Stripe has finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter, an AI model gateway, for more than $7 billion. OpenRouter facilitates 250 trillion tokens per month and has 8 million developers, with ~$140M annualized revenue.
South Korea's government and top tech companies will invest $1 trillion in memory chip fabs, AI data centers, and humanoid robots. Samsung and SK Hynix commit $585 billion to double DRAM output within five years. The country also aims to deploy humanoid robots commercially by 2028.
Neuralink demonstrated that its brain implant enables paralyzed users to control a wheelchair using only thought, as shown in a new video from the company's clinical trial. The participants used the N1 implant to navigate a wheelchair, showcasing potential assistive applications.
In multiple podcast interviews, Claude Code co-creator Boris Cherny explains how the coding agent sparked a market scare and ushered in vibe coding. He emphasizes that traditional coding skills like linting and testing are more important than ever in the AI era.