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Carbon Credits, AI Infrastructure, and Lab-Grown Profits

Discover what’s next. The world’s top stories from early stage public companies, crypto, and startups.

September 01, 2023

The Mad Scramble for Carbon Credits

From farmers to forests to energy producers, the race to build carbon credits infrastructure, projects, marketplaces and more is well underway to meet rising demand amid global decarbonization efforts. Cows have even found a way to chip in.

Artificial Intelligence is in a Real Infrastructure Race

The boom in AI startups is creating enormous tailwinds for chipmakers and hardware producers. Despite many uncertainties around artificial intelligence as a whole, one thing has become abundantly clear: there is significantly more infrastructure required to build the future of AI.

Cellular Agriculture is Finding a Unique Path to Profits

While many associate cellular agriculture with cultivated or lab-grown meat, startups in the space are going far beyond that to find ways to build value and generate sales today, from rare health supplements to biopharma supply and even guilt-free luxury leather handbags.

The Sprint

  • ExcepGen, a San Francisco based biotech company working to expand the reach of DNA and RNA-based genetic medicines, has raised $14 million in seed funding from Y Combinator, Paul Graham, RA Capital Management, Gravity Fund and Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects.

  • EarthEn, a Phoenix based startup innovating long duration energy storage, announced $750,000 in funding from the United States Department of Energy to pursue its supercritical carbon dioxide technology.

  • AgeX Therapeutics (NYSE:AGE) has announced a merger with privately-held Serina Therapeutics and a plan to pursue more precise treatments for Parkinson’s Disease.

  • Solano County, California, has found itself in the crosshairs of a former Goldman Sachs trader backed with $800 million from some of venture capital’s biggest names, who have plans to make it the next Silicon Valley.

  • Grayscale, one of the largest crypto focused asset managers globally, won their court appeal against the SEC, which will force the regulatory agency to reconsider their application for the first spot Bitcoin ETF in the United States.