Integral AI is a Japan-US startup building foundation world models - AI systems meant to learn, plan, and act in the real world the way people do, with an emphasis on energy efficiency and continuous, autonomous skill learning. Founded in 2021 by ex-Google AI leaders Jad Tarifi and Nima Asgharbeygi, the company positions its interactive world models as infrastructure for an AI-based economy, spanning robotics, universal simulators, and multimodal interfaces. In December 2025 it made headlines by claiming to have tested the world's first AGI-capable model, TOWA.

Peso Pluma (Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija) is the 25-year-old Mexican singer-songwriter from Zapopan, Jalisco who turned corridos tumbados - the fusion of traditional Mexican corridos with trap beats and hip-hop swagger - into a global phenomenon. In under five years, he broke a 64-year Billboard Hot 100 record, won a Grammy, became Mexico's most-streamed Spotify artist of all time, and built Double P Records into an independent powerhouse. His albums Génesis and Éxodo redefined what regional Mexican music could mean on a world stage.