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TLDR 2026-01-15

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01GENERAL

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02BIG TECH & STARTUPS

2026 MAY BE THE YEAR OF THE MEGA IPO

At least three of the most valuable and highest-profile tech companies are currently preparing to list their shares on the public market. Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX have all taken early steps to go public. Any of these companies would be among the most valuable ever to go public. The listings could create an enormous bonanza for Wall Street, which has seen a slump in IPOs since 2021.

links.tldrnewsletter.com5 min read

MUSK SAYS TESLA IS MOVING FULL SELF-DRIVING TO A MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION

Tesla will stop selling its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software for a flat rate and instead only offer it as a monthly subscription after February 14. The feature will start at $99 per month. It was previously priced at a one-time payment of $8,000. The technology still requires a human driver at the wheel ready to steer or brake at any time.

cnbc.com3 min read

03SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

ELON MUSK SURPRISES EVERYONE: SPACEX WILL ATTEMPT TO REACH MARS BY THE END OF 2026

SpaceX has announced plans for a potential uncrewed mission to Mars as early as late 2026. The proposed schedule coincides with a rare planetary alignment between Earth and Mars that offers a narrow but valuable launch opportunity. Several core technologies essential to deep space travel remain in development. Starship Version 3 is expected to debut this year. It will feature upgrades that may prove pivotal to long-duration missions beyond Earth orbit.

msn.com4 min read

GENETIC THERAPY AIMS TO BRING HEARING TO THOSE BORN DEAF

OTOF-related hearing loss results from a genetic change in a single critical protein. The auditory nerve fails to receive the proper signals from the hair cells in the ear due to the lack of the proper protein, resulting in profound deafness. DB-OTO is a virus-based gene therapy that can deliver a working version of the OTOF gene. It uses a non-pathogenic virus to carry the proper genetic code that produces the protein. In an early trial of the DB-OTO treatment, eleven out of twelve patients developed improved hearing within weeks, and nine patients no longer required cochlear implants.

hackaday.com3 min read

04PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

SCALING LONG-RUNNING AUTONOMOUS CODING

Model choice matters for extremely long-running tasks. GPT-5.2 models perform better at extended autonomous work compared to Opus 4.5 and GPT-5.1-codex. Many improvements come from removing complexity rather than adding it. The best system is often simpler than you'd expect. The harness and models matter, but the prompts matter more.

cursor.com6 min read

JUNIOR DEVELOPERS IN THE AGE OF AI

The most compelling reason to hire juniors is AI itself. The biggest barrier to AI transformation has been workforce buy-in. Gen Z leads in AI adoption, and they act as an accelerant, helping colleagues learn AI tools and workflows. AI has lowered the cost of onboarding. If the infrastructure already exists, hiring juniors may be one of the highest-leverage AI bets available today.

thoughtfuleng.substack.com8 min read

05MISCELLANEOUS

2026: THIS IS AGI

Long-horizon agents allow models to take actions and iterate over time. The rate of progress in this area of research is exponential. It is estimated that agents will be able to work reliably to complete tasks comparably to human experts by 2028. People will soon be able to hire agents - one of the litmus tests for AGI.

sequoiacap.com10 min read

WHEN WILL THEY TAKE OUR JOBS?

Humans will lose control over the future if AI capabilities continue to advance. However, if we manage to avoid that, there's a good chance humans will retain a lot of employment during the Cyborg Era, which might last around 10 to 20 years. It is implausible that AI capabilities and available compute continue to increase indefinitely. This is a transitional state.

thezvi.wordpress.com12 min read