Ex-top Tesla engineer raises $140 million to rewire the electric grid
Heron Power, backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Breakthrough Energy, is scaling up production of solid-state transformers that move power to the grid more efficiently.
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Racist videos and payment problems: The dark side of this AI startup’s super-fast growth
Influencer marketing helped AI video company Higgsfield hit $300 million in annual revenue run rate in just 11 months. But misleading marketing tactics and a shock-based social media strategy has led to backlash.
Forbes 250: America’s greatest innovators
The Forbes Innovator 250: America’s Greatest Innovators showcases the visionaries shaping our future. Find the full list of great minds and the mark they are leaving on our history.
The men making millions selling pepper spray to ICE
Safariland, owned by billionaire Warren Kanders, remains the number one supplier of pepper spray and tear gas to ICE and CBP, via a large federal distributor run by a MAGA-aligned former Marine.
Seven biotech themes investors should track in 2026
For Australian investors and founders, the big questions are which parts of biotech are becoming repeatable businesses, and which parts remain experimental theatre, writes Anthony Liveris.
The key AI moments that defined 2025
Depending on who you ask, 2024 was the year of chatbots, then 2025 was the year of agents.
The golden rule driving Nick Mowbray’s multibillion-dollar Zuru empire
Nick Mowbray still describes ZURU’s early years in three words: eat, survive, repeat.
Why Australia must build its own GenAI storytelling culture
When Sundance vaulted indie filmmakers into the spotlight in the late 1980s, it reshaped cinema and the business around it.
Seven Australian companies make Forbes Asia’s ‘100 to Watch’ list
The annual list, now in its fifth year, highlights emerging businesses across the region, with this year’s entries collectively raising nearly $3 billion in funding.
50 Over 50: Innovation
These 50 STEM standouts on this list are actively advancing the world’s understanding of medicine, meteorology and large language models.