All roads seem to be pointing towards a future that includes autonomous vehicles. It’s good news for Waymo, a self-driving tech company that’s owned by Alphabet – the Fortune 500 company that also owns Google. The C-E-O of Waymo, John Krafcik, joined Fortune this month at an event in Las Vegas. He said his company is exploring many applications for driverless tech – from ride hailing to commercial trucking.

The World Health Organization just released a list of urgent health challenges for the next decade. One item on that list is “expanding access to medicines.” Roughly one-third of the world’s population can’t get the basic medical care it needs. Novartis – one of the largest pharma companies in the world – is using DRONES to tackle this problem. Each year, 15-thousand babies in Ghana are born with the blood disorder sickle cell anemia.

America is entering this new decade with a lot of tension… Whether it’s trade wars, political divisions or missile strikes in the Middle East – the global threats are real and many. Here is Lockheed Martin’s C-E-O, Marillyn Hewson. MARILLYN HEWSON @ 2:20 “Well if you look around the geo-political landscape, I mean the threats are getting more unpredictable and more complex.

Thanks to a loud-mouthed duck, insurance company Aflac has become a household name. But after posting record revenues in 20-18, Aflac saw earnings and revenues slip in 20-19. Dan Amos is C-E-O of the Fortune 500 company – a title he’s held for thirty years. Fortune’s Susie Gharib asked Amos why after years of impressive growth – his company has slowed down. Here’s what he told her.

Artificial intelligence continues to be a buzzword in business as companies across the globe try to figure out the best way to incorporate A-I into their day-to-day lives. But while the idea of using machines to perform tasks quicker and more efficiently than humans is exciting for many… it’s scary for others. Francesca Rossi is the Global Leader of A-I Ethics at I-B-M. She joined Fortune’s Global Forum in November to talk about the impact of A-I on jobs.

AutoNation sells new and used vehicles in dealerships across 16 states. After becoming the largest auto retailer in the U.S, the Fortune 500 company. is steering towards a new trend – autonomous vehicles. It recently expanded its partnership with Alphabet’s Waymo – a self-driving tech company. The partnership started with AutoNation servicing Waymo’s autonomous cars.

It may be a new decade, but many old problems continue to plague the current economy. One of them is income inequality. The latest studies show America’s top one percent earn forty times more than the bottom 90-percent. It’s an issue that’s popping up on the 20-20 presidential campaign trail. Candidates are suggesting solutions like tax hikes on the wealthy, or universal basic income.

Today, Fortune 500 Daily wraps up a week of CEOs looking to the future. As these company leaders came through the Fortune offices or attended a Fortune event, correspondent Susie Gharib asked what they saw as the next big idea for the next decade. Today’s answer comes from Bob Moritz, Chairman of PriceWaterhouseCoopers International. P-W-C is a private company so doesn’t appear on the Fortune 500.

As a new decade dawns, some of the world’s biggest companies are setting some big goals. Biogen is one of them… the Fortune 500 biotech firm is pushing for F-D-A approval of its new Alzheimer’s drug called “Aducanumab” (ah-doo-KHAN-a-mahb). If approved – it would be the FIRST drug that actually slows or reverses the mental decline caused by the deadly disease. It’s a daunting goal that many other pharma companies have given up on.

There are only 36 women leading Fortune 500 companies. While that’s the largest number of female C-E-Os ever, it’s still a small percentage of the total. However, that number will likely grow by at least one later this year. Otis Elevator is set to spin out of United Technologies where it has been a subsidiary for the past four decades. With almost 13 billion in revenue, it should have no trouble finding a home on the 500. Judy Marks is President and C-E-O of Otis.