Video Games in School, AI Drug Discovery, and Lucrative Lithium

Atari’s Founder is Bringing Video Games to School

Founded by legendary entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell, ExoDexa is building an adaptive learning platform that helps kids learn faster boost knowledge retention through games.

AI Has its Sights Set on Disrupting Drug Discovery

While much of the focus on AI has been around disrupting technology, there is growing validation that artificial intelligence is becoming the next frontier of drug discovery. Meet the early stage companies and investors looking to transform drug development.

Lithium is Too Lucrative For Venture Capital to Ignore

With the demand for lithium continuing to outpace supply, new startups are being launched at warp speed and venture capital continues to flow en masse. What’s new and why it matters:

The Sprint

• An unexpected recommendation from US government officials for the DEA to reconsider how it classifies Cannabis has kicked off a frenzy amongst investors, sending some cannabis stocks up over 200% and putting a spotlight on the sector.

• OpenAI is best known for their revolutionary launch of ChatGPT. But what many don’t know is that the company also has an internal venture fund that has quietly been making bets on the future of artificial intelligence.

• UK-based startup Seafields completed the world’s first test on reducing carbon emissions through sinking seaweed to the bottom of the ocean. The implications could be groundbreaking.

• Solana is quietly bringing crypto to real world commerce, inking recent partnerships with Visa and Shopify to use their blockchain for USDC payments and settlements.