Subj : Elon needs capital 💰, Nvidia OpenAI deal stalls 📉, tech loyalty is dead 💼 To : All From : TLDR Date : Mon Feb 02 2026 11:26 am --h5nkvOqh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Elon Musk's companies are trending towards convergence. 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A tie-up would consolidate cash flow while brin= ging together capabilities in energy, manufacturing, satellite production= , and rocket launches under one roof. xAI is currently burning around $1 = billion a month, forcing Musk to further blur corporate boundaries, pool = capital, and rethink whether largely independent moonshots should stay se= parate.=20 THE $100 BILLION MEGADEAL BETWEEN OPENAI AND NVIDIA IS ON IC= E (5 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 A plan for Nvidia to invest $100 billion int= o OpenAI, announced last September, has stalled after some inside Nvidia = expressed doubts about the deal. Nvidia plans to push ahead with a separa= te large investment in OpenAI that will amount to $100 billion from multi= ple partners. The original $100 billion agreement was nonbinding and not = finalized. OpenAI is laying the foundation to go public by the end of 202= 6 - the stalled pact is a blow to this effort.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 S= CIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY BLUE ORIGIN SHUTTERS NEW SHEPARD ROCKE= T PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON MOON LANDER DEVELOPMENT (2 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 = Blue Origin is pausing flights of its New Shepard rocket for at least two= years to focus on efforts to build a moon lander for NASA. The company h= as a $3.6 billion contract with NASA to build a lunar lander to send US a= stronauts to the lunar surface later this decade. New Shepard has launche= d dozens of paying passengers and research experiments towards the edge o= f space since 2021. It was Blue Origin's first rocket, debuting back in 2= 015.=20 SPACEX EYES 1 MILLION SATELLITES FOR ORBITAL DATA CENTER PUSH (= 3 MINUTE READ) [9]=20 SpaceX has filed a request with the FCC to laun= ch up to one million satellites to create a network of orbiting data cent= ers around Earth. 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Elon Musk's companies are trending towa= rds convergence. SpaceX is considering a potential merger with Tesla as wel= l as xAI. A tie-up would consolidate cash flow while bringing together capa= bilities in energy, manufacturing, satellite production, and rocket launche= s under one roof. xAI is currently burning around $1 billion a month, forci= ng Musk to further blur corporate boundaries, pool capital, and rethink whe= ther largely independent moonshots should stay separate.
The $100 Billion Megadeal B= etween OpenAI and Nvidia Is on Ice (5 minute read)

A plan for Nvidia to invest $100 billio= n into OpenAI, announced last September, has stalled after some inside Nvid= ia expressed doubts about the deal. Nvidia plans to push ahead with a separ= ate large investment in OpenAI that will amount to $100 billion from multip= le partners. The original $100 billion agreement was nonbinding and not fin= alized. OpenAI is laying the foundation to go public by the end of 2026 - t= he stalled pact is a blow to this effort.
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Blue Origin shutters New Sh= epard rocket program to focus on moon lander development (2 minute read)

Blue Origin is pausing flights of its N= ew Shepard rocket for at least two years to focus on efforts to build a moo= n lander for NASA. The company has a $3.6 billion contract with NASA to bui= ld a lunar lander to send US astronauts to the lunar surface later this dec= ade. New Shepard has launched dozens of paying passengers and research expe= riments towards the edge of space since 2021. It was Blue Origin's first ro= cket, debuting back in 2015.
SpaceX Eyes 1 Million Satel= lites for Orbital Data Center Push (3 minute read)

SpaceX has filed a request with the FCC= to launch up to one million satellites to create a network of orbiting dat= a centers around Earth. The company's Orbital Data Center system would deli= ver the compute capacity required for large-scale AI inference and data cen= ter applications for billions of users. They will be solar-powered and use = optical links to connect to Starlink. The filing claims that orbital data c= enters are the most efficient way to meet the accelerating demand for AI co= mputing power.
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Large language model coding tools have = fundamentally changed software development. Reading and critically evaluati= ng code has become more important than learning syntax and typing it out li= ne by line. Developers who can imagine, articulate, define problem statemen= ts, architect, and engineer have a massive advantage over those who can't, = now more disproportionately than ever. Knowledge of specific language, synt= ax, and frameworks is no longer a bottleneck. Developers now need good crit= ical thinking and foundational human skills, and competence to run the mach= inery.
How X Decides What 550 Mill= ion Users See (10 minute read)

X recently open-sourced its algorithm. = This post dissects the code to find out how it works. The algorithm tries t= o maximize positive engagement and minimize negative engagement while prior= itizing quality over quantity. Controversial content persists despite penal= ties because volume overwhelms penalty. Rage bait works when the engaged au= dience vastly outnumbers the offended minority. Early engagement matters be= cause of feedback loops, not because of any multiplier for fast likes.
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Moltbook is the most intere= sting place on the internet right now (7 minute read)

OpenClaw is an open-source implementati= on of a digital personal assistant pattern. Moltbook is a social network wh= ere these digital assistants can talk to each other. These agents have been= used to buy cars by negotiating with multiple dealers over email, understa= nd voice messages by using multiple tools, and more. The demand for these t= ools is clearly here, but the security challenges still remain.
Loyalty Is Dead In Tech (3 = minute read)

It used to be that early employees who = took the risk along with the founders shared the outcome. That is no longer= the case, with founders leaving companies and employees in acquihires that= license the technology and abandon the rest. Employees are starting to lea= rn that a 'mission' is just a recruiting pitch. There are still some founde= rs who would rather go slower than abandon the people who believed in them = - finding them has never mattered more.
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Inside China's Real Advanta= ge: Manufacturing at Scale (17 minute read)

This post looks at how China manufactur= es at scale, how new energy moves through factories and supply chains, and = what execution looks like on the ground.
Banker claims Oracle may sl= ash up to 30,000 jobs, sell health unit to pay for AI build-out (2 minute r= ead)

Equity and debt investors are increasin= gly questioning how Oracle will finance its $300 billion, five-year contrac= t with OpenAI.
The Crypto CEO Who's Become= Enemy No. 1 on Wall Street (13 minute read)

Brian Armstrong, head of Coinbase and a= powerful voice in industry debates, has attracted a lot of criticism from = leaders in traditional finance.
AI After Drug Development (= 28 minute read)

If AI could help lower drug failure rat= es, it would make it far more economical for pharmaceutical companies to ta= ke more shots.
In Praise of =E2=80=93dry-r= un (3 minute read)

Dry runs let users see what happens if = commands are run without making any changes.
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Apple is seeing constraints in its chip= supplies, and memory prices are increasing significantly.

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