Happy Tuesday.
SpaceX just acquired xAI.
Jokes aside, this is one of those “wait… what?” moments that actually makes sense.
AI needs absurd amounts of power. Earth is hot and regulated. Space is sunny, cold, and very empty.
So naturally, the plan is orbital AI data centers, a million satellites, and Starship launches every hour. Totally normal Tuesday stuff.
Ad Astra!
Enjoy today’s news.
SpaceX acquires xAI, linking rockets, satellites, and space-based compute to scale AI beyond Earth.
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OpenAI launches Codex app for macOS, a command center for building and managing AI agents.
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It also signed a $200M agreement with Snowflake to embed its AI models directly into Snowflake’s enterprise data platform.
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xAI launches Grok Imagine 1.0, adding 10-second videos, 720p output, and improved audio.
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Waymo raises a $16B funding round at a $126B valuation to accelerate its robotaxi expansion in the U.S. and internationally.
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YouTube has started blocking background audio playback on third-party mobile browsers like Samsung Internet, Brave, and Microsoft Edge when the screen is off, ending a popular Premium workaround.
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Carbon Robotics announced a new AI Large Plant Model that detects and identifies individual plants in real time, letting farmers target new weeds without retraining their robots.
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GrazeMate launches autonomous drones that herd cattle, letting ranchers move livestock between fields with a few taps instead of costly manual work.
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Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software update system over the course of several months in 2025, targeting users in government, telecom, aviation, critical infrastructure, and media sectors.
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NASA’s Perseverance rover completed the first Mars drive planned entirely by an AI, using onboard vision AI to map a safe route across the Martian surface.
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Y Combinator publishes its spring Requests for Startups, highlighting ideas across AI-native workflows, new financial primitives, modern industrial systems, and more.
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As promised, tech and startups in under a minute.
See you tomorrow.
P.S. Granola has a new look. Design 𝕏 meltdown in progress 😂
