The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis

The AI Race Just Got a SpaceX-Sized Twist

February 3, 2026·26 min·3-min readsolotechnology
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SpaceX is acquiring XAI in a $1.25 trillion merger, positioning orbital data centers as the future of AI compute, while OpenAI launches the Codex app, a GUI-based agent orchestration tool that signals a shift from coding assistants to full-scale AI work orchestration.


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People

Elon MuskSam Altman

Companies

SpaceXXAIOpenAI

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Codex appGrok Imagine 1.0

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Artificial IntelligenceFuture Of WorkLarge Language ModelsMachine LearningSoftware EngineeringSpace ExplorationStartupsTech Industry

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