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Demis Hassabis, and how AI just might wrangle our molecular universe

Demis Hassabis, and how AI just might wrangle our molecular universe

This week, Fortune published a magazine feature looking inside Demis Hassabis’s Isomorphic Labs.

By Allie Garfinkle

January 23, 2026

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American TikTok is here

By Alexei Oreskovic

US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with BlackRock chairman and WEF co-chairman Larry Fink during a reception with business leaders on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2026. The World Economic Forum takes place in Davos from January 19 to January 23, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

The U.S. was ‘the operating system of the world,’ Scott Galloway says, but now ‘the American brand is chaos, corruption, and coercion’

By Diane Brady and Claire Zillman

No ‘job apocalypse’: Goldman Sachs CEO denies the AI hiring nightmare is real

By Nick Lichtenberg

CEOs are bullish but nervous: David Solomon’s Davos readout on deregulation and ‘shotgun’ policy

By Nick Lichtenberg

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Anthropic rewrites Claude’s guiding principles—and entertains the idea that its AI might have ‘some kind of consciousness or moral status’

By Beatrice Nolan

January 21, 2026

NeurIPS, one of the world’s top academic AI conferences, accepted research papers with 100+ AI-hallucinated citations, new report claims

NeurIPS, one of the world’s top academic AI conferences, accepted research papers with 100+ AI-hallucinated citations, new report claims

By Sharon Goldman

January 21, 2026

Exclusive: Alphabet’s CapitalG names Jill Chase and Alex Nichols as general partners

Exclusive: Alphabet’s CapitalG names Jill Chase and Alex Nichols as general partners

By Allie Garfinkle

January 21, 2026

Khosla-backed Formulary raises oversubscribed $4.6 million seed round for its AI-powered private fund manager software

Khosla-backed Formulary raises oversubscribed $4.6 million seed round for its AI-powered private fund manager software

By Leo Schwartz

January 20, 2026

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Pinterest CEO: the Napster phase of AI needs to end

January 19, 2026

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Meet a 28-year-old Canadian woman who turned her pen-pal side hustle into a subscription side hustle with over 1,000 members

By Cheyanne Mumphrey and The Associated Press

January 18, 2026

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Stablecoins will shake up the $900 billion remittance market—setting up a fight between crypto firms and legacy brands like Western Union

By Carlos Garcia

January 17, 2026

Fortune 500 Power Moves: Which executives gained and lost power this week

Fortune 500 Power Moves: Which executives gained and lost power this week

By Fortune Editors

January 16, 2026

Former OpenAI CTO and now cofounder and CEO of Thinking Machines Mira Murati

Wave of defections from former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s $12 billion startup Thinking Machines shows cutthroat struggle for AI talent

By Jeremy Kahn and Sharon Goldman

January 16, 2026

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2025 U.S. VC deal value soared to $339.4 billion, says PitchBook. But there’s a catch.

By Allie Garfinkle

January 16, 2026

Chubbies cofounder Kyle Hency is back—his new startup Good Day just raised $7 million in seed funding

Chubbies cofounder Kyle Hency is back—his new startup Good Day just raised $7 million in seed funding

By Allie Garfinkle

January 15, 2026

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Gavin Newsom’s anti-Zohran moment: the California billionaire tax that splits the Democratic Party down the middle

By Nick Lichtenberg

January 15, 2026

Customers lament Tesla’s move toward monthly fees for self-driving cars: ‘You will own nothing and be happy’

Customers lament Tesla’s move toward monthly fees for self-driving cars: ‘You will own nothing and be happy’

By Tristan Bove

January 15, 2026

Exclusive: Mytra raises $120 million Series C to scale supply chain robotics amid industry boom

Exclusive: Mytra raises $120 million Series C to scale supply chain robotics amid industry boom

By Allie Garfinkle

January 15, 2026

IPO boom times are back, with SpaceX and OpenAI on investors’ 2026 wish list. But be careful what you buy

IPO boom times are back, with SpaceX and OpenAI on investors’ 2026 wish list. But be careful what you buy

By Jeff John Roberts

January 15, 2026

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Peter Thiel makes his biggest donation in years to help defeat California’s billionaire wealth tax

By Nick Lichtenberg

January 14, 2026

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Meld raises $7 million to integrate stablecoin networks, build the ‘Visa for crypto’

By Carlos Garcia

January 14, 2026

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‘You are really playing with fire with this one’: California billionaires tax ignites, pitting labor unions and voters against tech execs

By MIchael R. Blood, Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press

January 14, 2026

What 2026 holds for the future of work

What 2026 holds for the future of work

By Allie Garfinkle

January 14, 2026

Brokerage tech firm Alpaca raises $150 million in push to compete with trading giant Interactive Brokers

Brokerage tech firm Alpaca raises $150 million in push to compete with trading giant Interactive Brokers

January 14, 2026

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Gen X CEO uses AI versions of Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett as a ‘fantasy board of directors’ to help him prepare for meetings and performance reviews

By Preston Fore

January 13, 2026

Polygon Labs buys two crypto startups for $250 million as it looks to compete with Stripe

Polygon Labs buys two crypto startups for $250 million as it looks to compete with Stripe

January 13, 2026

As billionaires debate California’s wealth tax, a tech investor suggests other ways to raise revenue that target a huge loophole the rich exploit

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As billionaires debate California’s wealth tax, a tech investor suggests other ways to raise revenue that target a huge loophole the rich exploit

January 13, 2026

How Strava ran toward a comeback and set its sights on an IPO

How Strava ran toward a comeback and set its sights on an IPO

By Allie Garfinkle

January 13, 2026

An anonymous Polymarket trader made $400,000 betting on Maduro’s downfall—and now Washington wants answers

An anonymous Polymarket trader made $400,000 betting on Maduro’s downfall—and now Washington wants answers

By Leo Schwartz

January 12, 2026

How a Harvard grad helped make Hyperliquid the biggest new player in crypto—with just 11 people and no venture funding

How a Harvard grad helped make Hyperliquid the biggest new player in crypto—with just 11 people and no venture funding

By Ben Weiss and Leo Schwartz

January 12, 2026

World Liberty Financial’s bid for a U.S. bank charter raises new questions about Trump’s crypto conflicts

World Liberty Financial’s bid for a U.S. bank charter raises new questions about Trump’s crypto conflicts

By Leo Schwartz

January 12, 2026

Andreessen Horowitz’s shiny, new $15 billion reveals where the firm sees the biggest opportunities

Andreessen Horowitz’s shiny, new $15 billion reveals where the firm sees the biggest opportunities

By Allie Garfinkle

January 9, 2026

Singapore-based startup founder Anand Roy thinks generative AI can help fix a broken music sector

Singapore-based startup founder Anand Roy thinks generative AI can help fix a broken music sector

By Angelica Ang

January 9, 2026

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Google takes first steps toward an AI product that can actually tackle your email inbox

By Jacqueline Munis

January 8, 2026

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