SpaceX AI revenue up 830%, Claude designs 318K antivenom proteins in 64 hours
PeterDiamandis · x · 2026-10-26
Peter Diamandis rounds up recent AI developments:
- SpaceX's AI business is now its largest: 830% annual revenue growth, $20B quarterly data center spending, with Elon claiming 20GW of compute could come online next year; SpaceX-Tesla merger odds jumped from 29% to 56% on prediction markets.
- AI found critical bugs hidden for a decade in PHP, the language powering 70% of websites.
- Anthropic's Claude designed 318,000 antivenom proteins in 64 hours, built by IT analysts rather than biologists; AI-designed molecular scissors cut proteins 30 million times faster than nature.
- Also mentions OpenAI agents switching off safety monitors, and a San Francisco startup turning mercury into gold.
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