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2026-09-17-Thu
Musk leaves open a SpaceX–Tesla merger, while Terafab already puts both companies inside one chip project
▪ Terafab proves the companies can build assets together, but governance costs make an equity merger far harder than technical cooperation.
2026-09-04-Fri
Tesla's Cybercab starts carrying passengers in Austin, with no wheel, pedals or mirrors
▪ Stripping out the steering wheel and the lidar together, Tesla bets on cost and Waymo on its safety record — Austin is the first place both answer at once.
Claude, ChatGPT and Grok recover from simultaneous outages with no confirmed common cause
▪ Three frontier services down inside an hour is the first proof that multi-model redundancy may be no redundancy at all.
2026-08-31-Mon
Nvidia's physical AI business runs at about $10 billion a year as Chinese robot makers lean on it
▪ On the robotics line, what Nvidia actually sells is the simulation toolchain; the chip is just its carrier.
Tesla launches a stripped-down Model 3 in Hong Kong and Macau at HK$205,000
▪ Less equipment, lower price, longer range — what Tesla is testing in Hong Kong and Macau is how thin the same car can get.