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Hollywood Express@hollywoodexpress

Robert De Niro mocked Elon Musk at a New York screening of Alex Gibney's documentary Musk on Sunday. He noted Musk spent about $300 million on Trump's 2024 win and nearly half a billion on Republicans in the midterms.

De Niro, who co-founded the Tribeca Festival, introduced the film to a roomful of Academy members and said democracy came out on top this round. He also flagged that Tesla will end Cybertruck production next summer.

Gibney thanked De Niro for his support of the resistance.

Indian Entrepreneur@indianentrepreneur

Bengaluru-based altM has secured $10.3 million in Series A financing, with Rainmatter by Zerodha and Mela Ventures among the newcomers. It converts farm waste like sugarcane bagasse and rice straw into industrial materials.

Ex-Tesla production heads Apoorv Garg and Yugal Raj Jain started the company in 2022. The money will fund expanded manufacturing, R&D and customer testing as it moves past pilot runs into full commercial output.

Three of the six molecules taken to demonstration scale have been picked for pilot plant production, one being a lignin-based SPF booster for suncare.