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Happy Monday.
The current thing meme in tech is:
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Enjoy today's news.
Nvidia’s board opens an independent investigation into reports that foreign intelligence targeted CEO Jensen Huang, who admits to an affair with a businesswoman suspected of spying for China.
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Apple plans to turn Siri into an AI agent by 2027, letting it track goals, decide next steps, and complete tasks across apps independently.
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Atomarine raises a $19M seed round to build floating offshore data centers, starting with a gas-powered pilot by 2028 before switching to nuclear.
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OpenAI raises $11B at a $1.25T valuation, with its funding round expected to reach $20B in total, below its original $30B target.
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Tesla launches Robotaxi in San Antonio, bringing its self-driving ride-hailing service to an eighth city.
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Coinbase receives a full trust bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, allowing its Coinbase National Trust Company to hold crypto and process payments for institutions.
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SpaceX plans Starship’s first double catch during Flight 15 on November 13, grabbing the booster minutes after liftoff and the upper stage 22 hours later.
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Menlo Research unveils Asimov 1, a $20,000 open-source humanoid robot DIY kit that lets developers and researchers assemble, train, and customize their own bipedal robot.
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Trepo launches a kitchen device that learns what a household eats and runs low on, so AI agents can restock groceries automatically.
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Nous Research releases Arete-27B, an open-weight model retrained from Alibaba’s Qwen3.8-27B that reduces answers echoing Chinese state positions from 22% to 0.9%.
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OpenRouter introduces Auto Router and Auto Code, AI model selectors for general tasks and coding, with Auto Code matching Claude Opus 5.5’s performance at 74% lower cost.
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Theseus Robotics debuts autonomous robots that restock supermarket shelves overnight and pick online orders during the day, with no changes needed to the store.
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New YC How to Build the Future episode: Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham sits down with Replit CEO Amjad Masad to discuss why Replit was ready when coding agents arrived, how companies are replacing legacy software projects, and his vision for a “self-driving company” run by AI agents.
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New Lenny’s Podcast episode: Google Gemini head of product Tulsee Doshi explains why great PMs are becoming more valuable, her 60-20-20 rule, and Google’s chance to build a true personal AI assistant.
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33rd Annual Baron Investment Conference 2026: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk joins Baron Capital founder Ron Baron to discuss Tesla’s Terafab AI chip plans, SpaceX’s orbital AI data centers, and his growth projections for 2027.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
See you tomorrow.
P.S. We figured out how to make rocks think 🤯
