Caplight Raises 6M as Private Biotech Secondary Market Infrastructure Matures
Caplight $16M Series A led by BlackRock and Fin Capital signals institutional-grade infrastructure for a $12T private market asset class.
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Agentic AI Meets Clinical Trial Protocol Design: When Machines Write the Study Plan
Seventy-six percent of Phase I-IV trials require protocol amendments. Agentic AI platforms from ConcertAI, Biorce, and Rivia are changing that — cutting timelines by up to 20 months and amendments by 50%. A look at the new AI-native layer in clinical protocol design.
AI-Designed AAV Capsids Are Solving Gene Therapy's Delivery Problem
Dyno Therapeutics has become the first company to license AI-designed AAV capsids for both CNS and muscle gene therapies. The Astellas deal, with a $15 million upfront fee, validates that AI-designed biological sequences can pass Big Pharma's diligence process.
Semiconductor Factories in Orbit: Space Forge and the Autonomous Future of Chip Manufacturing
Space Forge generated 1,000C plasma in orbit, proving autonomous semiconductor manufacturing works. The debate: can orbital crystal growth compete with terrestrial fabs at commercial scale?
The Quiet Detector: Passive RF Sensing Changes Drone Defence Economics
R2 Wireless raises $5.3M to expand its Odin passive RF spectrum platform as the counter-UAS market enters a structural growth phase. AI-powered passive detection is becoming the stealth layer that active radars cannot provide.
Compute Derivatives Become an Institutional Infrastructure Asset Class
CME, ICE, and Architect Financial are racing to launch regulated futures markets for GPU compute capacity, backed by competing benchmark indices. The market follows the same arc as every commodity before it.
Palladyne AI's SwarmOS Bridges Space, Air and Ground Autonomous Defence Systems
Palladyne AI executed a $4.2M AFRL contract to make satellites, drones and ground vehicles coordinate as one AI-driven mesh under the HANGTIME program.
Orbital Edge AI for Maritime Domain Awareness — Ubotica's Live Maritime Intelligence
Ubotica raised $11M for Live Maritime Intelligence, an orbital AI platform that detects dark vessels in real-time by processing satellite data directly in orbit. A convergence of space-based edge computing and maritime domain awareness.