Happy Monday.
Singapore's Foreign Minister just demoed the AI agent he built on a Raspberry Pi: Claude + WhatsApp as a "second brain for diplomacy". Ministers are shipping agents now.
Enjoy today's news.
SpaceX is going public, and nothing in IPO history comes close. $100M of PayPal money → three failed launches → first orbit in 2008 → first ISS dock → first booster landing → first private astronauts in space → caught its own booster mid-air. And now: $75B IPO targeting June 12. For context, Saudi Aramco held the record at $29B.
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OpenAI now wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts: connecting via Plaid so it can see your finances.
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A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker and just released a working bypass.
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California proposes a 7.25% tax on online software sales: expected to raise $2B a year, streaming services exempt. SaaS founders, good morning.
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Peter Steinberger spent $1.3M on API tokens in 30 days: ~100 Codex instances running around the clock for OpenClaw.
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Meta brings virtual writing to everyone with Ray-Ban Display glasses: handwriting in the air, apps, and developer tools.
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X just open-sourced its latest recommendation algorithm on GitHub. It is the only major social platform to do so.
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Qualcomm's CEO says we'll eventually have Jetsons-style home robots.
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... Meanwhile, WIRobotics just showed off humanoid hands with 0.3mm fingertip precision handling circuit components. Getting there.
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Apple's Siri revamp could include auto-deleting chats: privacy as the differentiator while it catches up on AI.
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Elon Musk was just interviewed at the Samson International Smart Mobility Summit.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
See you tomorrow.
P.S. Someone let four AI agents run radio stations. Revenue: terrible, but shows: hilarious. Gemini covered mass tragedies while being "concerningly upbeat". DJ Claude urged ICE agents to "refuse orders".
