Climate Change Bill Gates has added a geothermal startup to his clean energy fund’s first bets The $1 billion Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund is also pouring money into geothermal, grid storage, biofuels and more. by James Temple 2018-09-26T07:34:00-04:00
Climate Change Alphabet is in talks to spin out its molten-salt storage play Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures is involved in the deal. by James Temple 2018-06-21T16:01:00-04:00
Silicon Valley Silicon Valley’s 2017 Report Card It’s been a bad year for America’s biggest tech hub—though not because of a lack of innovation. by Martin Giles 2017-12-26T00:00:00-05:00
Silicon Valley The Race to Power AI’s Silicon Brains Chip startups see AI as a once-in-a-lifetime chance to build big businesses. Many won’t make it. by Martin Giles 2017-11-20T00:00:00-05:00
Business Impact Developing a Tough, Time-Consuming Technology? This Investor Is Interested The president of a new MIT-backed venture fund explains why it incubates capital- and time-intensive tech and how it picked its first crop of startups. by Elizabeth Woyke 2017-09-19T00:05:00-04:00
Silicon Valley Why Startups Are Struggling Even amid the venture capital boom of the past few years, entrepreneurs are finding it harder to build big, enduring companies. What does this mean for the future of innovation? by James Surowiecki 2016-06-15T00:00:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Why ARPA-E Needs to Grow Up The U.S. government is playing a necessary role in developing brand-new energy technologies, but it may not be sufficient. by Mike Orcutt 2016-03-01T16:41:00-05:00
Business Impact Venture Capitalists Love Biotech Right Now Scientific advances and new business models are spurring investor confidence in biomedical-related ventures. by Mike Orcutt 2015-02-24T16:35:00-05:00
Business Impact 2013: The Best Business Stories of the Year A bubble formed around social media in 2013. But other companies, nations, and ordinary people struggled to find advantage in technological change. by Antonio Regalado 2013-12-30T00:00:00-05:00
Business Impact AOL Cofounder Frets That the U.S. Could Lose Its Entrepreneurial Edge AOL cofounder Steve Case makes the case for American entrepreneurs outside of Silicon Valley. by Antonio Regalado 2013-10-11T16:45:00-04:00
