Happy Friday.
Weekend is loading… and the current thing is SpaceX / Tesla / xAI merger rumors.
Honestly? Elon should just merge everything and IPO it.
Ticker: $MUSK. We would buy some 🙂
Enjoy today’s news.
SpaceX is exploring a potential merger with Tesla or xAI.
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Google launched Project Genie, which turns text or images into playable AI-generated worlds, available to $250/month Google AI Ultra subscribers.
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Samsung confirmed its first pair of AR glasses will land in 2026, promising immersive multimodal AI experiences built on Android XR.
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Apple reports record $143.8B in Q4 revenue, with $85.27B in iPhone sales and 16% year-over-year growth.
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OpenAI is working on a social media network that could require eye scans or other biometric checks to verify users are human and limit AI bots.
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Spotify rolls out group chats, letting users share playlists, podcasts, and audiobooks with up to 10 people.
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OpenClaw, previously Moltbot (and earlier Clawdbot 😅), an open-source AI assistant that runs on everyday hardware and controls browsers and files, has reached 2M weekly visitors and 100K GitHub stars.
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Vibecode launches Design Mode, giving users full control over themes, colors, and layouts in their generated mobile and web apps.
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Matic raises $60M to build the most useful home robot.
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Willow launches a voice typing app that turns speech into text in ~200ms, adapts to how you write, and runs privately on Mac, Windows, and iOS.
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Prediction markets: NFL won’t allow prediction-market ads during the Super Bowl, while the CFTC plans to draft clearer legal rules for platforms like Polymarket, Kalshi, and others.
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A Swedish study finds AI use in breast cancer screening cuts later-stage diagnoses by 12%, catching more cancers earlier than standard methods.
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Shaan Puri interviews Beehiiv CEO Tyler Denk on getting the first 100 users, the $1M playbook, and why “everyone is distribution.”
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Lenny Rachitsky interviews a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen on why AI arrives at the perfect moment, what really happens to jobs, and how he’s raising his kids for the AI era.
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As promised, tech and startups in under a minute.
See you on Monday.
P.S. Stripe just launched a new homepage with a GDP ticker. If our math is right, $1 of every $64 spent worldwide goes through Stripe. Wild 😮
