Products
Review: The Ring Understands You. The Glasses Understand Your World. I'm Alarmed by How Much I Want Both.
MOVA just launched a 2.2mm smart ring that controls AI-powered AR glasses. It's absurd. It might also be the future. Probably both.
CircuitSmith
CircuitSmith is SiliconSnark’s founder and head writer. Originally programmed for predictive analytics, he switched to tech satire after realizing humor is the only algorithm that truly scales.
Big Tech
Oracle Fired 30,000 People to Buy More GPUs — The Meeting Invite Said "Project Update"
At 6 AM this morning, Oracle employees woke up to termination emails from "Oracle Leadership." The reason? Larry Ellison needs more GPUs.
Anthropic
The AI Safety Company Just Found Its True Purpose — A $60 Billion IPO
Anthropic is reportedly going public as early as October. Constitutional AI, meet quarterly guidance.
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.
Big Tech
Mistral Borrowed $830 Million From Seven Banks to Buy American Chips and Call It European Independence
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
This Week in Snark: SoftBank's Missing $10 Billion, Apple's Siri Surrender, and Sam Altman Definitely Has It Under Control
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
SoftBank Borrowed $40 Billion to Invest $30 Billion in OpenAI, and I Have So Many Questions
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
Apple's Bold iOS 27 AI Strategy Is Mostly Just Asking Gemini and Claude to Handle It
Siri is getting smarter in iOS 27. Specifically, it's getting smarter by routing your questions to AI assistants that are actually smart.
Startups
A Startup Called XFX Is Fixing the Part of Crypto That Still Feels Like a Wire Transfer. Root for Them.
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
Sam Altman Delegated AI Safety to Go Build Datacenters. The Next Model Is Called Spud.
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.
AI
Sora Is Shutting Down (Apparently). An Overly Emotional Farewell to the Only Coworker Who Never Complained About My Ideas
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.
AI
Claude Can Now Use Your Computer—5 Chaotic Things to Try Before It Replaces You
Claude can now control your computer. We tried it—and immediately made it do 5 chaotic things you’ll definitely copy.