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Mark Zuckerberg is following a path paved by fellow billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffet: laundering his untold billions through a health research prestige project.
Called the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub — his wife Priscilla Chan, a pediatrician, is also involved — the foundation’s stated long-term mission is to “cure and prevent all disease through AI-powered biology, frontier research, and state-of-the-art technology.”
True to those enormous goals, the Biohub recently announced a $500 million investment into AI models of human cells, specifically, in order to “accelerate the cure and prevention of all diseases,” Euronews reported.
The half a billion dollars are said to go toward a five-year plan to create predictive models of human cells. Once those are built, they will supposedly help medical researchers and biologists understand how cells interact at the level of an entire organism. In theory, this would unlock incredible advancements in bioscience — perhaps even making the deadly diseases plaguing humanity a thing of the past, in the project’s outsize wording.
In brass tacks, $400 million of the funding will go to Biohub’s own AI development, while the rest will go to miscellaneous third-party researchers.
“To build artificial intelligence that can accurately represent the full complexity of biology and accelerate scientific research, we need orders of magnitude more data than exists today,” Biohub’s head of science Alex Rives said in an announcement. “We need new technologies to observe the cell, from the molecular to the tissue level, and in the context of health and disease.”
The new campaign comes as Zuckerberg’s Meta paid the lowest federal income tax rate on record, just a little over 3.5 percent of its total revenue in 2025, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. That came even as the company had its best year ever, bringing in $79 billion in profits across 2025.
Given that the federal corporate tax rate is 21 percent, there’s a major discrepancy: $13.7 billion, to be exact. That’s an astonishing amount of money that could have gone to the type of medical research Zuckerberg is now throwing a small fraction of that at — or, heck, federal health insurance programs or the government’s Food and Nutrition Service, which provides nutrition support to millions of low-income Americans.
Colin Angle, the former iRobot CEO who helped oversee the Roomba vacuum's creation, has unveiled his new project: Familiar, a four-legged robot designed to foster emotional connections with users. Initially aimed at caregivers, it utilizes advanced AI to interpret human emotions and social cues. “I want to build a relationship between human and machine that is fundamentally different than the relationship between the Roomba and a customer,” Angle said. While the Familiar is still in its prototype phase, Angle hasn't disclosed potential availability or cost.
The Trump administration is contemplating an executive order that would create a working group focused on oversight of artificial intelligence models, a notable shift from its earlier hands-off policy, The New York Times reports, citing anonymous sources. The group would include government officials and tech executives, per the Times, and there is support for the idea of previewing AI models before release. The potential change — which the White House called "speculation" — is driven by concerns over cybersecurity and military applications, particularly following the introduction of Anthropic's powerful Mythos model.
Pinterest surged in extended trading after posting first-quarter results Monday that beat Wall Street expectations, boosted by strong advertiser spending and returns on its AI investments. Revenue jumped 18% to $1.01 billion, surpassing estimates of $966.25 million. The social media company also forecast second-quarter revenue above analysts’ expectations. Pinterest has lagged behind Facebook and Instagram, as AI and tariffs squeeze advertiser budgets, per Reuters. The results come months after the company laid off 15% of its workforce, and activist investor Elliott took a $1 billion stake in the firm.
Amazon announced Monday that it’s opening its supply chain to all businesses, officially positioning the company as a third-party logistics provider and competitor to air freight companies, parcel carriers and truckers. Through Amazon Supply Chain Services, any company can hire Amazon for services such as truck transportation, fulfillment and ocean and air shipping. Companies such as Lands’ End, Procter & Gamble and 3M are already using the service. UPS shares slid as much as 8.9% on the news, while FedEx shares dropped as much as 7.4%.
Anthropic on Monday announced the creation of a "new AI services company" in partnership with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and Goldman Sachs. The joint venture will help private-equity-backed businesses integrate Claude into their operations. Anthropic, Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman will each pitch in $300 million, while Goldman Sachs will contribute $150 million, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing anonymous sources. Several big-name alternative asset managers will also participate. Anthropic rival OpenAI has been mulling its own, similar joint venture as both companies look to grow their enterprise businesses.