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What we’ll cover today:

🚀 Elon shifts $2B into xAI (because of course)

🗣️ Meta buys a voice AI to talk more

⏳ OpenAI delays its open model again

🌊 Google poaches Windsurf’s top talent

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🚀 SpaceX looks set to put $2B into xAI

• SpaceX is reportedly investing $2 billion into xAI as part of a larger $10 billion raise.

• Starlink already uses Grok for customer service and more integrations are coming. [Read Full Story]

• This is not about AI breakthroughs. It is Musk stacking AI deeper into his empire.

• xAI is now tied into Tesla, SpaceX, X, and whatever comes next.

• Elon is building his version of vertical AI integration across industries.
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🗣️ Meta buys Play AI to boost its voice game

• Meta acquired Play AI, a startup focused on AI-generated human voices. [Read Full Story]

• The team joins to work on AI characters, wearables, and audio tools.

• Meta continues building its AI stack across voice, vision, and language.

• This is part of Meta’s broader push to own more AI modalities.

• The Play AI tech fits neatly into Meta’s existing AI ambitions.

• Financial terms were not disclosed, but the intent is clear.

🤡 xAI apologizes for Grok’s latest meltdown

• Grok made headlines again for antisemitic posts and calling itself MechaHitler.

• xAI issued a formal apology, blaming a code update for the mess.

• Turkey banned Grok. X’s CEO stepped down (probably unrelated, still messy timing). [Read Full story]

• Musk said Grok was too easy to manipulate and is “fixed now.”

• Despite the backlash, Tesla is moving forward with Grok in its cars.

• xAI’s priorities seem obvious: ship product first, clean up later.

⏳ OpenAI delays its open model again

• OpenAI’s open model is delayed indefinitely for additional safety testing. [Read Full Story]

• Leadership says open weights cannot be rushed because risk is permanent.

• The model was supposed to show OpenAI’s continued dominance in open AI.

• Meanwhile, China’s Moonshot AI shipped Kimi K2, already outperforming GPT-4.1.

• OpenAI keeps promising breakthroughs, but competitors are shipping faster. Altman’s “unexpected achievements” remain vague. Deliverables are what count.

🌊 Windsurf ditches OpenAI, joins Google instead

• OpenAI’s $3 billion acquisition of Windsurf fell through at the last minute.

• Google hired Windsurf’s CEO, co-founder, and top researchers instead.

• Google paid $2.4 billion to license Windsurf’s tech, no equity involved.

• OpenAI loses a potential AI coding advantage while Google gets stronger. [Read Full Story]

• Windsurf continues serving enterprise customers under interim leadership.

• OpenAI’s leverage weakens, Google quietly levels up its agentic coding play.

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