Subj : xAI public all hands 🤖, inside Siri revamp 📱, AI changing everything 🌍   To : All From : TLDR Date : Thu Feb 12 2026 11:26 am --pfr2PvaR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Elon Musk has restructured xAI following the exit of two of its co-founde= rs earlier this week. xAI will now be organized into four core areas= =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 [Tines] [4] TLDR 2026-02-12 BUILD AGE= NTS, AUTOMATIONS, AND APPS WITH TINES (SPONSOR) [4]=20 Need a workflow = builder you can trust with mission-critical tasks, but is also accessible= to everyone on your team? 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Elon Musk has restructured xAI followin= g the exit of two of its co-founders earlier this week. xAI will now be org= anized into four core areas: Grok's chatbot and voice product, Coding, the = Imagine video product, and Macrohard. The company plans to launch a new X C= hat app and X Money in the coming months. It is currently looking to hire.
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Tech is starting to turn to AI to probe= the possibility of digitizing smell in the hopes of understanding and mani= pulating this sensory modality. Programming smell may illuminate many myste= ries about the sense. It could also have many practical applications, for e= xample, computational smell could help detect gas leaks, reduce reliance on= intensive natural ingredients for perfume, or lead to the creation of enti= rely novel smells. This article takes a look at the state of the research a= nd the future of the industry.
China showcases new Moon sh= ip and reusable rocket in one extraordinary test (6 minute read)

China's space program successfully carr= ied out a flight of a new reusable booster and crew capsule late Tuesday. T= he Long March 10 rocket and Mengzhou spacecraft are core elements of China'= s lunar architecture. The US and China are racing to accomplish the next hu= man landing on the Moon in a competition for national prestige and lunar re= sources. The successful test moves Chinese engineers closer to human-rating= the Mengzhou crew capsule. A video recapping the test flight is available = in the article.
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AI works, it improves predictably, and = the richest institutions in history are committing trillions to it. It isn'= t a fad. The next few years will be disorienting in ways most people aren't= prepared for. The people who will come out of this best are the ones who s= tart engaging now.
Tool Shaped Objects (9 minu= te read)

The story of the AI boom so far is one = where the dominant narrative about AI is not what it has built, but the rat= e at which people are consuming it, the rate at which companies are spendin= g on GPU farms, and the rate at which tools are being expensed. AI is every= where in consumption and almost nowhere in output. We are spending unpreced= ented sums to invest in systems, and the primary product of that spending i= s the experience of spending it.
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The AI Vampire (13 minute r= ead)

AI can provide a lot of value, and this= makes it necessary to consider where that value is captured so that both e= mployees and companies benefit.
US decides SpaceX is like a= n airline, exempting it from Labor Relations Act (5 minute read)

SpaceX is regulated by the Railway Labo= r Act, which exempts employees from the National Labor Relations Act.
Is China Cooking Waymo? (22= minute read)

Chinese autonomous vehicle firms are wa= y ahead of the American competition in terms of international expansion.
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What's Wrong With This Idea= ? (3 minute read)

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Moats in the Age of AI (9 m= inute read)

The companies with the strongest moats = in an AI-commoditized world will be energy and logistics companies, compute= companies, and relationship-based companies.
The Opening, Midgame, and E= ndgame in Startups (5 minute read)

The opening phase of a startup involves= the magic of transforming from a few people into a 'startup', the midgame = begins once product-market fit has been reached, and the endgame is the inf= inite future that is never really reached.

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