Helen Toner, a former OpenAI board member and the director of strategy at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, is worried Congress might react in a “knee-jerk” way where it concerns AI policymaking, should the status quo not change. “Congress right now — I don’t know if anyone’s noticed — is not super functional, […]
Spacegoods shakes up functional beverage industry with mushroom-based powders
Mushrooms are having a moment. Whether it’s in the form of a functional beverage, using the mushroom root to make alternative protein, creating leather-like materials or just the mushroom itself, the fungi is gaining an audience. Spacegoods is the latest startup to join this craze. The London-based wellness brand is tapping into functional mushrooms and […]
Functional beverage startup Odyssey grabs $6M to accelerate energy drink growth
Odyssey, a mushroom-based functional energy beverage maker, raised another $ 6 million in an equity investment to give it $ 14 million in total funding since launching its first drink two years ago. Odyssey’s products tap into the health benefits of Lion’s Mane and Cordyceps mushrooms to produce a drink that combines an energy boost […]