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How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power

Elon Musk has merged SpaceX and xAI, creating what might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his $800 billion net worth already rivaling historic conglomerate GE’s peak market cap, and Musk being vocal about his view that “tech victory is decided by velocity of innovation,” the question isn’t whether a personal conglomerate can be built, but rather how far Musk himself is […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/NcgTxoV

Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret U.S. government surveillance, sounds new alarm over ‘CIA activities’

The two-line letter to the CIA's director is the latest warning in recent years from a long-serving Democratic senator with knowledge of secret government programs and intelligence operations. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/H0fMq6U

Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers

We’re starting to see the idea of Musk-owned orbital AI data clusters cohere into an actual plan. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/CvgRrpG

Anthropic releases Opus 4.6 with new ‘agent teams’

The newest version of Anthropic's model is designed to broaden its appeal. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/ECYrw1g

A16z just raised $1.7B for AI infrastructure. Here’s where it’s going.

Andreessen Horowitz just raised a whopping ⁠new $15 billion in funding⁠. And a $1.7 billion chunk of that is going to its ⁠infrastructure team⁠, the one responsible for some of its biggest, most prominent AI investments including Black Forrest Labs, Cursor, OpenAI, ⁠ElevenLabs⁠, Ideogram, ⁠Fal⁠ and dozens of others.   A16z ⁠general partner with the infra team Jennifer Li⁠ (who oversees such investments as ElevenLabs – just valued at $11 billion); Ideagram and Fal, has a clear thesis on where the team is looking […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/Wd12SN8

Tinder looks to AI to help fight ‘swipe fatigue’ and dating app burnout

Tinder is testing AI recommendations and insight from your Camera Roll for better matches. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/ACYgOZM

Lunar Energy raises $232M to deploy home batteries that prop up the grid

The startup has raised more than $500 million, to date, from investors to build a massive, distributed power plant supported by residential batteries. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/UkmFieM