Amy Feldman

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Forbes senior editor covering healthcare. Email afeldman@forbes.com, signal amyfeldman.33

Sleep apnea pill startup Apnimed raises $192M in an upsized IPO that would value the company at $600M+. I spoke with new CEO Kevin Lind about the potential for its nightly pill on the 10.5M people in the U.S. who’ve been diagnosed but aren’t being treated @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

The Startup Behind The Pill For Sleep Apnea Raises $192 Million In IPO

Apnimed got a new CEO in anticipation of its public offering. Its pill for sleep apnea could receive approval early next year.

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🚨NEW🚨 The $35bn police tech giant Axon claims its AI massively speeds up cops’ report writing time. I got public records showing one of its AI tools introduced errors into reports, “dramatically” increasing the time it takes to finish them. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

Axon Says AI Police Reports Save Time. Public Records Show They Get Facts Wrong

More than 600,000 police reports have been written with help from Axon’s AI tools. Public records obtained by Forbes show that they can introduce errors that cops have to spend time editing out.

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The Trump Admin lost or abandoned 100s of cases against immigrants and ICE protesters: — 550+ cases filed — 400+ resolved so far — Almost half unraveled “A pattern of charges being filed without any merit,” says a former federal prosecutor www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/u...

They Were Charged With Assaulting ICE Agents. The Cases Are Crumbling.

The Trump administration has lost or abandoned hundreds of criminal cases against protesters and immigrants, a Times investigation found.

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In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter: —new leadership at $1.1B cancer care startup Thyme Care —the intestinal illness spreads —Chai Discovery confirms the $400 raise we previously wrote about —and more! www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

Founder Of $1 Billion Cancer Care Startup Steps Down As CEO

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, Thyme Care gets new leadership, the intestinal illness spreads, Chai Discovery confirms its $400 million raise, and more.

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🚨 NEW 🚨 An Israeli spyware maker banned by Meta and panned by civil rights activists has been selling $1 million spy trucks to American police. It's been especially successful in border states, with a $5m deal in Texas. It bills itself as the affordable Palantir. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

Israel’s Palantir Rival Is Selling $1 Million Spy Vans To U.S. Cops

Cognyte, which sells technology to snoop on phone locations largely in Israel and Europe, is making inroads in America by tricking out trucks with spy tech.

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WOW— "Ethics officials granted a conflict of interest waiver to an unnamed official at the SEC, allowing them to hold on to stocks in Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft despite their work on an investigation that could involve the companies." @taylorgiorno.bsky.social for @notus.com

'Huge Red Flag’: The Case of the Redacted SEC Conflict of Interest Waiver

Ethics officials granted a waiver to an official who holds stocks in major technology companies.

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Desperate to rebuild his fortune, Donald Trump asked his political supporters to become his business partners. Those who trusted him most got hurt the worst. Meet the victims of Trump's various moneymaking ventures. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

‘I’m Now Broke’: These Investors Lost Billions Buying Trump Stocks And Crypto

Desperate to rebuild his fortune, Donald Trump asked his political supporters to become his business partners. Those who trusted him most got hurt the worst.

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One of the promising things AI can do is help seniors with chronic disease stay healthier by monitoring health in between doc visits. Startup Cadence is doing that—and says it’s saving Medicare $2.7M/week in the process. Now it’s worth $1.2B. My latest for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

This Startup Says It Saves Medicare More Than $2 Million A Week

Cadence reached a $1.2 billion valuation by using AI to track seniors’ chronic health conditions and improve their care.

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