […]
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The suit further argued that the punitive policy violated the First Amendment by seeking “to restrict journalists’ ability to do what journalists have always done—ask questions of government employees and gather information to report stories that take the public beyond official pronouncements.” Under Hegseth’s new rules, credentialed Pentagon reporters were required to pledge that they […]
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Tom Rein, founder of Tom’s Aerial Vehicles and a freshman at UT Austin, is the son of successful China market researcher and author Shaun Rein. Tom Rein Shanghai-based American businessman Shaun Rein has made a name for himself as a strategic market researcher and author of successful books including “The End of Copycat China” and […]
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Sage Care founders (left to right) Chris Blumenberg, Caesar Djavaherian and Justin Ho Sage Care Startup Sage Care is coming out of stealth with $20 million in funding and customers that include Bronson Healthcare and White Plains Hospital. Justin Ho knows a lot about navigation. He’s quarterbacked Uber’s self-driving and mapping strategy and built dispatch […]
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Yale University’s famed endowment has been trying to offload one of the largest portfolios of private equity investments ever in a single sale, a move that reflects the pressures on both Wall Street and higher education under the Trump administration. The Ivy League school has sought buyers for up to $6 billion in stakes in […]
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