This AI founder became a billionaire by building ChatGPT for doctors
Daniel Nadler started OpenEvidence to help physicians sort through a deluge of medical research. Now, he’s raised $210 million at a $3.5 billion valuation.
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Meet India’s self-made biologics brewmaster billionaire
Thwarted in her ambition to become a brewmaster, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw channeled her frustrations into building a knockoff drug powerhouse and has become one of the world’s most successful female entrepreneurs.
This founder created tights made from bulletproof vest materials. Next up: sustainable swimsuits
Katherine Homuth created Sheertex’s tights from bulletproof vest materials. Next up for SRTX: new materials for sustainable swimsuits.
Forbes next billion-dollar startups list has accurately predicted 100+ unicorns in 10 years
Of the Next Billion-Dollar Startups list’s 225 alumni, 131, or 58%, became unicorns, including DoorDash, Figma, Anduril, Benchling and Rippling. This year, the list is dominated by artificial intelligence.
This startup’s AI designs enzymes that can eat plastic waste
Landfills are overflowing with plastic trash. Serial inventor Jonathan Rothberg’s Protein Evolution found a solution: using AI to create enzymes that can recycle old polyester textiles into a material that acts new. Now the three-year-old company needs to prove that it can scale up.
Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2023
There are more than 50,000 venture-backed startups in the U.S., and only the tiniest fraction will ever reach a $1 billion valuation. Here are the 25 we think most likely to succeed.