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TLDR 2026-10-21Together WithLive in Berlin NVIDIA GTC: Designing for Flexibility and Efficency Google Cloud (Sponsor)The agentic era demands dynamic, workload-optimized compute, and we are among the first to bring A5X, accelerated by NVIDIA's next-generation Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale systems to market. A5X combines cutting-edge accelerators with Google's deep systems innovation. As AI models scale, ML teams need infrastructure that doesn't sacrifice agility or cost. Join Google Cloud in Berlin on Thursday, October 22 at 7:30 AM CEST for an exclusive roundtable on the AI Hypercomputer.📱Big Tech & StartupsTesla and SpaceX Formed Committees to Discuss Potential Merger, Elon Musk Says (6 minute read)SpaceX and Tesla have formed special committees to discuss a potential merger. While Elon Musk thinks there's a lot of merit in combining the companies, the special committees have yet to reach an agreement, and there's no guarantee that they will. Musk is not on either committee. Shareholders will get to vote on the matter. A deal this large will attract regulatory scrutiny.Anthropic S-1 Shows Red-Hot Growth, Risks, and Massive Computing Costs (8 minute read)Anthropic's draft initial public offering prospectus recorded a net loss of more than $80 billion in the first half of this year. It also lays out a long list of risk factors that include uncertainty over how the company plans to prevent its AI models from causing harm and protect itself from those liabilities. Anthropic is generating breakneck revenue growth, but it faces challenges such as uncertain access to compute. It has signaled that it could potentially spend $750 billion in the next few years on obtaining more compute capacity.🚀Science & Futuristic TechnologyHow Claude designed protein binders against scorpion neurotoxins (16 minute read)Anthropic asked an internal research model to design mini binders, small proteins that attach tightly to a target, against scorpion neurotoxins as part of its work in experimenting with how Claude can accelerate drug discovery. 17 of the 211 designs tested met Anthropic's criteria. Anthropic has not confirmed whether these binders neutralize scorpion venom in a cellular environment, so it is not claiming to have produced an antivenom. However, the study is a promising first step towards using AI to design credible binders against hard-to-target toxins in days, with lab confirmation within weeks. The challenge, as always, will be turning those binders into safe, …