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New unicorn 🦄 - Canada has a new billion-dollar AI company, Prada turns tourism operator.

Podcast: The Peak Daily · The Peak / Curiouscast

Opublikowano: 2026-09-29

Toronto-based Biossil has become Canada’s newest AI unicorn after raising US$153 million in a round led by OpenAI, betting that artificial intelligence can find new uses for drugs that failed in late-stage clinical trials — and potentially turn pharmaceutical castoffs into medical breakthroughs. Plus, luxury brands like Prada, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton are spending millions to take their wealthiest customers on exclusive trips and experiences, as a slowdown among aspirational shoppers pushes the industry to focus on the small group of buyers who account for an outsized share of sales. And in The Big Picture: Nvid...