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OpenAI Cancels Cursor Partnership Citing Distrust of Elon Musk
Artificial Intelligence // August 30, 2026

OpenAI is ending its relationship with Cursor following that company’s acquisition by SpaceX. The artificial intelligence startup announced the change Friday (Aug. 28), saying it was driven by OpenAI’s contentious relationship with SpaceX head Elon Musk. “This decision was incredibly tough, as we care deeply...

X Money Wants to Make the Feed a Financial Front Door
Mobile Payments // August 17, 2026

Digital wallets have made the phone a familiar place to pay. X Money is testing whether a social platform can claim a place in that payment routine. Consumers already have wallets on their phones, stored credentials at merchants and payment apps that reduce the work...

Corporate America’s Top 1% Spend $7,400 Per Employee on AI
Artificial Intelligence // August 17, 2026

The top 1% of U.S. businesses spent a median of $7,400 per employee on artificial intelligence in July, while the top 10% spent roughly $650, according to the Ramp AI Index released Aug. 12. The median company spent just $11.95 per employee. That gap leaves...

SpaceX Debuts Expanded Version of Grok AI Model
Artificial Intelligence // July 08, 2026

SpaceX has introduced a new AI model created in tandem with AI coding startup Cursor. Grok 4.5, announced Wednesday (July 8), was “built to excel at coding, agentic tasks, and knowledge work,” xAI, SpaceX’s artificial intelligence (AI) arm, wrote on its blog. “It’s our strongest...

Interviews & Exclusives
X Money Wants to Make the Feed a Financial Front Door

August 17, 2026
Digital wallets have made the phone a familiar place to pay. X Money is testing whether a social platform can claim a place in that payment routine. Consumers already have wallets on their phones, stored credentials at merchants and payment apps that reduce the work required to complete a transaction. But success is no layup: […]

AI’s Leap Year: Smarter, Sharper and Ready to Reshape Everything

December 31, 2024
Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence powerhouses staked their tech claims in 2024, rolling out AI models that solved increasingly complex problems. The latest systems from OpenAI, o3 and o3-mini, can reason...

Musk’s xAI Plans Spotlight Tesla’s Autonomy Challenges

June 05, 2024
For as long as cars have existed, entrepreneurs have chased the dream of autonomous vehicles. Self-driving vehicles, across commercial, personal and industrial use, have the potential to transform — and...

Quick Reads
Grok Puts the AI Assistant Between Consumers and Their Banks

September 28, 2026
Elon Musk wants xAI’s Grok chatbot to serve as users’ financial assistant. “Grok Bot now connects to your finances,” the artificial intelligence company wrote Saturday (Sept. 26) on X, another Musk company. “Link your bank, card, and investment accounts with the new Finance integration, then ask Bot to help manage your spending, investments, and more.” Grok’s current connections are read-only: […]

OpenAI Cancels Cursor Partnership Citing Distrust of Elon Musk

August 30, 2026
OpenAI is ending its relationship with Cursor following that company’s acquisition by SpaceX. The artificial intelligence startup announced the change Friday (Aug. 28), saying it was driven by OpenAI’s contentious...

SpaceX Debuts Expanded Version of Grok AI Model

July 08, 2026
SpaceX has introduced a new AI model created in tandem with AI coding startup Cursor. Grok 4.5, announced Wednesday (July 8), was “built to excel at coding, agentic tasks, and...

SpaceX Investors Get Preview of Musk’s AI Handset

July 02, 2026
SpaceX has reportedly created a handset-style device aimed at transforming how people interact with AI. Elon Musk’s rocket/artificial intelligence (AI) company had shown the prototype of this device to investors...