For The Better

Will AI enable a four-day workweek? This week, Autonomous Technology and Robotics Director of Research Sam Korus and Associate Portfolio Manager Nick Grous are joined by ARK Director of Research, Next Generation Internet, Frank Downing, to discuss Disney’s strategic acquisition of a controlling stake in Fubo TV, highlighting the competitive landscape of streaming services and the ongoing trend of cord-cutting. They then transition to Nvidia’s recent innovations showcased at CES, focusing on AI advancements in gaming and enterprise applications. The conversation concludes with reflections on how AI may reshape work-life balance, potentially leading to increased leisure time for gaming and streaming.

The Bitcoin Monthly December 2024 Report addresses a market summary, looking toward a positive 2025. and productivity driving economic growth.

During his recent keynote address at CES 2025, Jensen Huang discussed AI agents as a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity—a nod, we believe, to an agentic economy that is beginning to evolve. AI agent deployments like Eliza and Virtuals are leading the ch…

On episode LXIII of "In The Know" (January 10, 2025), ARK CEO/CIO Cathie Wood discusses the macroeconomic landscape, focusing on employment trends, inflation, productivity, and market uncertainties. She highlights the strong employment report…

In this episode of FYI, Brett Winton, ARK’s Chief Futurist, hosts an enlightening discussion with Peter Diamandis, founder of the XPRIZE Foundation and author of "Longevity Guidebook," alongside ARK Invest CEO/CIO Cathie Wood.

Are we on the verge of an economic transformation? This week, Autonomous Technology and Robotics Director of Research Sam Korus and Associate Portfolio Manager Nick Grous are joined by ARK Chief Futurist Brett Winton to discuss ambitious projections fo…

SpaceX disclosed striking data about Starlink V3 in its 2024 Progress Report. Each V3 satellite, for example, delivers 1 Terabit per second (Tbps) of downlink speed, ten times that of V2 Minis. In other words, given the improved satellites and the larg…

Now, in coordination with Bitcoin Park, ARK is pleased to host a monthly conversation with leaders in the Bitcoin space, to discuss everything happening in the rapidly-changing and still nascent Bitcoin ecosystem. Published through the For Your Innovat…

On this year’s final episode of FYI, we will be taking the opportunity to highlight some of the best moments from throughout the year. While we are grateful for every single guest that has joined the For Your Innovation podcast, here is a compilation …

Currently used in 500 million tests annually in the US, the Complete Blood Count (CBC) provides descriptive data relative to population averages, but it misses the individual insights necessary for precision medicine. In other words, the CBC is a low-v…

Is quantum computing the next big thing? This week, Autonomous Technology and Robotics Director of Research Sam Korus and Associate Portfolio Manager Nick Grous are joined by ARK Chief Futurist Brett Winton to discuss the latest advancements in quantum…

Last week, Google released Gemini 2.0 Flash, the first of its Gemini 2.0 family of models. Like Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet’s improvement over Claude 3 Opus, Gemini 2.0 Flash is smaller and faster than Gemini 1.5 Pro, but more performant on most benchmarks, importantly the autonomous coding benchmark SWE-bench Verified, on which it scored 51.8%, slightly higher than Claude 3.5 Sonnet’s 49% and just shy of Amazon Q’s 55%.

How good is Tesla autopilot? This week, Autonomous Technology and Robotics Director of Research Sam Korus and Associate Portfolio Manager Nick Grous are joined by ARK Director of Investment Analysis & Institutional Strategies Tasha Keeney to discuss Tesla’s latest advancements in full self-driving (FSD) technology, particularly focusing on version 13. The conversation highlights the skepticism surrounding the launch, the infrastructure needed for a successful Robotaxi service, and the potential for a fleet model. The episode concludes with insights on the commercialization timeline and market impact of Tesla’s innovations.

In this episode of FYI, Brett Winton and Cathie Wood engage in a discussion with Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI to discuss the transformative potential of AI and its economic implications.

The Bitcoin Monthly November 2024 Report addresses a market summary, bitcoin is in uncharted territory, and optimism overshadows economic imbalances.

Last week, Tesla released the latest version of its autonomous Full Self-Driving (FSD) software, v13.2, to a limited number of external customers. Building on v12’s transition to end-to-end AI earlier this year, v13.2 introduced several enhancements, including FSD parking at the start and the end of journeys and driving in reverse. Its Cortex cluster in Austin has increased Tesla’s training compute power by 5x, optimizing the performance of FSD v13.2 in vehicles with Tesla’s AI4 computer chip and higher-resolution video inputs. According to user videos showcasing zero-intervention drives, early feedback is that v13.2 has resulted in much smoother rides.

On episode LXII of “In the Know,” (December 6, 2024) ARK CEO/CIO, Cathie Wood is joined by Sam Korus, ARK’s Director of Research, Autonomous Technology & Robotics to discuss easing government regulations both in the context of the space industry and the larger macroeconomy.

In this episode of FYI, ARK’s Chief Futurist Brett Winton and ARK Analyst Nemo Despot chat with Harvard Professor Dr. Mahmood, a trailblazer in computational pathology about how AI and multiomics are reshaping healthcare and drug discovery.