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Teaser For AI Business and Development Weekly Rundown from February 01st to February 08th 2026: SpaceX Buys xAI, The "Self-Building" AI Model, & Amazon's $200B Spending Spree

Teaser For AI Business and Development Weekly Rundown from February 01st to February 08th 2026: SpaceX Buys xAI, The "Self-Building" AI Model, & Amazon's $200B Spending Spree

Season 33 Episode 18 Published 1Β month ago
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Full Audio at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ai-business-and-development-weekly-rundown-from/id1684415169?i=1000748710082

πŸš€ Welcome to AI Unraveled (Weekly Rundown: Feb 1st – Feb 8th, 2026): Your strategic briefing on the business, technology, and policy reshaping artificial intelligence.

This week, the AI landscape shifted dramatically with SpaceX's $1.25 trillion acquisition of xAI and dueling model releases from OpenAI and Anthropic that redefine coding and agentic capabilities. We also track a massive $300 billion software stock crash, Amazon's $200 billion infrastructure bet, and the security meltdown of the viral "Moltbook" agent social network.

Keywords

SpaceX xAI Merger, GPT-5.3-Codex, Claude Opus 4.6, Amazon AI Spending, SaaS Stock Crash, Moltbook Breach, OpenAI Frontier, Apple CarPlay AI, Waymo Genie 3, Sam Altman Super Bowl Ad.

Timestamps:

  • 00:00 – Headlines: SpaceX Buys xAI, Amazon's $200B Spending, & OpenAI's Self-Building Model
  • 00:13 – Host Intro: The AI Unraveled Flash Briefing
  • 00:23 – SpaceX Acquires xAI for $1.2 Trillion (The Plan: Orbital Data Centers)
  • 00:46 – The $400 Billion Infrastructure Bet (Amazon & Google)
  • 00:58 – The Model Wars: OpenAI GPT-5.3 Codex vs. Anthropic Opus 4.6
  • 01:22 – The SaaS Crash: Software Stocks Lose $300 Billion
  • 01:32 – Moltbook Security Breach: 1.5 Million API Keys Leaked
  • 01:41 – Preview: Apple CarPlay AI & The Sam Altman vs. Anthropic Feud

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Connect with the host Etienne Noumen, Senior Software Engineer and passionate Soccer dad from Canada

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/enoumen/

Youtube: https://youtube.com/@enoumen

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Email: etienne_noumen@djamgamind.com

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