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Galapagos quits cell therapy. Europe’s CGT reckoning begins. - Biotech Industry Examiner

Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · 1d

Great science, thin oxygen. Our feature on Galapagos’ wind-down explains Europe’s CGT bottlenecks: decentralised GMP, Hospital Exemption, and payment lag. What must change next: biotech.industryexaminer.com/galapagos-ce...
#CGT #Biotech #TechNews

Late on Monday night in California — 10:30 p.m. PT on October 20 — Galapagos said it intends to wind down its cell-therapy business after a months-long sale

China’s zero-U.S.-soy September is a turning point for agtech - Agtech Industry Examiner

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Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · 2d

China skipped U.S. soy in September. That rewires farm economics: basis + timing > board price. Storage, moisture control, crush access = real ROI. Read our analysis ⤵︎
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#AgTech #Soybeans #GrainMarkets #Logistics

China imported no U.S. soybeans in September—the first monthly zero since 2018—even as its total soybean imports hit the second-highest […]

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Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · 4d

Conditional ≠ open. The OCC’s nod to #Erebor reads like a template for digital-asset banking: capital, BSA/AML, vendor risk, resilience—then FDIC + Fed. Our breakdown: fintech.industryexaminer.com/occ-erebor-c... #fintech #banking #OCC #FDIC #TechNews

Can a “CO₂ tender” clean up America’s ports? A Los Angeles switcher will be the first big test - ClimateTech Industry Examiner

Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · 6d

A CO₂ tender rides behind a port switcher, scrubbing diesel exhaust and selling the gas. Practical stopgap—or breakthrough? 🔗 climatetech.industryexaminer.com/co2-tender-p...
#ClimateTech #Ports #Rail #AirQuality #CarbonCapture #CarbonTech #TechNews

Pacific Harbor Line’s new partnership with Remora brings mobile carbon capture to locomotives. If it works, the idea could rewrite the near-term playbook for

The AI science factory arrives: why Lila’s $1.3bn valuation matters beyond biotech - Biotech Industry Examiner

Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · 7d

Lila Sciences adds $115M (Series A $350M, >$1.3B). Thesis: AI-run robotic labs that sell discovery capacity to biotech, chips & energy. KPIs to watch: utilisation, cycle time, software→factory conversion. Our take👇
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#Biotech #AI #AutonomousLabs #TechNews

Lila’s Nvidia-backed raise is about more than money. It is an attempt to industrialise discovery—and to sell it as capacity to pharma, chipmakers and energy

Centimetre Instead of Acres: Ecorobotix’s $150m Push to Rethink Crop Care - Agtech Industry Examiner

Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · 8d

Per-plant AI spraying is here. We unpack the economics, rival approaches, and the compliance moat (decision logging under EU AI rules).
🔗 agtech.industryexaminer.com/the-end-of-b...

#Agtech #PrecisionAg #RegTech #TechNews

A Swiss start-up’s funding coup hints at the next competitive front in farm inputs: centimetre‑scale application, compliance-ready data logs and […]

Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · 11d

NASA is leaning into hosted-orbital testing: $5.1m for microgravity crystal growth (semiconductor R&D) and $2.5m for an in-orbit RDRE demo (target ~2026). One small platform, two frontiers—manufacturing + propulsion
spacetech.industryexaminer.com/nasa-momentu...
#SpaceTech #RDRE #Microgravity #Tech

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Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · 13d

Revolut’s India launch is a stress test for “super-app” economics on UPI. Zero MDR on bank UPI, small interchange on wallet-on-UPI, and a front-end duopoly. Our take: the only path is high-ticket wallet flows + cross-border utility
🔗 fintech.industryexaminer.com/revolut-upi-...

#UPI #Fintech #India

Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · 14d

Who funds the unglamorous but critical bits of the transition?
EIP’s $1.36bn Flagship Fund III doubles down on grid reliability, flexibility and electrification—with utilities as LPs. climatetech.industryexaminer.com/eip-1-36bn-f...
#ClimateTech #GridModernization #EnergyTransition #FOAK #TechNews

The missing middle gets funded: EIP’s $1.36bn bet on the AI-era grid - ClimateTech Industry Examiner

Energy Impact Partners (EIP) has closed Flagship Fund III at $1.36 billion, roughly 40% larger than its predecessor and the firm’s largest fund to date. The

AstraZeneca’s $555m Algen bet: why the pharma giant is buying AI-generated targets, not equity - Biotech Industry Examiner

Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · 15d

Causality > code. #AstraZeneca’s $555m #Algen deal skips the cap table to pay for validated targets. We decode the strategy.
👉 biotech.industryexaminer.com/astrazeneca-...

#PharmaDeals #Immunology #AI #Biotech #TechNews

AstraZeneca has inked a deal worth “up to” $555 million with San-Francisco startup Algen Biotechnologies to mine new immunology targets using AI-guided CRISPR

A startup to the rescue: NASA’s $30m bet that saving Swift will change the rules - Spacetech Industry Examiner

Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · 23d

NASA’s $30m bet: a startup will capture a non-serviceable telescope and push it higher. The real shift is SBIR Phase III → ops, fast. Insurance, liability, RPO—new market forming. Read: spacetech.industryexaminer.com/nasa-swift-r... #NASA #SpaceTech #TechNews #DeepTech

On 24 September, NASA awarded Flagstaff-based Katalyst Space Technologies a $30 million contract to rendezvous with, capture and push the Neil Gehrels Swift

Beyond tonnes: Google’s Vaulted Deep pact targets methane, not just CO₂ - ClimateTech Industry Examiner

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Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · Sep 19

Not just tonnes. Google + Vaulted Deep aim to measure methane avoided from waste—paired with ≥1,000-yr storage. Our analysis:
climatetech.industryexaminer.com/google-vault...
#CarbonRemoval #Methane #MRV #TechNews #ClimateTech

The search giant’s 50,000-tonne deal with Vaulted Deep looks modest on paper. The overlooked story is the attempt to set rules for measuring methane avoided

Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · Sep 18

NATO’s €1B Innovation Fund just backed Spain’s Kreios Space to bring air-breathing electric propulsion to VLEO. If ABEP works, Europe gets sharper imagery + cleaner D2D at ~300 km. Our breakdown: spacetech.industryexaminer.com/nato-innovat... #SpaceTech #VLEO #TechNews #NATO #EU

California’s solar canals are live. The next test isn’t electrons — it’s gallons. - Agtech Industry Examiner

Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · Sep 17

Solar over canals is live in CA. The scale question isn’t panels—it’s #MRV: can utilities measure & monetize verified gallons saved from evaporation + weed control? Our analysis of Project Nexus:
agtech.industryexaminer.com/california-s...
#AgTech #WaterManagement #Irrigation #CanalTopSolar

Project Nexus has switched on in California’s Central Valley, spanning irrigation canals with 1.6 MW of solar. The real question […]

Dermatology’s next play: bispecifics that shut down OX40L and TNF - Biotech Industry Examiner

Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · Sep 17

One shot, two targets. OX40L–TNF bispecifics could reset HS care—if they beat HiSCR benchmarks and keep safety clean. Our FT-style breakdown: biology → data → payer math.
🔗 biotech.industryexaminer.com/ox40l-tnf-bi...

#Biotech #HS #Bispecifics #Dermatology

Pairing a T-cell co-stimulatory brake with an inflammatory workhorse is an audacious idea. A handful of new readouts—plus a quietly advancing early-stage

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Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · Sep 16

Who mints first: banks, Big Tech or merchants? New U.S. stablecoin rules could make checkout a programmable-dollar moment. Signals to watch: licenses, coin announcements, wallet + POS integrations. Explainer 👇
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#Fintech #Payments #Stablecoins #TechNews

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Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · Sep 15

EU’s 2040 plan in one line: cut hard, capture smart, remove the rest—and don’t overbuild hydrogen. What that looks like on the ground (plus expert takes):
climatetech.industryexaminer.com/eu-2040-90-c...
#EU2040 #Decarbonization #CCS #CDR #Hydrogen #EnergyEfficiency #ClimateTech #TechNews

EU’s 2040 Target Crunch: Who Wins – CCUS, CDR or Hydrogen? - ClimateTech Industry Examiner

The European Union is on the brink of enshrining a landmark climate goal for 2040 – a 90% net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels. This

Vineyards, by subscription: ZenaTech bets on drones-as-a-service - Agtech Industry Examiner

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Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · Sep 12

Vineyards, by subscription: #ZenaTech buys Lescure Engineers to bundle surveying + drones-as-a-service in Napa–Sonoma—permits, pilots, analytics, documentation included. Our analysis on the economics and execution risks: agtech.industryexaminer.com/zenatech-les...

#AgTech #Viticulture #Drones

ZenaTech’s acquisition of Lescure Engineers is more than another roll-up. It’s an experiment in whether growers will rent precision tools—and […]

Japan’s Astroscale picks India’s PSLV for 2027 debris-inspection launch — and signals a new Asian supply chain for space safety - Spacetech Industry Examiner

Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · Sep 11

Japan’s Astroscale_HQ will fly its debris-inspection mission on India’s PSLV with NSIL_India and ISRO at Sriharikota. Why it matters: dedicated geometry for RPO + a tighter Japan–India space-safety supply chain. Read: spacetech.industryexaminer.com/astroscale-p...
#PSLV #SpaceTech

On September 11, 2025, Astroscale said it has signed a launch agreement with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) to fly its ISSA-J1 in-situ space situational

Batteries as server racks: Tesla’s Megablock goes after storage’s soft-cost problem - ClimateTech Industry Examiner

Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · Sep 10

4/4 What to watch: real-world commissioning vs. the 20 days/GWh claim, serviceability of the new thermal layout, and how rivals answer with their own AC-block designs. #ClimateTech #Utilities

Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · Sep 10

3/4 Why it matters: interconnection queues + field complexity = schedule risk. Standardized AC blocks reduce wiring/QA points and can shrink time on site. #Grid #ProjectDelivery

Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · Sep 10

2/4 The pitch: 23% faster installation, up to 40% lower construction cost, and 248 MWh/acre site density—treating battery sites more like server racks than one-off builds. #EnergyStorage #BESS

Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · Sep 10

1/4 Grid batteries are hitting a construction bottleneck. Tesla’s Megablock goes after soft costs with a factory-assembled AC block (4× Megapack 3 + transformer + switchgear).
Feature: climatetech.industryexaminer.com/batteries-as...

Tesla has packaged four Megapack 3 units, a transformer and switchgear into a factory-built “Megablock.” The promise: faster interconnects, denser sites and

Base & Prime Editing Move from Hype to Timelines: What Hits Patients 2026–2030? - Biotech Industry Examiner

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Industry Examiner @industryexaminer.bsky.social · Sep 10

Base & prime editing are moving from hype to timelines.
Scissors-and-tape→✂️📎|Pencil eraser→🩹|Word-processor rewrite→✏️
Where 1st: SCD, LDL/PCSK9, CGD.
Risks: off-targets, mismatch-repair tweaks, delivery/immune reactions
biotech.industryexaminer.com/base-prime-e...
#CRISPR #Biotech #GeneEditing

Gene editing has promised to revolutionize medicine, but only now are the next-generation tools base editing and prime editing moving from petri dishes to