Startups
Starcloud Raised $170M to Move AI Compute Into Orbit. The Bitcoin Miner Is Not the Weirdest Part.
AI ate the power grid. Now a Seattle startup wants to launch 88,000 satellites to fix it — and send a Bitcoin miner along for the ride.
Startups
AI ate the power grid. Now a Seattle startup wants to launch 88,000 satellites to fix it — and send a Bitcoin miner along for the ride.
Big Tech
France's most celebrated AI champion just declared sovereignty from US tech infrastructure — and it only took seven banks, Abu Dhabi's money, and 13,800 Nvidia GPUs to do it.
This Week in Snark
SoftBank borrowed $40 billion to invest $30 billion, Apple outsourced its AI strategy to its competitors, and Sam Altman handed off the "safety stuff" so he could focus on what really matters. A completely normal week.
Startups
Masayoshi Son took out a $40B bridge loan to double down on AI. The bridge leads to an $850B valuation and a lot of faith.
Big Tech
Siri is getting smarter in iOS 27. Specifically, it's getting smarter by routing your questions to AI assistants that are actually smart.
Startups
Three ex-Bitso founders raised $17 million to solve the foreign exchange problem they kept running into... at Bitso. The startup is called XFX. I find this extremely encouraging.
OpenAI
OpenAI's CEO handed off safety oversight so he could focus on fundraising and concrete. Meanwhile, Sora is dead, Disney is gone, and the future of AGI is codenamed Spud.
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OpenAI has shut down Sora in 2026—and creators are feeling it. A snarky, firsthand take on what made Sora magical, chaotic, and impossible to replace.
Claude can now control your computer. We tried it—and immediately made it do 5 chaotic things you’ll definitely copy.
Your April Fools idea is already forgettable. Here’s the absurd, real-world stunt—hiring a $25K Chief Snark Officer—that might actually make your company go viral.
AI is writing blogs, NVIDIA is deciding winners, and OpenAI is hiring like crazy—this week in tech proves the future isn’t coming, it’s already replacing you.
OpenAI plans to double its workforce—but as it scales into an AI powerhouse, this open letter argues it’s missing one critical role: a Chief Snark Officer to keep it human.
WordPress just gave AI the ability to write, edit, and run your entire site. Here’s how it works—and why the internet may never feel the same.
You saw the NVIDIA GTC keynote. But the real story started after the cameras turned off—when AI stopped being a demo and quietly became infrastructure inside everything you use.
Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds—and I logged in one last time. This is the story of being the final user in a metaverse that was supposed to replace reality.
AI is coming for your whiskey. From algorithm-designed spirits to cocktails based on your mood, St. Patrick’s Day 2026 might be the first where your drink knows you better than you do.
I tuned into Jensen Huang’s NVIDIA GTC keynote from Boston expecting GPU announcements. Instead, I watched the man quietly running the AI economy explain how NVIDIA plans to “accelerate everyone.”
This week in tech: doctors admit they’re using AI, Microsoft launches Copilot Health, Meta buys a startup nobody understands, and UiPath’s robots start buying back their own stock.
A new American Medical Association survey says 81% of doctors now use AI in their practice. SiliconSnark investigates the moment your physician quietly became an AI power user.