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Big platform moves today, AI is going native on desktops, heading into orbit, and locking into enterprise data stacks. Regulation and opt-outs are rising just as capital and ambition accelerate.

Let’s dive in 👇

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🚀 Platform & Power Plays

💻 OpenAI launches new macOS app for agentic coding

OpenAI launches new macOS app for Codex, pushing agentic workflows directly onto developer desktops. The app bundles long-running tasks, tool use, and multi-file context into a native experience, signaling OpenAI’s intent to own the daily coding surface. This move pressures IDEs and coding assistants to match deeper autonomy, not just autocomplete.

🛰️ SpaceX acquires xAI, plans massive AI satellite network

SpaceX acquires xAI, plans a one-million-satellite constellation to support AI workloads. The deal vertically integrates launch, orbit, and compute, framing space as future AI infrastructure. It also raises serious regulatory, geopolitical, and spectrum questions as Musk consolidates power across space and AI.

🤖 Waymo raises $16B as robotaxi economics sharpen

Waymo raises $16 billion at a valuation reflecting growing confidence in autonomous ride-hailing. The funding supports fleet expansion and operational scaling, not just R&D. Investors are now betting that regulated autonomy can become a durable, cash-generating business.

🧠 AI Control, Risk & Enterprise

🔐 Viral AI prompts emerge as security threat

The rise of Moltbook highlights how shared prompts can embed hidden behaviors. These prompt payloads can manipulate downstream models, tools, or agents without obvious exploits. It reframes prompt engineering as an attack surface, not just a productivity trick.

🦊 Firefox will let users block all generative AI

Firefox will soon let users disable every built-in AI feature. Mozilla is positioning user control as a differentiator amid AI creep across browsers. This signals early consumer fatigue and regulatory sensitivity around default AI behavior.

🧊 Snowflake and OpenAI announce $200M partnership

Snowflake and OpenAI forge a deep enterprise integration. The deal focuses on secure, governed AI inside existing data clouds. It shows where real revenue lives, compliant AI layered directly on trusted data platforms.

🛠️ Tools of the Day

→ Crisp – Customer support platform with AI chat and automation.
→ Atoms – Modular AI building blocks for faster app development.
→ Helply – AI assistant for customer support workflows.

⚡ Quick Hits

→ Legal software stocks drop after Anthropic releases new AI tool.
→ xAI faces second UK probe over Grok images.
→ Carbon Robotics trains AI to identify plants in real time.
→ Linq raises $20M for AI inside messaging apps.
→ Palantir CTO warns public is misled on AI.
→ Adobe Animate shuts down amid AI pivot.

🧾 TLDR

OpenAI is pushing agentic coding directly onto desktops, while SpaceX is taking AI infrastructure into orbit. Capital is flowing to autonomy and enterprise-grade AI, even as browsers and regulators push back on default AI behavior. The gap between consumer caution and enterprise acceleration keeps widening.

Cheers,
David