Subj : SpaceX Mars 2026 🚀, mega IPOs 💰, Sequoia declares AGI 🤖 To : All From : TLDR Date : Thu Jan 15 2026 11:25 am --osD5Ea9I Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable SpaceX has announced plans for a potential mission to Mars as early as la= te 2026. 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The listings could create an enormous bonanza for= Wall Street, which has seen a slump in IPOs since 2021.=20 MUSK SAYS= TESLA IS MOVING FULL SELF-DRIVING TO A MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION (3 MINUTE RE= AD) [6]=20 Tesla will stop selling its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) s= oftware for a flat rate and instead only offer it as a monthly subscripti= on after February 14. The feature will start at $99 per month. It was p= reviously priced at a one-time payment of $8,000. The technology still re= quires a human driver at the wheel ready to steer or brake at any time. = =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY ELON MUSK SU= RPRISES EVERYONE: SPACEX WILL ATTEMPT TO REACH MARS BY THE END OF 2026 (4= MINUTE READ) [7]=20 SpaceX has announced plans for a potential uncrewe= d mission to Mars as early as late 2026. The proposed schedule coincides = with a rare planetary alignment between Earth and Mars that offers a narr= ow but valuable launch opportunity. Several core technologies essential t= o deep space travel remain in development. Starship Version 3 is expect= ed to debut this year. It will feature upgrades that may prove pivotal to= long-duration missions beyond Earth orbit.=20 GENETIC THERAPY AIMS TO = BRING HEARING TO THOSE BORN DEAF (3 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 OTOF-related = hearing loss results from a genetic change in a single critical protein. = The auditory nerve fails to receive the proper signals from the hair cell= s in the ear due to the lack of the proper protein, resulting in profound= deafness. DB-OTO is a virus-based gene therapy that can deliver a workin= g version of the OTOF gene. It uses a non-pathogenic virus to carry the p= roper genetic code that produces the protein. In an early trial of the DB= -OTO treatment, eleven out of twelve patients developed improved hearing = within weeks, and nine patients no longer required cochlear implants.=20 = =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE FEEL LIKE YO= U'RE WORKING MORE, BUT GETTING LESS DONE? INSIDE THE HIDDEN PRODUCTIVITY = CRISIS (SPONSOR) [9]=20 55% of knowledge workers are putting in more ho= urs but delivering less. The culprit? Well over half say that fragmentati= on is a productivity killer. Miro's 2025 Momentum at Work Report [9] lays= out the costs of tool sprawl and the solutions that get teams back on = track. Read the report [9]=20 SCALING LONG-RUNNING AUTONOMOUS CODING (6= MINUTE READ) [10]=20 Model choice matters for extremely long-running t= asks. GPT-5.2 models perform better at extended autonomous work compared = to Opus 4.5 and GPT-5.1-codex. Many improvements come from removing compl= exity rather than adding it. The best system is often simpler than you'd = expect. The harness and models matter, but the prompts matter more.=20 = JUNIOR DEVELOPERS IN THE AGE OF AI (8 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 The most= compelling reason to hire juniors is AI itself. The biggest barrier to A= I transformation has been workforce buy-in. Gen Z leads in AI adoption, a= nd they act as an accelerant, helping colleagues learn AI tools and workf= lows. AI has lowered the cost of onboarding. If the infrastructure alread= y exists, hiring juniors may be one of the highest-leverage AI bets avail= able today.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS TLDR IS HIRING A C= URATOR FOR TLDR IT! (TLDR CURATOR, ~5 HRS/WEEK) =F0=9F=96=A5=EF=B8=8F=20 = We are launching a brand new newsletter covering IT and enterprise te= ch. We already have 500,000+ SUBSCRIBERS waiting for the first edition.= We need a domain expert to curate and write the daily summaries. 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Tesla will stop selling its Full Self-D= riving (Supervised) software for a flat rate and instead only offer it as a= monthly subscription after February 14. The feature will start at $99 per = month. It was previously priced at a one-time payment of $8,000. The techno= logy still requires a human driver at the wheel ready to steer or brake at = any time.
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Elon Musk surprises everyon= e: SpaceX will attempt to reach Mars by the end of 2026 (4 minute read)

SpaceX has announced plans for a potent= ial uncrewed mission to Mars as early as late 2026. The proposed schedule c= oincides with a rare planetary alignment between Earth and Mars that offers= a narrow but valuable launch opportunity. Several core technologies essent= ial to deep space travel remain in development. Starship Version 3 is expec= ted to debut this year. It will feature upgrades that may prove pivotal to = long-duration missions beyond Earth orbit.
Genetic Therapy Aims To Bri= ng Hearing To Those Born Deaf (3 minute read)

OTOF-related hearing loss results from = a genetic change in a single critical protein. The auditory nerve fails to = receive the proper signals from the hair cells in the ear due to the lack o= f the proper protein, resulting in profound deafness. DB-OTO is a virus-bas= ed gene therapy that can deliver a working version of the OTOF gene. It use= s a non-pathogenic virus to carry the proper genetic code that produces the= protein. In an early trial of the DB-OTO treatment, eleven out of twelve p= atients developed improved hearing within weeks, and nine patients no longe= r required cochlear implants.
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Scaling long-running autono= mous coding (6 minute read)

Model choice matters for extremely long= -running tasks. GPT-5.2 models perform better at extended autonomous work c= ompared to Opus 4.5 and GPT-5.1-codex. Many improvements come from removing= complexity rather than adding it. The best system is often simpler than yo= u'd expect. The harness and models matter, but the prompts matter more.
Junior Developers in the Ag= e of AI (8 minute read)

The most compelling reason to hire juni= ors is AI itself. The biggest barrier to AI transformation has been workfor= ce buy-in. Gen Z leads in AI adoption, and they act as an accelerant, helpi= ng colleagues learn AI tools and workflows. AI has lowered the cost of onbo= arding. If the infrastructure already exists, hiring juniors may be one of = the highest-leverage AI bets available today.
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2026: This is AGI (10 minut= e read)

Long-horizon agents allow models to tak= e actions and iterate over time. The rate of progress in this area of resea= rch is exponential. It is estimated that agents will be able to work reliab= ly to complete tasks comparably to human experts by 2028. People will soon = be able to hire agents - one of the litmus tests for AGI.
When Will They Take Our Job= s? (12 minute read)

Humans will lose control over the futur= e if AI capabilities continue to advance. However, if we manage to avoid th= at, there's a good chance humans will retain a lot of employment during the= Cyborg Era, which might last around 10 to 20 years. It is implausible that= AI capabilities and available compute continue to increase indefinitely. T= his is a transitional state.
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Anthropic is making a huge = mistake (1 minute read)

Anthropic blocking third parties from u= sing the Claude Code API will not convert people back to Claude Code, it wi= ll just convert people to other model providers.
Gas Town Decoded (3 minute = read)

This post presents a list of terms used= in Gas Town, an AI agent orchestration tool, decoding the definitions used= in the introductory paper for developers.
Google launches Personal In= telligence feature in Gemini app, challenging Apple Intelligence (2 minute = read)

Google is testing a new AI tool with us= ers that connects information from various apps to provide personalized ans= wers in its chatbot.
Getting Real Leverage from = Claude Code (18 minute read)

This post discusses how to run multiple= Claude Code sessions in parallel, each in its own fully isolated environme= nt.
AI Enables As-Needed Softwa= re Features (1 minute read)

AI enables people to just describe what= they want, and then apps write the code needed to do it on demand.
Digg and Reddit creators re= launch Digg to compete with Reddit (1 minute read)

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