Happy Friday.
Startup situation room right now:
Anthropic: Err, AI is kinda close to out of control. Global pause before we all get rekt? 😬
Square: Wanna pay with our magic wand?
😅
Enjoy today's news.
Anthropic calls for a global AI slowdown plan. Its new blog post says Claude now writes over 80% of Anthropic’s merged code, and that AI systems building their own successors could arrive before institutions are ready.
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Supabase raises $500M at a $10B valuation, with nearly 10 million developers now using the platform and growth accelerating as Claude Code and Codex expand the number of people who can build.
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Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky starts a new AI lab to develop models and explore user interaction and design, while remaining Airbnb CEO.
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Poke becomes the first AI agent on Apple’s Messages for Business, letting users handle planning, calendars, smart home controls, and photo edits through iMessage.
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Ramp raises $750M at a $44B valuation, nearly tripling in value within just a year. Next up: helping companies track AI token spend and let agents make payments.
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SpaceX’s Starlink passes 12 million customers across 160 countries, up from 9 million in 2025, as satellite internet becomes SpaceX’s biggest business.
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Google is adding Search profiles for major creators and publishers, giving them a place to pin articles, videos, and social links as AI answers reduce clicks.
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WIRED found unreleased face-recognition code inside Meta’s AI glasses app, raising new privacy questions around wearable cameras that can identify people.
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Amazon’s next Proteus robot takes plain-English instructions from warehouse workers and moves 400kg carts on its own, removing the need to control robots through software.
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Cash App launches a $25 tap-to-pay magic wand inspired by a Gen Z TikTok trend, letting users pay from an accessory anywhere Visa contactless is accepted.
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SpaceX turns its public-market story into an 18-minute mission film, packing rockets, Starlink, AI, Mars, and Musk’s multiplanetary dream into one video.
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Founders Fund puts OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Figma’s Dylan Field, and 10 other tech founders in a Mafia game built on bluffing, accusations, and reading the room.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
See you Monday.
P.S. Ad of the day. Uber. 10/10 😂
