Subj : Elon's moon factory 🚀, Chrome WebMCP 🤖, Stripe minions 👨‍💻 To : All From : TLDR Date : Wed Feb 11 2026 11:24 am --wam464n4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Elon Musk has told employees at xAI that the company needs a factory on t= he moon to build AI satellites. These satellites will be launched into = space=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 = =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Plaid] [4] TLDR 2026-02-11 = 6 FINTECH PREDICTIONS: WHY FRAUDSTERS ARE EXCITED ABOUT AI (SPONSOR) [4]= =20 The heaviest users of AI in fintech aren't fintechs. Bad actors are= the real early adopters - mass-generating fake IDs, deepfakes, and lar= ge-scale social engineering. According to Plaid's 2026 Fintech Predict= ions [4], this imbalance will persist in the short term. What else is com= ing? Read the whitepaper [4] where Plaid CEO Zach Perret, joined by Credi= t Product Lead Michelle Young and CTO Will Robinson, share their takes on= where fintech is headed next.=C2=A0 You'll discover why: =09*= Neobanks will launch via stablecoins instead of traditional banks =09* = Lenders will focus more on fraud than delinquency =09* Conversational AI= will become the default fintech UI =09* And more See what's next [= 4] =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS ELON MUSK WANTS TO BUI= LD AN AI SATELLITE FACTORY ON THE MOON (5 MINUTE READ) [5]=20 Elon Mu= sk has told employees at xAI that the company needs a factory on the moon= to build AI satellites. These satellites will be launched into space usi= ng a massive catapult called a 'mass driver'. Musk plans to build a self-= sustaining city on the moon as a steppingstone to Mars and beyond. SpaceX= is preparing for an initial public offering that could come as early as = June.=20 MUSK'S XAI LOSES SECOND CO-FOUNDER IN TWO DAYS (2 MINUTE READ)= [6]=20 Jimmy Ba and Tony Wu, two of xAI's co-founders, have left the= company. The departure comes as xAI faces regulatory probes in multipl= e jurisdictions across Europe, Asia, and the US regarding the company's G= rok AI chatbot allowing the mass-creation and syndication of non-consensu= al, explicit images. These images were based on photos of real people, in= cluding children. xAI merged with SpaceX earlier this month.=20 = =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY THE ISOMORPHIC LAB= S DRUG DESIGN ENGINE UNLOCKS A NEW FRONTIER BEYOND ALPHAFOLD (5 MINUTE RE= AD) [7]=20 The Isomorphic Labs Drug Design Engine (IsoDDE) is a unified= computational drug-design system that progresses beyond AlphaFold 3 in= its predictive accuracy. 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6 fintech predictions: why = fraudsters are excited about AI (Sponsor)

The heaviest users of AI in fintech are= n't fintechs. Bad actors are the real early adopters - mass-generating fake= IDs, deepfakes, and large-scale social engineering.

According to = Plaid's 2026 Fint= ech Predictions, this imbalance will persist in the short term. = What else is coming? Read the whitepaper where Plaid CEO Zach Perret, joined by Cr= edit Product Lead Michelle Young and CTO Will Robinson, share their takes o= n where fintech is headed next. 

You'll discover why:

  • Neobanks will launch via stablecoins instead of traditional banks
  • Lenders will focus more on fraud than delinquency
  • Conversational AI will become the default fintech UI
  • And more

See what's next=

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Big Tech & Startups

Elon Musk Wants to Build an= AI Satellite Factory on the Moon (5 minute read)

Elon Musk has told employees at xAI tha= t the company needs a factory on the moon to build AI satellites. These sat= ellites will be launched into space using a massive catapult called a 'mass= driver'. Musk plans to build a self-sustaining city on the moon as a stepp= ingstone to Mars and beyond. SpaceX is preparing for an initial public offe= ring that could come as early as June.
Musk's xAI loses second co-= founder in two days (2 minute read)

Jimmy Ba and Tony Wu, two of xAI's co-f= ounders, have left the company. The departure comes as xAI faces regulatory= probes in multiple jurisdictions across Europe, Asia, and the US regarding= the company's Grok AI chatbot allowing the mass-creation and syndication o= f non-consensual, explicit images. These images were based on photos of rea= l people, including children. xAI merged with SpaceX earlier this month.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

The Isomorphic Labs Drug De= sign Engine unlocks a new frontier beyond AlphaFold (5 minute read)

The Isomorphic Labs Drug Design Engine = (IsoDDE) is a unified computational drug-design system that progresses beyo= nd AlphaFold 3 in its predictive accuracy. It introduces new capabilities t= hat bridge the gap between structure prediction and real-world drug discove= ry. IsoDDe can predict small molecule binding affinities with accuracies th= at exceed gold-standard physics-based methods at a fraction of the time and= cost. It offers a scalable foundation for AI drug design and represents a = leap forward in accuracy and capability.
SpaceX's next-gen Super Hea= vy booster aces four days of =E2=80=9Ccryoproof=E2=80=9D testing (4 minute = read)

SpaceX's upgraded Super Heavy booster h= as completed cryogenic proof testing for the first time. The successful tes= t moves engineers closer to launching the first test flight of an upgraded = version of SpaceX's mega-rocket, Starship V3. SpaceX launched Starship V2 f= ive times last year, but the first three test flights failed. SpaceX could = be in position to launch the first Starship V3 test flight before the end o= f March.
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TLDR is hiring a Senior Sof= tware Engineer, Applied AI ($200k-$300k, Fully Remote)

As the first engineer on TLDR's new App= lied AI team, you'll build AI agents and composable Claude Skills to let no= n-technical teammates create their own AI workflows. Learn more.
Minions: Stripe's one-shot,= end-to-end coding agents (9 minute read)

Minions are coding agents that are buil= t to one-shot tasks. Stripe merges over a thousand completely minion-genera= ted pull requests each week. A typical minion run starts in a Slack message= and ends in a pull request that passes CI and is ready for human review, w= ith no interaction in between. This post shows how Stripe's engineers use m= inions and what they can do.
Chrome 146 includes an earl= y preview of WebMCP (2 minute read)

WebMCP lets agents query and execute se= rvices without browsing the web like a user. The web standard exposes struc= tured tools for AI agents on existing websites to replace screen-scraping w= ith robust, high-performance page interaction and knowledge retrieval. WebM= CP lets agentic browsers know exactly how to interact with page features to= support a user's experience.
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Miscellaneous

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Heuristics for lab robotics= , and where its future may go (38 minute read)

It's very possible that lab robotics, c= loud labs, and the like will not actually fundamentally alter the broader p= roblems that drug discovery faces. Automation is meant to be a throughput m= ultiplier. The technology will enable different experiments at a scale that= would be impossible without automation. It will become rational to start d= oing the things that everyone already knows they should be doing but can't = currently justify.
AI Is Giving You a Personal= ized Internet, but You Have No Say in It (10 minute read)

AI is personalizing the internet for ev= eryone with tailored ads, bespoke advice, and unique product prices. There'= s typically no 'off' switch for these tools, giving users less say in thing= s. Opting out is often complicated. The tech industry's strategy of forcing= AI on users is at odds with feedback from many users.
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Quick Links

I guess we're doing Moon fa= ctories now (4 minute read)

SpaceX has announced a renewed focus on= lunar development, an endeavor that will require enormous resources to sus= tain, which means accelerating capitalism in space.
The Scientist and the Simul= ator (16 minute read)

Curing cancer, designing new materials,= and solving energy will require AI that can interface with and predict the= physical world.
Tools vs. Treaties (14 minu= te read)

The most effective governance works by = changing the infrastructure rather than people's behavior.
Facebook Adding AI Profile = Picture Animations and Story Editing Tools (1 minute read)

Meta has added new editing tools that c= an animate profile pictures, create images for Facebook Stories and Memorie= s, and animate the backgrounds to text posts.
Cheap design (7 minute read= )

Design is now cheaper, but it isn't fre= e - what matters now is understanding.
We Just Got a Peek at How C= razy a World With AI Agents May Be (12 minute read)

While OpenClaw as it exists today doesn= 't live up to the hype, it does provide a peek at what may be coming.

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